Overdue charges

Overdue charges information:

  • the daily charge for books borrowed on an adult library card is 20p per day overdue
  • there are no overdue charges for books borrowed on a child's library card
  • the overdue charge is applied on the basis that libraries are open 6 days a week

You can:

  • return any library item to any Dorset library, or to any library in the LibrariesWest area.
  • renew all books except books requested by another customer

Overdue charges for books

Overdue charges: books Charges

Borrowed on an adult card

20p per day

Maximum overdue charge

£9

For children

No charge

How to avoid overdue charges

You can renew library books:

Lost or damaged library books

Speak to our staff if you have lost or damaged any library book or other item and they will advise how much you will be charged.

Hire periods

You can hire library items for different periods:

  • DVDs:1 week hire period
  • talking books: 3 weeks hire period
  • music CDs:1 week hire period

Charges are made per hire period.

We ask you for the hire payment when you check the item out.

Courtesy reminders by email

To help you manage your library account, you can sign up for emails to alert you that items on loan will soon be due for return.

Speak to a library staff member to sign up for email alerts or amend your details.

Overdue notifications

Overdue notifications will be sent by email as this is a convenient and cost effective way to contact you. Sign up for an email alert.

Replacement membership cards

We can replace lost membership cards at your local library for a charge of £2.

Hire charges for library items

CDs and DVDs

Hire charges for talking books, CDs, DVDs and language courses:

Item Hire charge

Adult talking books

£2.20

Music CDs

£1.10

Premium DVDs (new titles)

£3

Standard DVDs

£2.50

Information DVDs and other children's

£1

Language courses

£2.20

Music sets

Hire charges for music sets:

Music sets Hire charges

Late or incomplete return

£20

Music set hire charges

Music sets Hire charge
Vocal scores £1.50 per copy for up to 12 weeks loan
Orchestral sets £50 per orchestral set for up to 12 weeks loan
Late or incomplete return £20

Drama sets hire charges

Drama sets Hire charge

Play reading

Free up to 12 weeks

Overdue charge after 12 weeks

20p per item per day

Performance sets

£12 for 12 weeks

Overdue charge after 12 weeks

70p per set per day

Reading group sets

Reading group sets Subscription charge effective from 1 January 2018

Annual subscription

£50 per group for up to 12 sets (10 copies of a title) per annum for 8 week loan period.

Reservation fees

Item Fee

Music sets

£2 per set

For material supplied from outside the LibrariesWest area

£10 per item

For items in stock in a LibrariesWest library if you collect from any Dorset library

Free - donations of £1 are welcome

Printing fees

Printing from public access computers Charges

Black and white A4 per page

10p
Colour A4 per page 50p
Black and white A3 (where available) per page 20p
Colour A3 (where available) per page £1