Check Out Policies
You must bring in your library card in order to check out items. If you do not have your
library card we will accept a valid picture ID, such as your driver’s license. Your identification is necessary to prevent any unauthorized use of your account. This is especially important since we use a debt collect service to recover items and fees (more information). Unauthorized use and abuse of your account could potentially affect your credit report. If picking up items for a family member you must bring in their card.
Items checked out can be returned to any of the branches in the Henderson County Library system. Reserves can be placed on all items (except magazines).
Check Out Limits
| New Books |
7 per card |
2 weeks |
| Books |
75 per card |
3 weeks |
| DVDs |
7 per card |
1 week |
| Music CDs |
10 per card |
3 weeks |
| Audio Books |
7 per card |
3 weeks |
| NOOK Touch eReader |
1 per card |
1 week |
| Magazines |
5 per card |
1 week |
| same title |
2 per card |
|
Total Count 75 items per card
All items may be renewed once provided that they have not been requested by another patron. |
Overdue Fines (effective July 1, 2011)
Patrons must pay replacement costs for items damaged beyond use. The library mails up to two notices when items are overdue. Accounts with unpaid fines exceeding $25 will be sent to a collection agency (more information) if not settled within 30 days of the second notice. When fines and fees exceed $25 borrowing privileges are also suspended.
| Adult Books |
10 cents |
$5 per book |
| Children's Books |
10 cents |
$2 per book |
| Music CDs |
10 cents |
$5 per item |
| Audio Books |
10 cents |
$5 per item |
| Paperbacks |
10 cents |
$2 per book |
| Magazines |
10 cents |
$2 per item |
| DVDs |
$1.00 |
$10 per item |
| Interlibrary Loans |
50 cents |
$10 per item |
| NOOK Touch eReader |
$1.00 |
$10 per item |
| Playaway View |
$1.00 |
$10 per item |
| LeapPad Explorer |
$1.00 |
$10 per item |
| *The NOOK Touch, Playaway View and LeapPad Explorer can NOT be returned in any exterior book drop. Doing so will result in a $10 fine. |
Lost or Damaged Items
If books or other materials are lost or damaged enough to be withdrawn from the collection, the patron is asked to pay replacement costs to the library. Damaged items, when paid for, may be retained by the patron. If within six months of paying for a lost item the patron finds it a refund can be made minus the maximum overdue fine.
Replacement Fees for the NOOK Touch eReader are $200.00 [NOOK: $130, Cover: $30, Carrying Case: $15, Processing Fee: $25].
Replacement Fees for the Playaway Views are $120.00 plus a $10.00 processing fee [Playaway: $95, Cover: $10, Power adapter: $15].
Replacement Fees for the LeapPad Explorer are $200.0 [LeapPad: $125, Carrying Case: $20, Game Cartridge: $25, Tethered Stylus: $10, Processing Fee: $20].
Lost or damaged items must be paid for or replaced in kind within 30 days of the second overdue notice otherwise the account will be sent to a collection agency (more information). |
