Charges

Overdue charges

  • Books - £0.30 per item, per week or part week (£0.20 concession)

  • DVDs - £1.00 per item per day

  • CDs - £0.50 per item per day

Overdue reminder notices

  • Adult - £1.25

  • Child - £0.50

Replacement membership cards

  • To replace lost or damaged cards - £1.50

Lost or damaged items

  • To replace lost or damaged items - current replacement price

Reservations

  • Books, CDs, DVDs - £0.50 per item (£0.25 concession)

Audio-visual hire charges

  • CDs - £0.60 per one week loan

  • DVDs - £2.25 per one week loan

  • Non fiction DVDs - £2.25 per three week loan

Photocopying

  • Each A4 sheet - £0.10

  • Each A3 sheet - £0.20

Fax

  • To send within UK - £1.20 for first sheet, £0.40 for subsequent sheets

  • To send outside UK - £1.70 for first sheet, £0.70 for subsequent sheets

  • To receive - £1.20 for first sheet, £0.40 for subsequent sheets

Information technology access

  • Information technology access - free

  • Advance booking - £1.00 per half hour session (£0.50 concession)

  • Writable CDs - £1.00

  • USB memory pens - £8.00

  • Headphones - £1.00

  • Printing (black and white) - £0.10 per A4 sheet

  • Printing (colour) - £0.30 per A4 sheet

Information technology training courses

  • Basic Course (6 x 1 hour sessions) - £15.00 (£7.50 concession)

  • Beyond the Basics (4 x 1 hour sessions) - £12.00 (£6.00 concession)

  • Bite-sized Learning sessions (1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes) - £5.00

  • European Computing Driving Licence (ECDL) - £210.00 (ILA eligible. Includes materials, tutoring and tests)

  • e-Citizen Course - £110.00 (ILA eligible. Includes materials, tutoring and tests)

  • e-Type Course - £65.00 (ILA eligible. Includes materials and tests)

The charges for the ECDL, e-Citizen and e-Type courses can be greatly reduced if you apply for ILA (Individual Learning Account) funding. Please ask library staff for details, contact the ILA helpline on 0808 100 1090 or visit their website:

Heritage

Heritage and family history enquiries

  • First 30 minutes - free

  • Additional time - £10.00 per hour

Family history for beginners

  • Introductory course - £40.00 (£20.00 concession)

Heritage photographic printing - from £5.00 per photograph. Prices available on request.

Concessions

If you are:

  • Aged 60 or over

  • Registered blind or partially-sighted

  • A full-time student

  • In receipt of any of the following: Carers Allowance, Council Tax and Housing Benefit, Disability Living Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disability Allowance, Income Support, Job Seekers allowance, Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit

then you are eligible to pay the concession charges shown above. You can apply for concessionary status at your local library as soon as you meet any of the criteria above. Please bring relevant proof of your status.

Children and young people

Library members aged 18 years and under are exempt from paying the following:

  • overdue charges

  • reservation charges

  • Information technology access booking fee

However, the following charges do apply:

  • overdue reminder notice

  • CD and DVD hire

  • photocopying and faxing

  • current replacement cost for lost or damaged items

  • replacement charge for lost or damaged membership card