Library charges

Charges apply from 1 May 2008

• Charges for overdue books (including audio books)
• Overdue letters
• Music CDs and language courses
• DVDs
• Discount vouchers
• Request fees
• Replacement tickets
• Hire of music sets/playsets
• Photocopying
• Printing from the internet
• Printing from microform
• Digitisation
• Reproduction rights and royalties
• Fax service
• Hire of premises
• Research service
• Sale of works of arts and crafts
• Lost and damaged items

Charges for overdue books (including audio books)

Fines are only payable for days that the library is open, charges will therefore vary between libraries.

• Adults - 13p per day (maximum charge £6.50)
• 65 and over - 10p per day (maximum charge £6.50)
• 5 to 17 years/registered chronically sick or disabled - 2p per day (maximum charge £1.35)
• Under 5s - Free (50p per item not returned within one week after overdue letter sent (maximum £1 for each item))

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Overdue letters - members over 18 years of age

There is a charge of 50p for each overdue reminder letter.

This applies to all overdue reminders for books and audio books, and to second overdue reminders for other items.

Avoid paying the charge by:

• returning items by the due date
• renewing loans for books and spoken word. This can be done by visiting a library, by telephone, by email or online.

More on renewing library items

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Music CDs and language courses

CDs

• £1 for up to one week then 25p per day up to a maximum of £6.50

Language courses

• 1 to 2 items - £1 for up to one week then 50p per day up to a maximum of £12
• 3+ items - £5 for three week loan then 50p per day up to a maximum of £12

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DVDs

• Premium - £2.50 for up to 3 days then £1 per day (maximum £15)
• Standard - £2 for up to one week then 50p per day (maximum £13)
• Value - £1 for up to one week then 25p per day (maximum £6.50)
• Short - 70p for up to one week then 15p per day (maximum of £3.75)

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Discount vouchers

Vouchers can be purchased in any Plymouth library, and allow savings on the cost of hiring CDs and DVDs

40 units - £14 (£12 with a Plymcard)

Find out more about Plymcards and how to get one

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Request fees for books, DVDs and CDs

• In stock or on order item (notification by email or phone)  - Free
• In stock or on order item (notification by letter) - £1
• Not in stock item (notification by email or phone) - £1.50
• Not in stock item (notification by letter) - £2.50
• Urgent requests (inter-library loans by Booksfast) - £4- If you do not pay your Council Tax to Plymouth City Council, the charge will be £10

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Replacement tickets

• Adult - £1.50
• Under 18s, over 65s, chronically sick or disabled - 75p

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Hire of music sets/playsets

Plymouth based groups

• Vocal scores/Libretti per 10 copies - £1.70 per month
• Boxed Vocal/Orchestral sets per box - £1.70 per month
• Playsets - Free for 9 weeks then £1.70 for 4 weeks

Non-Plymouth based groups

• Vocal scores/Libretti per 10 copies - £2.30 per month
• Boxed Vocal/Orchestral sets per box - £2.80 per month
• Playsets - Free for 9 weeks then £1.70 for 4 weeks

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Photocopying

Self service

• A4 black and white - 10p
• A4 colour - £1
• A3 black and white - 20p
• A3 colour - £1.50

Staff-assisted

• A4 black and white - 30p
• A4 colour - £1.20
• A3 black and white - 40p
• A3 colour - £1.70

Posted/faxed

• A4 black and white - £2.40 (up to 4 sheets, then 60p per sheet), plus postage and packing
• A4 colour - £1.50 per sheet, plus postage and packing
• A3 black and white - £3.20 (up to 4 sheets, then 80p per sheet), plus postage and packing
• A3 colour - £2 per sheet, plus postage and packing

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Printing from the internet

• A4 black and white - 10p per sheet
• A4 colour - £1 per sheet

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Printing from microform

• A4 black and white - 30p per sheet

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Digitisation

Copies of images in our collections are available in the following formats:

• Tiff file supplied on CD - £12
• JPEG file sent by email - £6
• Printed on A4 160 g/m2 paper - £5
• Printed on A3 160g/m2 paper - £10

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Reproduction rights and royalties

Digitisation charges apply both to our historical prints, and to our photographs. We can supply copies of our photographs for commercial purposes if we own the copyright or if the photograph is not in copyright.

For more information please contact the Local Studies Librarian, telephone 01752 305909 or email localstudies@plymouth.gov.uk.

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Fax service

• Transmission within UK, per page - £1.25
• Transmission to Europe, per page - £1.50
• Transmission to North America, per page - £2
• Transmission to the rest of the world, per page - £2.50
• Receipt of faxes (A4), per page - 75p (Central library) 30p (Community libraries)

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Hire of premises

• Organisations serving the community on a non-profit-making basis - no charge
• Professional and political organisations - £5
• Commercial organisations - £10
• Staffing costs when incurred, in addition, per hour - £10

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Research service

• First 15 minutes – free of charge
• Hourly charge - £40 plus VAT or pro rata

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Sales of art and crafts

By agreement with the City Librarian, works of arts and crafts on exhibition may be made available for sale, either by hire of designated exhibition space or by direct sale to the public with commission of 20% (inclusive of VAT) of the price being made payable to Plymouth Library Services.

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Lost and damaged items

A scale of charges operates which reflects the replacement cost. Library staff will advise.

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