LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library - Policies, Borrowing Library Material

Policy No. 98-10 (Click Policy Number for full text)
Effective Date:	October 13, 1998 [Update 8/24/2007]

The LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library provides the free lending of library materials to eligible borrowers in accordance with Chapter 257, Florida Statutes.

Procedures for Implementing
Loan of Library Materials Policy

Loan periods and the maximum number of items that can be borrowed vary by material type. They are:

Loan Period	Material Type	Maximum Number
27 days	Magazines	6
27 days	Maps	6
27 days	Vertical file items (general)	6
27 days	Video cassettes and DVDs	6
21 days	Books*	No maximum
21 days	Audio cassettes	6
21 days	Talking books	6
21 days	Comic books	6
21 days	Compact discs (CDS)	6
21 days	Books on CD	6
Audio-visual equipment may be checked out to use in meetings to be held within the library. Books borrowed on interlibrary loan are due the date indicated by the lending library. No maximum on the number of books. However, the cumulative value of the books checked out may not exceed the parameters as set forth in the Library’s Circulation System. Items may be returned to any Library location.

Regularly circulating items in the library collection that are out on loan may be reserved by a library card holder for his or her use when returned.
The loan of a borrowed item may be renewed by telephone, in person, or on the Internet, except when item is overdue or a reserve has been placed on the item.
Loan periods and maximum numbers may be revised by the Library Director, with the approval of the County Administrator to meet changing needs for library service.