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Loan of Library Materials
| Policy No. 98-10 (Click Policy Number for full text) |
Effective Date: |
October 13, 1998 |
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 |
Cassette-book bags |
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.
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- 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.
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