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Fines and fees policy

Approved September 2024

 

FINES

  • INTERLIBRARY LOANS: It will be the responsibility of the patron to satisfy all fines and or fees charged by the library whose property is borrowed.

  • LOST OR DAMAGED MATERIALS: A patron will be responsible to reimburse the Moweaqua Public Library District the replacement cost of any item that is lost or damaged while it is checked out.
     

FEES

  • MICROFILM PRINTER: A fee of 25 cents per copy applies to the use of this machine.

  • RETURNED CHECK: A fee of $25 will be charged for a returned check.

  • PHOTOCOPIES: A fee of 25 cents per copy applies to the use of this machine.

  •  FAX MACHINE: A fee of $1 for the first page and 50 cents for each additional page applies to faxes transmitted within the continental United States. For international faxes and faxes transmitted outside the continental United States, a fee of $5 per page applies. A fee of 50 cents per page will be charged for the receipt of a fax.

  •  COMPUTER SERVICES: A fee of 25 cents per black-and-white printer copy and 50 cents per colored copy.

  • LAMINATING: $2 per legal-size page (8 ½” x 14”); $1 per letter-size page (8” x 10”)

  • NONRESIDENT: An annual $75 fee paid to the Moweaqua Public Library District entitles patrons to local library services and library services throughout the Illinois Heartland Library System that participate in the Nonresident Card Program. Materials may be checked out only by patrons who have a card issued in their own name.
     

OVERDUE POLICY

The following steps will be followed if a patron has overdue materials.

  • The librarian will telephone the library patron reminding them they have library materials that are one week past due.

  • A second call will be made if the library materials are not renewed or returned by two (2) weeks after the due date.

  • A third call will be made if the library materials are not renewed or returned by three (3) weeks after the due date.

  • At four (4) weeks past the due date, if the library patron has made no effort to return or renew the library materials:

    • A claim letter will be sent to the patron for each lost/unreturned item and a processing fee of $5.00 will be charged.

    • If the materials are returned AFTER the letter is sent, the processing fee of $5 will still be imposed, but the fees for the lost/unreturned items will be waived.

    • Patron use of the library card will be blocked at the library, and any library they attempt to use in our consortium, until payment is received or materials are returned.

  • Notes of all attempts to contact the patron will be kept in patron records.

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