Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque

Fines and Fees Scheduled

1. Overdue Materials:
   • Adult: $.15 per day; maximum fine is cost of item.
   • Children: $.10 per day; maximum fine is cost of item.
   • Surcharge: $2.00 added to second overdue notice.
   • $20.00 ceiling for all items returned with same due date, plus surcharges, if fine is paid at time of return.
   • Interlibrary loan and films: $2.00 per day per item.

2. Lost Materials:
   • Cost of item plus surcharges plus half of the overdue fine.
   • Book Cost: catalogued books and paperbacks are charged at list price rounded up to the nearest dollar plus $2.00 for processing. Periodicals and "paperback collection" materials are charged at cover cost with no surcharge for processing.

3. Damaged Materials:
   • $1.00 for item bar codes damaged to the extent that they cannot be read by the laser scanners.
   • Books needing rebinding as a result of abuse: cost of binding plus $2.00 for processing.
   • Books to be repaired by staff: $2.00
   • Damaged/broken audio-visual materials: cost of item plus $2.00 for processing.
   • The Head of Adult Services, Head of Children's Services and the Head of Circulation Services have the authority to assign responsibility for damaged materials.

4. Lost Card Replacement:
   • $2.00 for Adult and Young Adult cards.
   • $.50 for Children's cards.

5. Non-Resident Library Cards:
   • $60.00 per family per year.

6. Forgotten Card:
   • $.25 per card when staff looks up registration.

7. Reserves:
   • $.50 per item. Refunds on prepaid reserves will be made if item is not available within the time period specified by requester or six months, whichever is longer.
   • Reserves may be placed by telephone.

8. Interlibrary Loan and 16mm Films:
   • 16mm Films - $1.00 per item processing fee plus actual shipping costs plus loaning institution fees.
   • Interlibrary loans requested by Carnegie-Stout Public Library patrons - $1.00 per item processing fee plus actual shipping costs plus loaning institution fees.
   • Interlibrary loans to libraries which are not members of Northeastern Iowa Regional Library Systems:

     Books - $3.00 per volume (includes outgoing postage)
     Photocopies - $2.00 plus 10 cents per sheet over 2 (includes postage)

9. Bookdrops:
   • Books deposited in bookdrops will be checked in each day at closing time. All books returned after closing time will be considered returned the next day the library is open to the public.
   • There is no surcharge for overdue books left in the bookdrop after first overdue notice. However, a $2.00 surcharge is placed on overdue books when a second notice is sent.

10. Copy Service:
    • Self-service photocopiers: $.10 per page.
    • Self-service microfilm/fiche copier: $.50 per page.

11. Typewriter:
    • $.25 per 15 minutes.

12. Children's Craft Programs:
    • $1.00 per child per series minimum, with higher rate set by Children's Librarian if needed to offset costs.

13. School/Public Library Committee:
    • To be set by Committee to cover Committee expenses and activities.

14. Meeting Room Fees:
    • Schedule available at the Reference Desk.

Ames Public Library

Statement on Fees and Charges

The Ames Public Library has adopted and subscribes to The Public Library: Democracy's Resource: A Statement of Principles as written by the Public Library Association. That document states in part:

"Public libraries freely offer access to their collections and services to all members of the community without regard to race, citizenship, age, education level, economic status, or any other qualification or condition.

Free access to ideas and information, a prerequisite to the existence of a responsible citizenship, is as fundamental to America as are the principles of freedom, equality and individual rights.

Public libraries were founded and supported by appropriations from tax revenues for very practical reasons: to provide and conserve books and Journals economically for community use."

It should also be noted that Library is empowered by sections 15.7(2), 15.7(6), 15.7(7) and 15.14 of the Ames Municipal Code to make rules and regulations including fines and fees regarding use of the Library, its collections and services.

The Library may charge fines or fees to encourage compliance with rules which promote fair and equal access to limited resources. As an operating principle, the Ames Public Library will not charge for the use or loan of materials it owns or for the use of Library services. The Library may assess fees or pass through costs for use of resources outside of this institution. Fees may be charged for materials or services that become the property of the user or for actions of the user that cause extra-ordinary expenses to be incurred by the Library. Fees may also be charged for materials or services that are not basic requirements for access but that serve the user's specific convenience.

Fees and Charges Schedule

Reserve, notification by mail	$0.25
Reserve, material by mail (payable in advance)	$1.00
Purchase recommendation, notification by mail	$0.25
Duplicate borrower's card	$2.00
Photocopy, paper original	$0.10
Photocopy, microform original	$0.25
Microcomputer printer, per page printed	$0.10
Meeting Rooms per day/for profit groups
Main Meeting Room	$25.00
Founder's Suite	$15.00
Greeley Room	$5.00
Carnegie Room	$5.00
Sheldon Room	$5.00
Meeting Room clean up, actual cost	$15.00
Meeting Room set-up	$15.00
Meeting Room equipment operator	$15.00/hr
Lost cataloged material service charge	$5.00
Damaged circulating media equipment	pass through of direct charges
Loss of circulating media equipment	replacement cost
Patron requested database search	pass through costs above the first $7.50
Failure to return borrowed periodicals in identifying envelope	$5.00
Census microfilm rental	$3.75/per roll
16mm Projector	$5.00
Video Player	$2.50
Videotape fee per day (excepting non-theatrical titles)	$1.25, 3/$3.00
Portable video camera assembly	$15.00
Interlibrary loan	pass through of direct costs excluding postage

© 1987

posted December 18, 2000