Materials Fee Structure Policy

Adult Materials

Books and Magazines

Books on tape cassette and compact disc

• Circulate for 4 weeks
• Can be renewed once
• Can be reserved
• Fine rate: 5 cents per day late not to exceed $2.00 per item
• Replacement for lost/damaged materials: Full cost

Music on audio tape and compact disc:

• Circulate for 7 days
• Can renew
• Can be reserved
• Fine rate: 5 cents per day late not to exceed $2.00 per item
• Replacement fee charged on damaged/lost items: Full cost

Videos and DVDs

Computer materials on CD-ROMs

• Circulate for 7 days
• Can renew
• Can be reserved
• Fine rate: $1.00 per day late not to exceed $10.00 per item
• Replacement fee charged on damaged/lost items: Full cost

Museum Passes

• Circulate for 1 day
• Cannot be renewed
• Cannot be reserved
• Restricted to residents of the Bridgewater Sub-regional Library System
• Fine rate: One half hour late--$5.00; One hour + late--$15.00; Each additional day late--$15.00
• Replacement for lost pass: $50.00 made payable to the Friends of the Taunton Public Library.

Children’s Materials

Books and Magazines

Music on audio cassette and compact disc

Books on cassette and compact disc

• Compact discs included with books
• Circulates for 4 weeks
• Can be renewed
• Can be reserved
• Fine rate: 5 cents per day late not to exceed $2.00 per item
• Replacement fee charged on damaged/lost items: Full cost

Videos and DVDs

CD-ROMs (Computer Software)

• Circulates for 7 days
• Can be renewed
• Can be reserved
• Fine rate: $1.00 per day late not to exceed $10.00 per item
• Replacement fee charged on damaged/lost items: Full cost

Audiocassettes, CDs, CD-ROMs, Videos, and DVDs deposited in the book drop are subject to a $5.00 fine. The items must be returned inside the library due to their fragile formats.

Miscellaneous

Photocopies are charged a rate determined by the vendor.

Microform and computer printouts: 15 cents per page

Photocopied and faxed materials received for patrons through Interlibrary loan: 15 cents per page

Postage fees incurred by the Taunton Public Library for interlibrary loan materials received from another state or country or from any source within Massachusetts not

Served by the statewide library delivery system will be assessed to the patron requesting such material.

Overdue or replacement fees charged to a patron using the interlibrary loan program are the responsibility of the patron and not the library.

Approved by the Taunton Public Library Board of Trustees March 20, 1989

Revised December 17, 2001

Revised September 19, 2005