F D Campbell
Memorial Library lending policy
1. The number of books borrowed by one member will be limited to
thirty.
2. Three new or currently in demand books may be borrowed by one
member. This can be overridden
at the discretion of the library director.
3. New editions and those currently in demand may have only one
three week renewal.
4. Current month magazines will remain in the library, or until
the next month’s issue is received. If
no one is waiting to read an issue, the magazine can circulate at the
discretion of the library director.
5. A limit of five magazines with a lending period of three
weeks may be borrowed. Renewal
is permitted. More than 5
magazines can be borrowed at one time with approval of the library director.
6. Phone call renewals are acceptable, unless a problem is
created.
7. Overdue fines charged are ten cents per day for all items,
excluding Tuesday and Sunday and days that F D Campbell Memorial
Library is closed.
8. A limit of $1.00 in fines must be paid before a member may
continue to borrow books.
9. A postcard will be sent to each member listing all books
overdue at least every month by the librarian.
10. Circulating reference material may be borrowed for a one week
lending period, with renewal, as long as there is no other member in need
for the reference material.
11. Reserve books may be borrowed for the regular three week
lending period when the book is no longer needed for revolving reserve
status. The lending period for
reserve material is three to seven days at the discretion of the library
director, but if another member doesn’t need the reserved material, the
book can be borrowed longer or renewed at the discretion of the library
director. The member must check in with the librarian to see if the
material is in demand.
12. All overdue books borrowed from ILL will be assessed a fine
of ten cents per day per item excluding Tuesday and Sunday and days F D
Campbell Memorial Library is closed due to holiday or other necessity.
13. Following the second notice of overdue materials, a third
notice will be sent. Then a
form letter warning that legal action will be taken will be sent using
return receipt service.
14. If lost materials or monetary compensation for those
materials are not brought to the library, a theft of leased property charge
will brought to the District Justice Office.
A form will be sent stating the schedule for a hearing date set up by
the District Justice. Both the
librarian and member must appear before the judge to drop or finish the
proceedings.
15. A child who is a resident of Lawrence County and who is first
joining F D Campbell Memorial Library and who is not with a parent or
guardian, must have their responsible adult sign the application card before
any books can be taken out by that child.
This assures the librarian that the adult knows that the child has
joined F D Campbell Memorial Library and will be taking materials out and
the adult accepts responsibility for the materials.
It is assumed that the signature is by the adult responsible for the
child.
16. F D Campbell Memorial Library materials checked out may be
returned to any other Lawrence County Federated Library System library or
may also be returned to any participating Access PA (state-wide card
program) library. Also
materials from a library participating in PA Access can be returned to F D
Campbell Memorial Library and this library will return the materials to the
home library.
17. Library materials listed below are loaned to registered borrowers for three weeks and may be renewed:
books
cassettes and sound
recordings and books on tape
periodicals
18. Library materials listed below are loaned to registered
borrowers for a one week loan and may be renewed:
compact discs (CD)
computer software (CD-ROM
programs)
videos
circulating reference
materials
DVDs
18. Any loan period may be extended on a case by case basis at
the discretion of the staff and board.
19. Interlibrary loan materials and items on hold will be held
for one week so as not to inconvenience others who want to use the book or
material. As part of the message, members are asked to call to confirm the
message if it will be more than two days before they can come to F D
Campbell Memorial library to pick up the item.
The director or board of F D Campbell Memorial Library can review and revise this policy at their discretion.
