Library charges and concessions

Man choosing books

 

Joining the library is free but we charge for some items and reservations (concessions are available). You will also have to pay for overdue items. See the full list of charges below.

Hire of audio and visual material

 Item Hire period  Adult  Concession  Child 
Music CD 7 days 80p  40p  40p 
Adult spoken word material 21 days £1.50  75p  40p 
Children's spoken word material 21 days No charge
Language course (standard) 21 days £2.00 £2.00 n/a
CD ROM (not games) 21 days £1.10 £1.10 £1.10
Premium DVD 7 days £3.00 £3.00 £3.00
Standard DVD classification 18, 15, 12 7 days £2.40 £2.40 £2.40 (12s only)
Video/DVD classification U, PG 7 days £1.20 £1.20 £1.20
Computer games premium (Note 1) 7 days £3.40 £3.40 £3.40
Computer games standard 7 days £2.40 £2.40 £2.40

 Loans

 Item Loan period  Charge 
 Book 21 days  Free 

                                

 Reservations

 Item  Adult charge  Concession /young adult charge Child charge
 Books  80p  40p No charge
 Books through the inter library loan  £2.00  £1.00 No charge
 Audio visual  40p  40p 20p
                                        

 Overdue item charges

 Item  Charge
 Children's items  No charge
 Per book on adult tickets  20p per day
 Per book on young adult tickets

 10p per day

 Audio Visual on all tickets  30p per day

                                  
 Maximum fine

 £7.00 on books

 £20.00 audio visual

 

Concessions

Concessions are given to people on Working Tax Credit, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit, Disabled Person’s Tax Credit, Widows Benefit, Income Support, Industrial Disablement Benefit, Incapacity benefit. Students in full time education and people over the age of 60 years also qualify.


 

Photocopying and printing

Print   Size   Charge
Photocopy A4 10p / 5p black and white, 75p colour
Print - black and white A4 10p
Print - colour A4 75p
                                       

Fax services

Destination per sheet

Within South Gloucestershire Council  Free
UK  £0.60
Rest of world  £1.10
To receive a Fax  25p

 

Sale of PC products

Floppy disc                 50p
CD-RW                       £1.00
Headphones               £1.50

Memory Sticks            £10.00

 
Miscellaneous charges

Replacement membership card - Adults 50p and children free
Cost of damaged/lost items - replacement value
Lettings of library £12.00 full rate, £5.00 concessionary rate 

Children's activities - £1.50 activity, £2.50 entertainers, Pre-school story time - free

Adult events - £1.50 for library members, £2.00 for non library members.

Hire of music sets - £10.00

Note 1 - all new computer games will be premium, reducing to standard after one year.