Central Bedfordshire Libraries
- Fines and Hire Charges
The rates below apply from Friday 2nd April 2012 in Central Bedfordshire Libraries.
If you think you may be entitled to concessions, click
here
Request Charges
| Standard Rate | £1.20 per item |
| Children's Rate | FREE |
| Concessions and 16-18 year olds | 60p per item |
| Items borrowed from outside the County, additional charge |
£2.00 per item |
| Vocal Scores - Per set of 5-30 Per Set of 31 + |
£6.10 £12.20 |
Book and Spoken Word Fines
| Adults | 25p £7.50 |
per item per day max per item (5 weeks) |
| Children | 0.05p £1.50 |
per item per day max per item |
| Concessions | 12p £3.60 |
per item per day max per item (5 weeks) |
If you return a Video or DVD late you will be charged for another weeks loan, the
loan charges are listed below.![]()
Charges for Audio-Visual Items
| CDs | DVDs* | Videos | Spoken Word CDs | Spoken Word Cassettes | |
| Standard Rate | £1.00 | £2.30 | £1.50 | £1.30 | £1.30 |
| Children | N/A | £1.20 | 80p | FREE | FREE |
| Concessions | 50p | £1.20 | 80p | 70p | 70p |
| Registered blind/partially sighted/hearing impaired people | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE |
Print Outs, Photocopy and Fax Charges
Print Outs Charges per copy |
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| Black and White A4 | 10p | |
| Colour A4 | 50p | |
Photocopy Charges per copy |
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| Black and White A 4 | 10p | |
| Black and White A3 | 15p | |
| Colour A4 | £1.00 | |
| Colour A3 | £1.50 | |
Fax Charges |
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| Sending | First Sheet | Subsequent Sheets |
| UK | £1.50 | 70p |
| Europe and North America | £2.80 | £1.50 |
| Rest of World | £4.10 | £2.10 |
| Receiving | ||
| Receiving faxes | £1.00 per sheet | |
| Receiving faxes from premium Rate Lines | £1.00p per sheet + £3.30 | |
Charges for replacing lost or damaged items
The replacement charge for a lost or damaged item is
the listed price on the catalogue, plus £1.00. If there is no listed price on
the catalogue then a member of staff will identify the cost.
Magazines replacement charges are the face value plus 60p.
There is no charge for damage to items
borrowed by or for a child 0 - 5 years.
British Library Lost book charge is the actual cost to replace the book plus £3.30 admin
fee.
(There is an 50% refund if the book is returned to the British Library within 6
weeks)
Lost Library Ticket
| Per each lost ticket (Adults only) | £1.00 |
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