Library fees and charges

It's free to borrow books and to reserve all items of Northumberland Libraries stock. Library members can borrow up to a total of 20 items at any one time. This can be any combination of books and audio books. In addition members can borrow 5 eBooks, 5 eAudio and unlimited newspapers and eMagazines from our digital library.

Overdue charges

Please note fines on overdue books are currently suspended. 

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Loan periods:

• You can borrow books and audio books from our libraries for 3 weeks.
• You can renew borrowed items if no one else has requested them. 
• You can borrow eBooks and eAudio for 14 days with the ability to renew items twice.
• Please note that children's items borrowed on an adult card attract adult fees. Your child can get their own library card at any age.

Charges for borrowing audio items are as follows.

Item	Length of loan	Charge
Adult audio books	3 weeks	FREE
Children's audio books	3 weeks	FREE
Adult audio books (concessions)	3 weeks	FREE

Please note overdue charges for books and audiobooks are currently suspended. Overdue charges are as follows:

Item	Charge	Maximum charge
Adult books	£0.21 per day	£8.40
Children's books	£0.05 per day	£2.00
Adult audio books	£0.21 per day	£8.40
Children's audio books	£0.05 per day	£2.00
Music/drama sets	£15.00 a month/part if late or incomplete	£30.00
Adult books (concessions)	£0.10 per day	£4.00
Adult audio books (concessions)	£0.10 per day	£4.00

Our loan charges are as follows:

	Northumberland library stock	Outside of Northumberland stock
Music sets 0-50	£6	£12
Music sets 51-100	£12	£24
Music sets 101-150	£18	£36
Music sets 151-200	£24	£48
Drama sets	£1.50 per set	£10 per set

​It is free to reserve all items of Northumberland Libraries stock.

• To reserve a book that we have to get from a library outside Northumberland costs £10.
• To renew a book borrowed from a library outside Northumberland costs £5.

Our charges are as follows:

Item	Black and White	Colour
A4 Photocopying	£0.15 per side	£0.55 per side
A3 Photocopying	£0.35 per side	£1.10 per side
Photocopying by Community Groups	£0.10 per side	£0.25 per side
Computer Printouts	£0.15 per side	£0.55 per side
Microfilm Reader Printouts	£0.55	-
Microfilm Reader Printouts done by Staff	£1.10	-

All lost and damaged books will be charged at the replacement cost as per original purchase price plus a £1 admin fee.

Lost/damaged audio/visual

A £1 admin fee will also be added to the charge.
 

Item	Charge
Audio books CD	£7 per CD
MP3 (Playaways)	£50 per Playaway

Library members 2 hours per day FREE then £1.10 per extra half hour.

Other charges or costs at our libraries

Item	Charge
Replacement library card	£1.65
Assisted research	£33 per hour
Room hire	Ask at individual library