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Please remember
that your library card is issued to you as an individual
and is not transferable. You are responsible for all materials
checked out on it and your responsibility is not over until
the material is returned complete and in good condition.
It is the policy of the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library to
collect for overdue, damaged, incomplete or lost materials
as follows.
Any material that
is lost, damaged or incomplete may be paid for at any time.
Replacement cost is the original cost of the material, plus
a processing fee, which will also be charged for material
that is damaged beyond repair.
If library material
is not returned by the due date, the following applies:
- Approximately one week
after the date due an overdue notice will be mailed
out. If you have any questions please call the library
at (630) 627-0316.
- If you do not return
materials within 30 days following the first notice
you will receive a final bill indicating the cost of
each item including the processing fee.
NOTE: Prior to the bill being sent by the
library we make every attempt to be certain materials
have not been returned. Shelves and circulation areas
are thoroughly searched before notices are sent to patrons.
- If your card has expired,
you may not renew your card until all overdue materials
are returned and fines paid.
- Fines will be assessed
from the due date until materials are returned. If material
is returned within 3 days of the due date (grace period)
no fines will be charged. On the fourth day after the
due date, fines are charged
back to the first day after the due date. There is
no grace period on videotapes or DVDs.
- If you recover any library
material that you paid for, you may get a refund minus
the processing fee up to four months from the date of
payment. You must return the material in good condition
along with the receipt.
- Overdue charges are assessed
on all materials for all days on which the library is
closed.
- Library patrons who have
outstanding fines, other overdue materials, damaged
materials which have not been paid for, or are otherwise
in debt to the library, cannot borrow library materials.
- You will be assessed
the cost of the item and a processing fee for any library
material returned incomplete or damaged beyond repair.
- There is a 10-cent a
day per item charge for overdue materials owned by another
library which you have returned at Helen M. Plum Memorial
Library.
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