Bethel Public Library - Bethel, Connecticut

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Loans, Limits, Renewals and Overdue Fines

Material
Loan Period
Limit Per Patron
# of Renewals
Overdue Fines
New books 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
New books with reserves 2 weeks none none $.10/Day
Children's fiction 3 weeks none 1 $.05/Day
Children's nonfiction 3 weeks 2 per subject 1 $.05/Day
Teen books 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
All other books 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
Videos (popular adult) 7 days ten none $1.00/Day
Videos (popular, juvenile) 7 days ten none $1.00/Day
Videos (nonfic) 2 weeks ten 1 $1.00/Day
DVDs (popular, adult) 7 days five none $1.00/Day
DVDs (popular, juvenile) 7 days three none $1.00/Day
DVDs (nonfic) 14 days five 1 $1.00/Day
Compact discs 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
Cassettes, audiobooks 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
CD-Roms 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
Periodicals (Adult) 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
Periodicals (Children) 3 weeks none 1 $.05/Day
Pamphlets 3 weeks none 1 $.10/Day
Museum passes 2 days one none $1.00/Day
Reference books overnight* one none $1.00/per hour beginning with the second hour the Library is open.
*with Department Head permission