Fees & Fines

Library Materials Check-Out

• Basic Overdue rate: $0.25 per item per day overdue, cumulating to a maximum of $4.00.
• Overdue rate, Special Materials: $1.00 per item per day to a maximum equal to the cost of the item. (Includes government documents, materials borrowed from outside SJVLS, microforms, reference materials)
• Delinquent Accounts (fines/fees in excess of $50): $7.50 for sending to collections agency
• Replacement library cards: $1.20 (Includes sales tax)
• Processing fee for lost and damaged materials:
  - Cost of item plus $3.00 for items costing $9.99 and under;
  - Cost of item plus $9.00 for items valued at $10.00 to $ 499.99;
  - Cost of item plus $18.00 for items valued at $500.00 or more

Copies

• Photocopies (except from Microform)
  - Self Serve Photocopies: $0.10 per page
  - Staff-Made Photocopies: $0.20 per page
• Photocopies from Microform
  - Self-serve copies: $0.25
  - Staff-made copies: $1.00
• Computer print-outs: $0.10 per page (black & white)/ $0.50 per page (color)
• Photocopy and printout fees will be charged to patrons supplying their own paper
• Scanning
  - Only available at the Central Library, California History and Genealogy Room:  $8.00 per quarter hour

Information Delivery

• FAXing of information: $1.50 for the first page, plus $0.30 for each additional page, plus, for calls out of Fresno County, $0.25 for the first page and $0.15 for each additional page. No charge for FAX cover sheet.
• Mailing of Information: $1.80 for the first page, plus $0.18 for each additional page.  For microform copies, $2.70 for the first page, plus $1.08 for each additional page.

Other Special Services

• Flash Drive: $6.00 (includes sales tax)
• Floppy Disc: $1.00 (includes sales tax)
• Information & Referral
  - Training Session: $10.00
• Meeting Room Cleaning charge: Actual costs, not to exceed $80.00 per hour
• On-Demand Book Talk: $35.00 + mileage
• Service charge: $18.00 for returned checks
• Headphones: $4.00 (includes sales tax)
• Writable CD: $1.00 (includes sales tax) - Caliornia History & Genealogy Room only

Effective February 3, 2010