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Charges
Membership:
- Joining the library is free and there is no charge for borrowing books, using the computers, accessing the internet or using reference materials.
Loans:
- Books - free
- Children's storytapes - free
- Audio books - £1 for 3 weeks
- Music cassettes - 75p for 2 weeks
- CDs, DVDs, videos - £1.75 for 2 weeks
Requests:
- Items which are in Highland Libraries' stock - free
- Items which have to be borrowed from another library service using the Inter-Library Loans scheme - cost of return postage - maximum charge £10.00
- Renewal of items borrowed through the Inter-Library Loans scheme: first renewal free, subsequent renewals £3.00 each
- Photocopied articles obtained through the Inter-Library Loans scheme: £2.00 for up to 10 pages, then £0.10 per page
Other services:
- A4 photocopy - 10p each
- A3 photocopy - 15p each
- Computer printout - 20p per page
- CR-R - 50p each. CD-RW - £1.50 each.
- Photo quality print of scanned or downloaded images - 50p per page
- Microfilm or fiche copying - 75p per copy
- Fax:
- Outgoing (UK) - 1st page £1.50, subsequent pages £1 each
- Outgoing (International) - 1st page £2, subsequent pages £2 each
- Outgoing (FreeFax number) - 10p per page
- Incoming - 50p per page
Sales:
- Publications and promotional items - retail price
- Withdrawn stock - see list of prices
Late returns:
- Books, audio books, music cassettes, CDs - 15p per day or opening session up to a maximum of £10 per item
- DVDs and videos - 50p per day or opening session up to a maximum of £10 per item
Exceptions:
- There is no charge for the late return of children's and teenage materials
- Customers aged 60+ are not charged for the late return of items
Lost library card:
- Replacement of lost computer-issue membership card - £2.50
- Reinstatement of computer password - £2.50 admin cost
Lost or damaged items:
- If the item is in print the full replacement cost is charged
- Please see the list of standard charges for items which are out of print
This list of charges can be downloaded as a document from the link on the right