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Borrowing
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Borrowing Items
- Users must present a valid membership card, or valid identification linked to a valid membership, in order to borrow items
- All catalogued material, with the exception of reference items, devices, videos and video games, may be borrowed by any user
- Videos and video games may be borrowed by any user who is 18 years of age or older
- Devices may be borrowed by any user who is 18 years of age or older
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Borrowing Periods
- All circulating items, with the exception of devices, videos and video games, may be borrowed for 3 weeks
- Videos and video games may be borrowed for 1 week
- Devices may be borrowed for either 1 week or 3 weeks, depending on the device
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Borrowing Quantities
- No more than 5 videos may be borrowed per membership
- No more than 2 video games may be borrowed per membership
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In-Library Use
- Users under the age of 18 may access videos and video games from the collection for in-library use only
- Videos accessed for in-library use will be rated G
- Video games accessed for in-library use will be rated E
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Renewals*
- All items may be renewed a maximum of 3 times, provided that no hold requests are pending.
- Renewals may be made by:
- Presenting the item to be renewed at the Circulation Desk
- Online through our public access catalogue
- By telephone
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Holds
- Circulating material that is currently on loan or on order may be heldfor a user
- Material will be held for no longer than 3 days after the user has been notified of its availability
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Fines
- Fines will be levied for overdue items according to the Fees and Fines schedule
- When fines accumulate to $15, the borrower must clear fines before checking out additional items
- The maximum fine that can accumulate per user is $15
- All borrowed material becomes the responsibility of the borrower until checked in by a circulation attendant
- A borrower who loses or damages borrowed items will be required to pay the replacement cost of those items
- If a user declares their membership card as stolen, they will still be held responsible for any items borrowed through their membership
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Fine-Free Memberships
- A fine-free membership will be granted accompanying a minimum donation of $125
- Fine-free memberships may be activated by any single user directed by the donor
- Fine-free memberships will be exempt from fines accruing from overdue items
- Fine-free memberships are still responsible for lost or damaged items
- Fine-free memberships are non-transferrable once activated
- Fine-free memberships last for a period of 1 year from the activation date
- *During a Pandemic or other Library closure, please see FFPL Policy OP24.