Woodstock Public Library

Rules of Woodstock Public Library

1. Each person wishing to take out materials must have registered with the library and must present his or her own card.
2. Library cards are non-transferable.
3. Library cards are valid only for the address cited when the card is issued.  Patrons must notify the library of change of address.
4. All residents of the City of Woodstock (5 years old or older) are entitled to free library cards.
5. Rural Woodstock Public Library District residents are entitled to free Rural Basic Cards,  that are restricted. District residents can opt to pay $35 per year per family to obtain full service cards that provide all services available to city residents.
6. Non-residents pay $150 per family per year. Each member of the family may have his or her own card.
7. Reciprocal privileges are extended to persons holding valid cards from other tax supported public libraries in Illinois. Some restrictions apply.

Loan Periods, Material Limits, and Overdue Fines

1. Books, CDs, and books on cassette or CD may be checked out for 21 days and renewed twice with these exceptions:

• New books may be renewed once if there are no holds on the item
• Items with holds (other people waiting for the item) are not renewable
• Some materials borrowed on interlibrary loan (depends on lending library) are not renewable

2. Videos and DVDs may be checked out for 7 days and renewed only once except items with holds and some interlibrary loan items. There is a limit of 5 DVDs per person.

3. Back issues of newspapers and magazines may be checked out for 21 days.  Current issues must be used in the library.

4. Overdue fines are 10 cents per day per item. Material is overdue until returned, renewed, or paid for. First overdue notices are sent when materials are 7 days overdue. Additional information regarding overdue or lost materials is available here.

5. Nothing will be checked out to a person whose borrower's card has 5 overdue items or fines of $5 or more.
 
6. Failure to pay fines and return or pay for items may result in suspension of library privileges for the entire family. Failure to return items is a Class A misdemeanor according to the Illinois Criminal Code, Chapter 38, Article 6B. The Library does use a Collection Agency to retrieve materials.

7. Vacation loans:  Persons who will be out of town may check out materials for six weeks but they are not renewable. New books may not be checked out on vacation loans.

8. Library projectors may be rented for use outside the library only by adult resident borrowers using a current card and paying the rental fee.  A reciprocal adult borrower may check out projectors for meeting room use only by using a current card and paying the rental fee. Rental fees are charged if the projector has lamps that burn out and must be replaced.

9. All residents and rural residents paying the User Fee are limited to a maximum of

• 50 items checked out at any one time
• 20 items on hold
• 20 items on interlibrary loan
• 5 DVDs
• 10 CDs
• 10 Books on cassette
• 3 Activity Backpacks per family

10.  Rural residents with Basic Cards are limited to 

• 3 items checked out at any one time including the following limits:
• 20 items on hold (Woodstock materials only)
• No items borrowed via interlibrary loan

11. Reciprocal borrowers have the same limits throughout the system

•  50 items checked out
•  20 items on hold
•  No items on interlibrary loan
•  10 videos
•  10 CDs
•  10 Books on cassette

Revised May 2011