Audio Visual Materials Audio Material Non-print Materials Special Items Loan Periods

Fee for all lost or damaged materials cost of replacing item and a $2 processing fee includes print, audio-visual and non-print item

Audio-Visual Materials

1. Educational and/or Instructional Videos
   1. 3 items checked out per card maximum
   2. No renewals, 2 days only
2. High Demand Videos
   1. 3 items checked out per card maximum
   2. No renewals, OVERNIGHT only
3. Late Fees/Charges
   1. $1 Donation per item requested for checking out entertainment videos
   2. Fee of $1 will be charged for any video that in not rewound before it is returned
   3. Regular Videos will be charged $1 per day that library is open up to a maximum of the videos retail value
   4. High Demand Videos will be charged $3 per day that the library is open up to a maximum of the videos retail value

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Audio Materials

1. Recorded books, cassettes, CDs
   1. 3 weeks, 1 renewal
2. Late Fees/Charges
   1. No renewal maximum of 3 days
   2. 5 cents per day that library is open up to maximum of $2

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Non-print Materials

1. Art Prints and Sculptures
   1. No renewal, 8 weeks only
   2. 2 items checked out per card maximum
2. Late Fees/Charges
   1. $1 per day library is open

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Special Items

1. Slide Projector
   1. No renewals, 2 days only
2. Late Fees/Charges
   1. $30 cash deposit required
   2. $3 retained as a service charge
   3. $4 per daft that the Library is open
3. Hooked on Phonics
   1. No renewal, 3 weeks only
4. Late Fees/Charges
   1. $35 cash deposit required
   2. $2 per day the library is open
5. Engraver
   1. 2 days with 1 renewal available
6. Late Fees/Charges
   1. No deposit required
   2. $4 per day library is open

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Loan Period for Print Materials

1. Circulating collection of Books & Magazines
   1. 3 weeks, with no renewal
   2. 30 items may be checked out per card
2. Bestsellers
   1. 1 week, no renewal
      1. If there are more than 5 reserves on the Title
   2. 3 weeks, no renewal
      1. If there are more than 600 pages
3. Cliff Notes
   1. Cliff Notes 3 days, no renewal
      1. $1 per day that the library is open
4. Inter-Library loan materials
   1. Due date given by loaning library, no renewal
5. Late Fees/Charges
   1. Adult Materials 5 cents per day that library is open up to a $2 maximum
   2. Children’s Materials 2 cents per day that library is open up to $1 maximum
   3. Cliff Notes $1 per day that library is open
   4. Inter-Library loan materials $1 per day that library is open

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Reference, East Chicago Room, & Career Services Center collections do not circulate and may only be used in the East Chicago Public Library.