Library Usage Policy

Library Usage

• Patrons must present identification when checking out any library materials. Identification is library card, driver’s license, or a current picture id.

• Any library material(s) that is overdue will have a specific charge.

• A charge of $.25 will be charged for each book each day that is overdue.

• A charge of $1.00 will be charged for each video and/or recorded book each day that the material is overdue.

• Notices of overdue materials and/or fines will be handled as follows:

• After three (3) weeks of material being checked out the patron will receive their first notice, which does not include any fines for those materials.

• After four (4) weeks of a material being checked out the patron will receive their second notice, which will include any fines that have accumulated.

• After six (6) weeks of materials being checked out the patron will receive their third notice that will include the price of the material and the total amount of the fines that have accumulated

• Replacement books are not permitted.

• A patron may request holds for library materials, there is a limit of 5 holds per person and the materials must be picked-up within 2 weeks. Patrons will be notified by mail when a material they requested returns to the library. New releases will not be held.

• If your library is lost or damaged there is a charge of $1.00 (one dollar) to replace the card. Please bring identification when reapplying.

• Non-circulating materials:

• Magazines

• Newspapers

• Reference

• Genealogy

• Computers

Computer Usage

• Patron must sign in and sign out when using computers at the front desk.

• All Copies made from the computers will print out at the front desk and there is a charge of 10¢ per page.

• Time Limit of one (1) hour for computer usage.

• Use of the Internet Stations is on a first come first serve basis. Users are required to sign in at the circulation desk. Users must have a valid library/ computer card on file and must present the card to use the computers. Internet computer usage is allowed for patrons 18 years of age and older.

• Computing resources may only be used for legal purposes by the public and staff. Examples of unacceptable purposes include, but are not limited to the following: - Harassment of other users; Libeling or slandering other users; Destruction of or damage of property, equipment, data, or software belongs to BCPL.

• Use of Library Internet Access stations to display or disseminate sexually explicit or sexual suggestive (obscene/ pornographic) material in any Library building is prohibited. Violators of this policy will be removed from the Library building and will have their library privileges revoked.

• The BCPL cannot censure material nor protect users from offensive information. Parents of minor children (under age 18) must be responsible for their children’s use of Internet through the BCPL connection. Parents must remain at the station for the entire period of use. Parents and children are encourages to read Child Safety on the Information Highway, reprinted and distributed with permission from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

• The BCPL assumes no responsibility for any damages, direct or indirect, arising from the use of its www Server or from its connections to other Internet services.

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