2.3 LOAN PERIODS AND RENEWALS

The loan period for all circulating materials, except videos, is two weeks; videotapes and DVDs check out for a week.

Patrons may renew materials by contacting the library in person, by phone, or online, on or before the due date or during a seven-day grace period following the due date. An item will not be renewed if another person is waiting for it, if it has already been renewed two times, or if it is more than seven days overdue.

2.4 ITEM AND TRANSACTION LIMITS

To help optimize availability of the collection to the public, the Library applies the following limits on items that can be concurrently charged to a card:

• 3 DVDs
• 6 videocassettes (or 3 cassettes & 3 DVDs)
• 6 music CDs
• 6 books on tape or on CD
• 25 total items

Because reserves and interlibrary loan requests are labor-intensive services, the Library applies the following daily limits on these transactions:

• 3 reserves / ILL requests by phone
• 5 reserves / ILL requests in person

Other requests beyond the limit may be negotiated, however, and patrons may place their own reserves without limit.

2.5 V-TEK MACHINE

With or without a valid library card, any Lincoln County resident who shows proof of residence may check out the V-TEK machine, which was given to the Library by the Oregon Commission for the Blind. The checkout period is negotiated at checkout, and it may be reserved in advance.

2.6 FINES AND FEES

Newport Public Library does not collect fines for overdue materials. A "conscience box" is available at the front counter for those who would like to contribute. The Library does collect fees for the following: interlibrary loans, replacement cards, visitor cards, nonresident cards, lost or irreparably damaged materials, photocopies and printing. The Library does allow library users to make up to five photocopies from most non-circulating materials without charge.

2.6.1 Refunds

Fees paid for lost materials may be refunded, less a processing fee, if a patron returns the material in good condition within six months of having paid the fee and presents a fee receipt.

2.7 OVERDUE AND BILLING NOTIFICATION

Patrons will be notified about overdue materials either by phone or by mail. If a patron fails to return overdue materials within two weeks after a second notification has been made, the material will be considered lost and the patron will be billed for the replacement cost.

2.7.1 Suspension of borrowing privileges for outstanding bills

The library will not check out materials to any patron with outstanding fines or fees, at any library or combination of libraries in the Coastal Resource Sharing Network, above an amount to be established by the Board. Borrowing privileges will be restored when materials are returned or outstanding fees are brought under the established amount.

2.8 INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Newport Public Library endorses and, within its practical limitations, will abide by the Oregon Library Association's Interlibrary Loan Code for Oregon Libraries and OCLC protocol.

The Library will attempt to meet the needs of its patrons primarily by developing a diverse collection. However, in the event that the Library's circulation and reference materials are inadequate to meet a particular need, the Library will, upon patron request, attempt to borrow desired material from other libraries. The Library will honor other lending institutions' policies, including loan periods, replacement charges, and non-renewal or in-library-use policies.

To help defray the costs of document delivery, a fee per item received will be charged to the patron. Because the Library does not aim to support major research and does not have the staff resources to do so, no more than three interlibrary loan requests will be taken over the telephone and no more than five in-person requests from a single patron will be taken at one time.

Newport Library will not borrow materials from institutions charging an interlibrary loan fee, unless the materials are unavailable from other sources locatable with a reasonable effort and the patron agrees to pay the lending institution's fee.

In fulfilling interlibrary loan requests from other libraries, Newport Library will charge no fees and will process all such requests in a timely fashion. Staff will make every effort to fulfill requests for specific items in the collection, with the exception of those designated as Reference. Requests from other libraries for subject searches or other in-depth reference services will be addressed only as staff time allows.