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Loan periods and charges


You can borrow up to twelve books and two talking books for three weeks at a time.

To make life easier you can borrow and return them at any of our libraries in County Durham - they don't have to be returned to the library you got them from.

FormatChargeLoan period
BooksFree3 weeks
Spoken wordAdult titles £1.35
Children's titles Free
3 weeks
CDsFree3 weeks
DVDs55p1 week
Language courses£13.503 months

Fees and charges may apply for late, non-return or damaged items.

We offer lots of additional services such as:

  • photocopying
  • colour printing
  • reproduction of photographs
  • scanning
  • laminating
  • binding

Fees and charges

See our  Icon for pdf Library Fees and Charges 2019 - 2020 (PDF, 133.2kb)  for more information.