Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

What You Can Hire / Charges and Fines

Fines for late return of books
Age 16 years+
Books: 5p per day for the first three weeks of the overdue period. At 22 days overdue the fines will become a premium charge of 15p per day to a maximum of £5

Hire charges
Language Courses: £1.80 for 4 weeks (late returns recharged at full rate)  
Adult Spoken Word on cassette, CD or MP3: £1.00 Free for 4 weeks (late return charges as per books- free to VIP's)
Storysacks: Free for 4 weeks
CD-ROMS: £1.50 for 2 weeks (late returns recharged at full rate)
Asian DVDs: £1.50 for 1 week (late returns 25p per day - free to VIP/hearing impaired)
Junior DVDs: £1.00 for 1 week (late return charges as per books)

Reservation fees
The reservation fee is due when the reservation is made and is not subject to supply of item or notification.
No charge for items in borough stock
£1.00 charge for items not in library stock
£4.00 additional charge for items requested via the inter library loans service
Free large print and spoken word reservations to registered VIP's

Photocopies
(Cost double for all double sided)
A4 - Black & White 10p per copy
A3 - Black & White 20p per copy
A4 ? Colour 60p per copy
A3 - Colour £1.00 per copy
CV's for unwaged A4 - 5p per copy
Free to children for homework purposes
Multiple copies A4- Over 20 pages - 8p per sheet. Over 50 pages - 5p per sheet
Multiple copies A3- Over 20 pages - 16p per sheet. Over 50 pages - 10p per sheet

Printing charges  
A4 Black & White - 10p per copy
A3 Black & White - 20p per copy
A4 colour - 35p per copy.  
A3 colour - 40p per copy.
For job-seeking purposes - 5p per copy
Free to children for homework purposes
Printing from Ancestry.com - 10p per print

Laminating services
A4 - 50p per pocket
A3 - £1 per pocket

Fax services
Outgoing:
UK - £1.30 per page. Concession for unwaged 75p per page
Europe - £1.80 first page. Concession for unwaged £1.00 per page
Rest of World- £2.50 per page. Concession for unwaged £1.50 per page
Incoming: All 55p per sheet. Concession for unwaged 28p per page

Replacement of library membership card
£1.60. Concession for unwaged 80p.

Print from Picture Stockton website (www.picturestockton.co.uk)
Up to A4 size - £5 including postage and packaging

Family History Searches conducted by staff
£5 per half hour or part of

Sale of goods
Floppy discs - 60p
CD-ROMS - £1.00
4GB Memory Sticks - £7.50

Payments can be made by cash or cheque supported by a cheque guarantee card.