Loan Periods & Fines
Sechelt Public Library allows a maximum loan of 40 items per card. Please be advised that borrowing privileges are suspended if you have overdue items. Please also note that we can’t take payment for fines on items from the Gibsons and District Public Library.
| Collection | Description | Borrowing period |
Fines |
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| Adult Materials | Books, Paperbacks, Book Club, CDs, Audiobooks | 3 weeks (2 renewals) | No fines (except ILL / ILC items) | |
| New Adult Materials | Books, Paperbacks, Book Club | 2 weeks (1 renewal) | No fines | |
| Electronic resources | E-readers | 3 weeks (1 renewal – limit one at a time), must pick up and return at Sechelt Library Circulation Desk |
$5.00/day to max of $15.00 | |
| Children’s/Teen Materials | Books, Kits, DVDs, CDs, Read-alongs, Audiobooks |
3 weeks (2 renewals) | No fines | |
| Children’s/Teen Materials | Steam Kits | 3 weeks (1 renewal – limit one at a time), must pick up and return at Sechelt Library Circulation Desk | $5.00/day to max of $15.00 | |
| DVDs/Video games |
Patrons are limited to 2 New DVDs/video games /// Video games must be returned to the Sechelt Library Circulation Desk |
New DVDs – 7 days (0 renewals) /// Regular DVDs – 14 days (1 renewal) /// Video games – 14 days (0 renewals) | No fines | |
| Magazines | There are magazine collections for children, teens, and adults. | All issues: 2 weeks (1 renewal) | No fines |
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| Other | Light therapy kits, Radon detection kits | Light therapy kits: 3 weeks /// Radon detection kits: 4 weeks |
No fines | |
| Newspapers | Vancouver Sun, National Post, Globe & Mail, New York Times Sunday Edition, Coast Reporter, The Local | In-Library Use Only | – | |
| Interlibrary Loans | Interlibrary loans available via BC Interlibrary Connect, Illume, and Voilà |
Loan period and renewal policy set by loaning library | Fines applied according to the policy of the Lending Library |