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At the Carmel Clay Public Library, we currently have about 13,000 DVDs (8,200 of them in the adult AV collection, the rest in Children's). We don't charge for DVD check-out (but we don't charge for anything else either). We do not have limits on how many DVDs a person may check out at a time. They circulate for one week with $1/day overdue fines. That's considerably higher than our usual 10-cent/day overdue fines on other formats, but it helps ensure that the DVDs are returned promptly. Our DVDs may be renewed once, and patrons may also place holds on them, though we have a total hold limit of 25 items (any format).

The Monroe County Public Library has over 17,000 DVDs in our Adult Dept. and around 7,000 DVDs in our Children's Dept. We do not charge a fee for patrons to borrow DVDs nor for any of our materials.

Overdue fines are charged on most materials and are assessed on a per item/per day basis. Fines are charged at twentyfive (25) cents per day, per item. The maximum overdue fine is $10.00 per item. Fines are not charged for children's materials housed in juvenile shelving areas. Patrons are charged for replacement of an item if it is unreturned or damaged. In addition to the cost of the replacement item, patrons are charged an additional non-refundable processing fee of $10. We have a Fine Option program which lets patrons who cannot pay the fines to work in liew of payment; a five dollar credit may be earned for each hour worked. Volunteer credit may only be applied against fines/fees and are not applicable against replacement costs.

DVDs can be checked out for 7 days. The maximum number of DVDs a patron can have checked out at one time is 7. The maximum number of active holds a patron can have at any one time is 50.

Sabra Stockey, Monroe County Public Library

Thanks for all your responses. I will forward these to our director.