Borrowing

Find details of the Illingworth Library’s items and their availability on the library catalogue. 

Issue of items

Bring the item/s you wish to borrow and your library ticket to the library counter. Items will be issued and stamped with a return date.  (If you are accessing our services remotely, please visit our off-site services page).

Number of loans and loan periods

You may borrow up to 10 items at any one time. Most items may be borrowed for three weeks, some other items are one week loans or for reference only.  

Returns

Return items to a member of library staff and wait for your items to be discharged.  If the library is closed, please use the out of hours book returns box situated outside the library.

Items must be returned to the Illingworth Library by the due date and not to any other library.

Please note while items are on loan to you they are your responsibility and you are liable for the cost of their replacement if they are lost or damaged.

Fines

Fines for late return /renewal of items borrowed from the Illingworth Library are:

• 20p per item per day
• 50p per item per day for non return of items reserved by another reader

Please remember to return or renew items on time to avoid these charges.

If you accrue a total of £10 in fines you will not be able to borrow any further items from the library until the debt is cleared.

Renewals

Renewals can be made in person, by telephone, by email or you can renew via the online catalogue using your library ticket and PIN which may be requested via the catalogue.

You can renew three week loans up to a maximum of four times and one week loans up to a maximum of seven times unless reserved by another reader.

Reservations

You can reserve/request items that are on loan or on the shelf by contacting the library or via the catalogue.  There is no charge for this service.

To request or reserve items using the catalogue, your library ticket and PIN:

• Click the reserve button on the item details page to reserve items on loan
• Click the request link (right hand panel) to request items from the shelf

Reserved items awaiting collection are held for seven days.

Requesting items not in stock

If you require an item not listed on our catalogue, we may be able to obtain it for you. Please visit the document supply page for more information.

We are happy to receive suggestions for new purchases. You can use the online stock suggestion form or email the library.  We can't promise we will buy everything suggested, but we will consider all requests.