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Circulation

Your Rockford Public Library card provides you with access to the collection and services offered by all six Rockford Public Library locations. Check out books, music and movies! Attend a program! Use the computers to surf the net! Rockford Public Library puts it all at your fingertips. Here are some guidelines to help you get the most from your library card.

New Check-out limits and loan periods (Effective April 3 2011)

 

Item type Check-out limit Loan Period
Books, Audio books, magazines 50 items 21 days
DVDs 10 items 7 days
Music CDs 10 items 21 days
CD-ROM 10 items 21 days

 

The total checkout limit for all materials is 50 items.

Returns and Renewals

When your materials are due, you can return them to any RPL location, regardless of where you checked them out. We have six locations to choose from. If you have an RPL item that is due but you aren’t quite done with it, feel free to renew the item:

• In person at any of RPL’s six locations.
• Via telephone through our automated renewal line at (815) 965-9511.
• Online through the “Maximum Access” Catalog

You may renew an item once as long as it is not on “hold” for another patron. Note: DVDs are not renewable.

Fines

Okay, so you forgot to return an item to the library by the due date? A fine is charged per day for each item kept after the due date. (Ask to see a fine schedule for more information as amounts vary depending on the item type.) Excessive fines may lead to the discontinuation of your library services, so please notify us as soon as possible if you have misplaced an item or think your card may have been stolen.

Click below for more information on fines and fees.

 

Fine and Fees

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