General Information

Library Cards / Loan Periods / Fines / Borrowing Costs

Library Cards

• A library card is free to residents of the City of Brandon, the Towns of Carberry, Neepawa and Hartney, the Village of Glenboro, and the Rural Municipalities of North Cypress, South Cypress, Langford and Cameron. People who live outside these communities are required to pay a yearly non-resident fee in order to register for a library card. Because this cost may vary from year to year, please contact the Branch of the WMRL System closest to you if you would like more information about using the Library.

• Your Library Card is your key to all the services and resources of the Western Manitoba Regional Library. To register for a Library Card, you must visit the Library in person and present one piece of identification which notes your current residential address.
  
  
• Please remember that you MUST have your library card with you whenever you want to borrow materials from the Library.
  
  
• There is a $5.00 charge for a replacement library card. If your card is lost or stolen, please inform the Library as soon as possible as you will be responsible for the use of your card until you do so.
  

Loan Periods

BOOKS can be borrowed from the Library for a 28-day loan period. If you would like to keep a book longer than this, a renewal may be arranged.

If a book is very popular and in heavy demand, it may be placed on a shorter loan period, eg., for 14-days instead of the usual 28. Be sure to ask about the loan period when you check your book out of the Library.

Encyclopedias (only in the Children's Department) and Special Occasion Materials can be borrowed for 7 days. Renewals are not permitted for these items.

Magazines and CD's  can be borrowed for 14 days.

While there are no total limits, the following category limits are in force in order to help ensure that the Library is able to meet the needs of its patrons.

• Fiction--3 books by the same author
• Non-Fiction--3 books on the same subject (no more than 2 from the Children's Department)
• Magazines--5 in total, with no more than 2 of one title
• Videocassettes--a maximum of 3 videos per family, 2 per department. (Maximum of 4 videos at the Brandon branch)
• CD's--a maximum of 2 CD's per family
• Kits--A maximum of 2 kits per family

Books from the Library's Reference Sections are for in-Library use only and cannot be taken out of the Library.

Fines

If you forget to return your library materials on or before the date on which they are due, an overdue charge will be levied.

Video and CD Loans carry an overdue charge of $1.00 per day per cassette/CD.

A ten (10) cents per day per item overdue charge will be assessed on all other items.

You will be responsible for the good care of all library materials marked out with your library card. Should any damages occur to this material, replacement charges may be levied. Replacement costs will be levied for lost materials.

Borrowing Costs

• There is no charge to borrow most library materials. The following items do have a service charge:
  
• Census Records--Return postage costs
  
• All regular library services, including inter-library loan, home delivery to shut-ins and talking book service, are free for the asking. Just inquire about the services that interest you.
  
  

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