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Hire charges, book requests and subscriptions

Book requests

You do not have to pay to borrow books from a library. If you would like us to get a book for you from another library you need to pay a request charge. You do not have to pay a request charge for anything you pay to hire.

 StandardConcessionsChildren 
For books in Staffordshire Libraries 50p 25p Free
For books you ask us to borrow from outside Staffordshire 50p plus £6.50 25p plus £3.25 Free
For books you ask us to borrow from the British Library All British Library Charges All British Library Charges -
Books in other languages, braille, reminiscence boxes Free Free Free
Music and Drama sets/scores: up to 40 copies £15.00 £15.00  -
Music and Drama sets/scores: over 40 copies £30.00 £30.00 -

Hire charges

  • Deaf users do not pay for sub-titled videos for the deaf.
  • Blind, visually impaired and people with a disability preventing use of normal text ("print disabled") may hire language courses and talking books for free.
  • Blind and visually impaired people may also hire music CDs for free.
  StandardConcessionsChildren
Books   Free Free Free
CDs and Cassettes - 1 week loan Music CDs - Single and sets  60p 30p 30p 
CDs and Cassettes - 3 week loan

Talking books - up to 2 tapes or discs

£1.00 50p Free
CDs and Cassettes - 3 week loan

Talking books - more than 2 tapes or discs

£2.00 £1.00 Free
CDs and Cassettes - 3 week loan Language courses £2.00 £1.00 Free
CDs and Cassettes - 3 week loan

British Sign Language Video, DVD, CD Rom;

Makaton Video, DVD, CD Rom

Free Free Free
CDs and Cassettes - 3 week loan Children's language course Free Free Free
DVDs - 1 week loan Full length feature films   £1.50 £1.50 £1.50 
DVDs - 1 week loan Children's (excluding films); adult non fiction & TV series £1.00 £1.00 £1.00
Toys - 3 week loan   60p 60p 60p

Subscriptions

Reading Groups are able to receive at their local library 12 sets of books from the Reading Group Sets List over the course of a 12-month period by payment of an annual subscription. 

Reading Group Subscriptions
GroupsPrice
Reading groups which meet in the library £40.00 p.a. 
Reading groups which meet outside the library £45.00 p.a. 
Audiobook Reading Groups £20.00 p.a. *

*There are no set lists for audiobooks. The subscription is for library staff to bring sets together for the group. 

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