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.
| | Standard | Concessions | Children |
|---|
| 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.
| | | Standard | Concessions | Children |
|---|
| 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
| Groups | Price |
|---|
| 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.