Loan Periods & Fines
A maximum of 30 items may be borrowed at one time. Within the 30 item limit, the following limits also apply:
| Collection/Service | Description |
Circulation Policy | Fine Rate |
| Audiobooks | Spoken fiction and non-fiction audiobooks on CD. |
3 weeks Limit of 5 per card |
30¢ per day Max $6.00 per item |
| Adult Books | Fiction and non-fiction. |
3 weeks New books limit of 5 per card |
30¢ per day Max $6.00 per item |
| Children’s and Young Adult Materials | Fiction and non-fiction books, music CDs, kits and audiobooks. | 3 weeks |
10¢ per day Max $3.00 per item |
| Documents & Government Publications | Local, provincial and federal government documents, as well as local reports and research. |
1 week (No renewals) |
30¢ per day Max $6.00 per item |
| DVD |
Children’s, young adult and adult DVDs.
|
3 weeks Limit of 7 per card |
50¢ per day Max $6.00 per item |
| Equipment | E-readers, power monitors, Radon detection kits, etc. |
Varies based on equipment (No renewals) |
30¢ per day Max $6.00 per item |
| Holds | Request a hold on an item currently out from Bowen Library, or request staff to retrieve item on the shelf and hold for one week for pick up in library. | Limit of 10 holds per card at any one time. | n.a. |
| Holiday Items | Books, DVDs, CDs and audiobooks from holiday collections |
1 week Limit of 5 per card |
Regular fines apply |
| Interlibrary loans |
Books requested from other libraries. No audio-visual materials or books published within the last 12 months. Patron requesting ILL must have a Bowen Library account. |
3 weeks Limit of 5 Interlibrary loan requests per card at any one time Renewals dependent on lending library. Please ask Bowen Library staff |
Regular fines apply A $1.00 charge will be applied for Interlibrary Loans cancelled or not picked up. |
| Magazines | Magazine subscriptions with limited back issues. |
1 week Maximum 5 items of any one magazine title |
30¢ per day Max $6.00 per item |
| Medical Equipment for Loan |
Free loan of medical equipment such as crutches, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, bathing aids, toileting aids and miscellaneous other aids to daily living. Items are lent on a first come first serve basis |
6 weeks (Longer loan periods may be arranged) |
No fines are charged. Donations gratefully accepted |
| Newspapers |
Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail, and Bowen Island Undercurrent. 2 weeks of back issues. |
In-Library Use Only | n.a. |
Renewals
- Maximum of 2 renewals on any item.
- No renewals on materials requested by another borrower.
- No renewals on holiday items, documents or equipment.