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You can borrow most items for three weeks.
Items may be renewed up to 2 times (total of 9 weeks
of use for the first check out and 2 renewals). If someone
else has placed a hold on the item, it may not be renewed.
Renewals are given 3 additional weeks from the date
of renewal or 1 additional week for DVDs; the renewal
period is not added to the original due date.
- Log in to the catalog by
typing your Library card number and password.
- Click on "My Account"
in the top green banner.
- Click on "Review My
Account."
- Select items you wish to
renew by checking the box next to the title.
- Click the Renew Selected
Items button.
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With the exception of art prints, library materials may
be returned to any branch or deposited
in the book drop at any library branch.
We recommend you login to the catalog before beginning
the holds process. If you have not logged in, you will
be asked to login for each item you wish to
place on hold.
Conduct your search.
One of two scenarios will occur depending
on how many items are returned by your search.
1) If the search provided just one result, click on
the words "Place Hold" on the left of the
screen. A screen will appear asking you to select a
pick-up location from the drop down menu. Select the
name of the library branch where you would like to pick
up the item. Click on the "Place Hold" button.
2) If your search results in more than one match,
select a title by clicking on "Details" on
the left side of the screen. Click on the words "Place
Hold" on the left of the screen. A screen will
appear asking you to select a pick-up location from
the drop down menu. Select the name of the library branch
where you would like to pick up the item. Click on the
"Place Hold" button.
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Fairfax County Public Library
cards are available at no charge to all individuals
who live, work, or attend school in Fairfax County
or Fairfax City. The fee to replace a card is $2.00.
Individuals not eligible for
a free card may apply for an annual fee of $27.00
a year.
Fees help bring materials back
for others to use. Fees for material kept past its due
date accrue daily. You can receive notification
via e-mail that materials you have checked out are
approaching their return date.
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Minimum/Maximum
per item |
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Juvenile
Materials |
Adult
Materials |
| Books |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| CDs
and Cassettes |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| Decoders |
N/A |
$1.00/$25.00 |
| DVDs |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| Framed
Art |
N/A |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| Interlibrary
Loan |
N/A |
$1.00/$25.00 |
| Kits |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| Periodicals |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| Recorded
Books |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
| Reference |
$1.00/hr |
$1.00/hr |
| Video
— Audio Described |
$1.00/$25.00 |
$1.00/$25.00 |
| Video |
$0.10/$5.00 |
$0.25/$10.00 |
Overdue notices are mailed for items more than 10 days
overdue. The opportunity to borrow materials is blocked
until fees of $25 or more are paid. Items overdue more
than 50 days are charged at the full replacement cost
plus a $3.00 non-refundable processing fee. The replacement
cost is refunded on such items if returned in usable condition
within six months. The library uses a collection agency
to assist in recovering books. There's a $10 charge if
the library refers an account to the collection agency.
Fairfax County Public Library customer records are strictly
confidential and protected from disclosure by the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act.
Virginia Code Section
2.2-3705 (10)
"Exclusions to application
of chapter ... (public records open to inspection)
...library records that can be used to identify both
(i) any library patron who has borrowed material from
a library and (ii) the material such patron borrowed."
The Library's
Board of Trustees has approved a policy that current library
records of children 12 and under should be available
to their parents or guardians. Parents of children age
12 and under may ask for and obtain the titles of materials
that their children currently have checked out.
Records of
cardholders, age 13-18, are confidential, as are adult
records.
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