Blu-ray, VHS and DVD Policy

1.         Borrower must be a registered JCPL library user in good standing.

2.         Borrower must be 18 years of age or older, or 17 years of age and younger, with a consent form signed by a parent/legal guardian to borrow Blu-ray/VHS/DVDs.

3.         Loan period for entertainment Blu-ray/VHS/DVDs will be three days including Sundays and holidays with no renewals.  If the date due falls on a day the library is closed, the date due will be the next date the library is open.   Loan period for nonfiction Blu-ray/,  VHS/ DVDs will be three weeks, with one renewal.

4.         Entertainment Blu-ray/VHS/DVDs may be borrowed for an extended loan period of 1 week with no renewals for educational purposesand forcivic organizations.  Civic organizations or other entities borrowing Blu-ray/VHS/DVDs for public performance may obtain an extended loan.  It is the group’s responsibility to determine that the Blu-ray/VHS/DVDs has been cleared for public performance.

5.         Each person may borrow three (3) entertainment Blu-ray,  three (3) entertainment VHS, three (3) entertainment DVDs, three (3) nonfiction Blu-ray three (3) nonfiction VHS, and three (3)  nonfiction DVDs which he/she must return before borrowing others.

6.         Fines will be $1.00 per day per title returned after due date.

7.         No reserves will be taken on Blu-ray, VHS or DVDs except in the following situations:

A teacher or studentwishing to use a Blu-ray, VHS or DVD in an educational setting may reserve the item for a specific date.  For student reserves, verification from a teacher may be required.  Other group leaders wishing to use a Blu-ray/VHS/DVD may also reserve the item for a specific date. In all cases, the Blu-ray/VHS/DVD may not be reserved more than 7 days prior to the date needed. 

If an entertainment Blu-ray/VHS/DVD is not available, the patron may request that staff place a hold on the desired item if it is currently on the shelf at another branch. In addition patrons wishing to reserve a non-fiction Blu-ray/VHS/DVD may request that staff place a hold on the desired item.

Adopted 5/94; reviewed 1/13