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Library Card Info
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Your Library Card[top]
Your library card is your key to the world of knowledge and information.
Our materials circulate at no cost.
Grand Rapids Public Library cards are available to residents of the
City of Grand Rapids, whose taxes support the library. Young readers and
pre-readers may apply for a card at all locations. Choose Card Application Guidelines for more information
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Loan Information[top]
Videocassettes and DVDs - will circulate for one week free of charge.Videocassettes and DVDs owned by GRPL libraries can be renewed once for an
additional week at no charge, provided the item is not an express item and does not
have another hold on it. Videocassettes and DVDs owned by libraries outside of GRPL
cannot be renewed.
Music Compact Discs - will circulate for three weeks free of charge. Music CDs
owned by GRPL libraries can be renewed once for an additional three weeks at no
charge, provided the item is not an express item and does not have another hold on
it. Music compact discs owned by libraries outside of GRPL cannot be renewed.
The Interlibrary Loan program allows you to borrow materials from other
libraries within the Lakeland Library Cooperative. There is no charge
for this service. Items ordered from other Lakeland Libraries are subject
to the lending library's due dates, fees, and overdue fines. These requests
are usually filled within 7-10 working days.
If the material you want is not owned by a library in the Lakeland Cooperative,
ask your librarian about a Superloan request. Materials can be ordered
on Superloan from libraries all over the country for Grand
Rapids residents.
Costs, Fines, and
Charges [top]
1. Library Cards
- Residents of the city of Grand Rapids with adequate identification receive their initial library card free of charge.
- Non-residents of the city may purchase a library card entitling them to library resident privileges in the City’s libraries for six months or one year’s use for a fee of $60.00 or $115.00 respectively. (Non-residents of the City who reside in the service area of one of the member libraries of the Lakeland Library Cooperative may use their home library card at the Grand Rapids Public Library as if they were residents of Grand Rapids).
- Replacement cards cost $1.00.
2. Extended Reference Assistance
Patrons needing special assistance (e.g. faxing of information, copying service, research time) which the Library cannot afford to provide free to all patrons will pay the services needed according to the following schedule:
- Research fee - $30.00 per hour ($6.00 - one-fifth hour minimum) - research fee is based on one hour's compensation (including fringe benefits) provided employees in the Library Assistant II classification at "F" step, rounded to the nearest $5.00 increment.
- Copies - up to 5 pages at no cost, then the research fee plus $0.25 per page
- Fax - up to 5 pages at no cost, then the research fee plus $0.25 per page
- Database search products - actual costs are charged for products resulting from online access to off-site databases
3. Reference & Periodical Materials Circulation
Reference Materials are not a circulating collection but in rare cases, a patron’s need may warrant allowing a Reference item to be checked out. In such cases, staff must follow these procedures:
- Either the Collection Development Supervisor or Public Service Supervisor must first approve the loan of either Reference or Periodical materials. If neither is available, then either the Subject Area Specialist or the Reference and Adult Services Coordinator may approve the loan.
- The staff member authorizing the loan must escort the patron to the Circulation Desk. The staff member should give the circulation staff verbal approval of the loan as well as dictate the conditions of it. For periodicals, the office assistant in charge of periodicals must escort the patron to the Circulation Desk and offer verbal approval.
- The item must be checked out on the requesting individual’s Lakeland Library Cooperative member card, not a Michicard.
- The standard loan period is same day or at most overnight, provided the following day is a business day. Items may not be checked out over a weekend or holiday.
- Patrons will submit a deposit of $50.00 per item, returnable upon return of the item.
- Fines will be $20.00 per day overdue, paid initially from the deposit left for the item(s).
- Materials may not be checked out from the Grand Rapids History & Special Collections Department without the approval of the Director or the Director's designee.
Guidelines as to what should never be loaned:
- Law books
- Desk Reference, Phone Reference, and any other materials we use daily
- The most current edition of a resource
- The most current directories
- High theft items
The Library reserves the right not to lend any item that it deems necessary for regular operations.
4. Superloan
Superloans are available for Grand Rapids Residents only and are
free unless the lending library charges. Patrons are limited
to 5 requests at a time, 10 each year.
5. Copies and/or Printing
- Copies are charged at $0.25 per page.
- Printing from computer workstations, whether from the Internet, from productivity software, from library databases, or from the catalog, is charged at $0.25 per page.
6. Meeting Rooms
- Non-Profit: $100-$250 (4 hrs. or less) and $25-$50 for each additional hour or fraction thereof
- For Profit: $200-$450 (4 hrs. or less) and $50-$100 for each additional hour or fraction thereof
- Equipment Fee: $25 where applicable
- Computer Training Lab:
- Non-Profit: $100 (4 hrs. or less) and $25 for each additional hour or fraction thereof
- For Profit: $200 (4 hrs. or less) and $50 for each additional hour or fraction thereof
7. Parking Rates
- Hourly - $1.10 per half hour
- Maximum Daily - $9.50
- Evening - $4.00
First hour free to library patrons using the library. Free Saturday and Sunday parking except for Special Event parking.
8. Fines for Overdue Material
- Standard rates by class of material
- Books, circulating periodicals, vertical file, audiotapes, non-fiction DVDs and videotapes, CD-roms, compact discs - $0.15 per day
- Feature DVDs & Videotapes - $1.00 per day
- Superloan item - $.50 per day
- Maximum rates by class of material
- Books, circulating periodicals, vertical file, audiotapes, non-fiction DVDs and videotapes, compact discs - cost of the item or $4.95
- Feature DVDs & Videotapes - $10.00
9. Charge for Damages
- $2.00 charge for each damaged page (torn and/or permanent markings) and/or each removed barcode
- $3.00 charge for lost or damaged containers for CDs (jewel box), single cassettes, hanging bag or binder for J kits
- $5.00 charge for lost or damaged binders for audiocassettes, VHS, DVD, CD ROM, or Books on CD
- $15.00 charge for material damaged so badly it must be rebound
- Replacement cost is charged for any item when damage is so severe that it does not allow item to be reshelved/circulated. Charge will equal the replacement cost of the item, as determined by the Library
- When a single audio cassette is lost from a set, the replacement cost of the entire set will be charged
- Missing booklet from CD-ROMs, CDs, audiocassettes and video tapes - $5.00
10. Reproduction Services
Reproduction services are set by the Library's supplier and are subject to change whenever the supplier changes prices.
Photos, Graphic Images, Maps, etc.
Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, 988-5400
- User Fees
- Personal: $10.00 per item - individual private use, not to be copied or reproduced in any form.
- Education and Editorial: $15.00 per item – published works, including books, magazines, film/video or electronic media, internet websites, exhibition use, public lectures, classroom instruction.
- Business and Commercial: $20.00 per item - advertising and other non-editorial use, including business presentations.
- Special Conditions and Fees
- Special fee rates for uses not listed in this schedule will be quoted upon request. The Library reserves the right to charge special fees for some commercial uses as determined on a case by case basis.
- Reduced rates are offered to patrons requesting reproductions of materials that they have donated to the Library.
- In-House Scanned Pictography Images
- Photographic-quality prints (up to 10x12) $7.50 each. Additional prints (from same scan) - $5.00 each
- Photographic Prints
- Black and White Prints:
- 8x10 (and smaller)
- From existing negative $13.50 for the first print, $6.00 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $40.00 each
- 11x14
- From existing negative $16.50 for the first print, $10.00 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $43.00 each
- 16x20
- From existing negative $25.00 for the first print, $13.50 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $51.50 each
- 20x24
- From existing negative $37.50 for the first print, $18.50 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $64.00 each
- Oversize prints: Grand Rapids History and Special Collections will verify price with our vendor.
- Contact sheet (8x10)
- From existing negative $11.00 each
Color Prints:
- 8x10 (and smaller)
- From existing negative $20.00 for the first print, $7.50 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $47.50 each
- 11x14
- From existing negative $28.00 for the first print, $16.00 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $55.50 each
- 16x20
- From existing negative $43.00 for the first print, $23.50 each additional print from the same negative (5 additional prints maximum)
- From new negative $70.50 each
- Oversize prints: Grand Rapids History and Special Collections will verify price with our vendor.
- Contact sheet (8x10)
- From existing negative $16.50 each
Prints From Slides
- 4x6 $7.00 each
- Prints from slides are available up to 10x14. Grand Rapids History and Special Collections will verify price with our vendor.
Digital Scans
- In-house scans $5.00 per item
- 3 ¼ disk $1.00 each
- Zip disk $10.00 each
- No outside disks may be brought in.
- Digital and non-flash cameras may be brought in, but user fees will be charged per item photographed. Flash cameras may not be used.
- Digital scanners may be brought in with permission only. User fees will be charged per item scanned.
Laser Copies/Research Copies
- 8.5x11 $3.00 each
- 11x17 $6.00 each
- No user fees will be charged for laser copies/research copies.
- Allow 7-10 days for processing.
VHS Duplication
- One copy of a:
- 10 minute video: $10.00
- 20 minute video: $11.00
- 30 minute video: $12.00
- 60 minute video: $13.00
- 90 minute video: $14.00
- 120 minute video $15.00
- Multiple copies:
- ask for a quote from Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Staff
- Important notes for duplication:
- Prices include blank label and clear plastic case
- Normal turn around: 48 hours after receipt of all masters, label approvals, and other materials.
- Materials received after Noon will be considered to have been received on the next business day.
- “Pause Edits” to combine multiple masters onto dubs are $5.00 per occurrence.
Other Services
- Film-to-video dubbing, slides from prints, and oversize digital imaging services are available upon request. Grand Rapids History and Special Collections will verify the price with our vendor.
All fees listed are subject to change.
Returning Materials
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All materials borrowed from the Grand Rapids Public Libraries may be returned to any library belonging to the Lakeland Library Cooperative.
Materials loaned from other libraries within the Lakeland Library Cooperative may be returned to any Grand Rapids Public Library branch.
Other Libraries [top]
You can use your Grand Rapids Public Library card at any member library of the Lakeland Library Cooperative listed on the back of the card. Rules about loans and fines vary, so be sure to ask when you check out materials at other libraries.
You are responsible for the due dates and fines of the library you borrow from.
The Grand Rapids Public Library honors library cards of the entire Lakeland Library Cooperative. The Lakeland Library Cooperative consists of the public libraries of Kent and the seven adjacent counties - Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Montcalm, Newaygo, Muskegon, and Ottawa.
The Michicard
program allows you to use your Grand Rapids Public Library card with a Michicard sticker attached to gain access to the collections of participating libraries across Michigan. Ask at the Circulation Desk about participating in the Michicard program.
If you don't live in the City of Grand Rapids, you may apply for a library card based on your home residence at any public library. [top]
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