Loan Periods

1.0 Purpose
  • The purpose of this policy is to establish the policy for the DeSoto Public Library staff with regard to loan lengths.
2.0 Policy Statement
  1. Loan periods for various materials types:
    1. Books                               21 days
    2. Audiobooks/E-Readers    21 days
    3. DVD/Video                         7 days
    4. Periodicals                         7 days (current issue does not circulate)
    5. Reference Books              Do not circulate (unless approved by Director)
    6. Devices or Laptops             2 hours (remaining in Library) can be renewed
    7. E-Books                            21 days (no renewals)
  2. Maximum limit of 36 items per cardholder which may include up to 10 movies (DVD or other formats)
  3. All Items available for circulation can renewed 24 times or until hold is placed on the item by another customer or user.