BENTLEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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Loan Periods / Renewals
        The standard loan period for library items is: Consumer Shelf items, three days; videos & DVDs, one week; books, magazines and music, three weeks; museum passes, two days. Reference material does not circulate. An item may be renewed once if no one is waiting for it. You may renew over the phone if you call before the item is overdue.

Overdue Fines / Suspension
        The library grants one "day of grace" for overdue items. After that, the late fees are: videos & DVDs, $1/day up to a maximum of $5; all other items, 10 cents/day up to a maximum of $2 ($1 for magazines). A patron's borrowing privileges are suspended when an item is three weeks overdue or when unpaid fines on an account exceed $5.

Internet Use Policy
        The following guidelines were adopted by the Bentley Memorial Library Board of Trustees in September 1999 and updated in November 2000.

Parents or guardians are responsible for their children's use of the Internet.

Library staff cannot monitor information accessed by library patrons.

It is unacceptable to access pornographic material.

It is unacceptable to use impolite or abusive language.

It is unacceptable to use the computers for illegal activities.

The library does not guarantee the validity of information accessed on the Internet.

Patrons may not upload or download software.

Personal disks may not be used.

Internet use is restricted to 30 minutes if someone is waiting.

Maximum of two persons per terminal at a time.