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Lending periods and fees

Material details
Lending periods and item limits

Material type

Lending period

Item limit*

Books

21 days

unlimited

Audiobooks

21 days

unlimited

Magazines

7 days

unlimited

CDs

7 days

unlimited

DVDs

7 days

10

Express Books

7 days

unlimited

Express DVDs

2 days

3

Interlibrary Loans

Varies

6

3D Objects

7 days

unlimited

Board Games

7 days

unlimited

Arts Pass

7 days

1

Wi-Fi Hotspot

7 days

1

Chromebook 7 days 1

 *Limits apply to Passport membership type only. Access membership is limited to one (1) item at a time.

  • Library fees must be paid in person at any location of the Greater Sudbury Public Library.
  • The Library Board has set a limit of $10.00 in unpaid fees - when this $10.00 limit is reached, the library patron will lose his / her borrowing privileges.
  • Fees accumulate to a maximum of $10.00 per item.
  • Any revenue from library fees is added to the Library's operating budget.
  • Please be aware that patron accounts with an outstanding balance of $50.00 or more will be referred to a credit bureau.

Unpaid Library Fees

You may view any unpaid Library fees online.

  • Log in to My Library
  • Click on Fees (under My GSPL - My Borrowing) to view a detailed list of each fee, including the reason for individual fees and total fee amounts.
  • Library fees must be paid in person at any location of the Greater Sudbury Public Library. 

Service details

Other service fees
Services/ResourcesFee
Photocopying / Printing (letter and legal size paper)
     Black and White Photocopying/Printing (single-sided) $0.15
     Black and White Photocopying/Printing (double-sided) $0.20
     Colour Photocopying/Printing (single-sided) $0.25 
     Colour Photocopying/Printing (double-sided) $0.40
Facsimile Service (within Canada)

$1.00 / page*

Envelope (9" x 12" inches)

$0.25

Microfilm Interlibrary Loan

$2.00 / reel

Photographs

     Digitization (scanning)

$20.00 / image

     Digital reproduction

$10.00 / image

     Print reproduction (5" x 7" inches)

$10.00 / image

     Print reproduction (8.5" x 11" inches)

$16.00 / image

NSF Cheques

CGS rate

3D Printer Filament

$0.10 / gram

Vinyl (24" inch roll)

$0.25 / linear inch

Vinyl (12" inch roll)

$0.15 / linear inch

T-shirt Vinyl

$5.00 / sheet

Iron-On Transfer Paper

$1.50 / sheet

Button Blanks

$5.00 / 20 or $10.00 / 50

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