Library Policies
Library Cards
- Library cards are free of charge to any resident of Pennsylvania.
- Residents living outside Allegheny County must obtain a PA ACCESS sticker from their home library.
- Identification is required to obtain a library card. Children as young as 3 years old may obtain a card.
- Applicants age 15 and under must have the signature of a parent or guardian.
- A card is valid for 3 years.
- A $1.00 will be charged for replacement cards.
Check Out Limits
- twenty-five (25) - books
- five (5) - audio books on cassettes
- five (5) - audio books on CDs
- five (5) - music CDs
- five (5) - videos
- five (5) - DVDs
- five (5) - magazines
BORROWING PERIODS
- Most of our materials circulate for three weeks.
- Popular new fiction, magazines, videos, DVDs and music CDs circulate for one week.
- Reference materials do not circulate and must be used in the library.
- Library materials currently in circulation may be reserved.
- Materials not included in our collection may be requested from another library.
- Depending on the availability and popularity the requested material may be available any where for one day to several weeks.
- Patrons will be notified when reserved and requested materials become available.
- Materials will be held at the Circulation Desk for (8) days after notified.
RETURNING MATERIALS
- All materials may be returned to the Library when it is open, or placed in the Book Drop any time (no overdue books in the Book Drop).
- Audio and videos must be returned to the desk.
- Library materials may be renewed one time for two weeks if they are not on reserve.
- Audio cassettes, videos, one or two week books and magazines are not renewable.
FINES
- Best Sellers - $0.25 a day
- Audio bookS - $0.50 a day
- Music CDs - $0.50 a day
- Videos and DVDs - $1.00 a day
- All other materialS - 0.25 a day
- Materials over-due by more than 90 days will result in action by the North Fayette Police Dept.
- The charge for lost materials is the current replacement cost of the item plus $2.00 processing fee.

