Charges
Overdue charges of £5 or more can be paid by debit or credit card in the Robinson and Walton Libraries at the Service Desk. The self-issue machine on Level 2 in the Robinson Library also accepts credit and debit card payments.
Overdue charges
| One week loan book | 20p per day overdue up to a maximum of £10 |
| Long loan book | 15p per day overdue up to a maximum of £15 |
| Recalled book | Maximum of 45p per day overdue, up to a maximum of £15 |
| Student Texts Collection items | £1 immediate charge plus £1.00 per hour after that up to a maximum of £15 |
| Next day loan books | £1 per day overdue up to a maximum of £15 |
| Next day loan journals | 20p per day overdue up to a maximum of £10 |
| Inter library loan | 20p per day overdue up to a maximum of £10 |
| E-book reader | £1 per day up to a maximum of £30 |
| E-book power cables | £1 per day up to a maximum of £15 |
| Laptops | £5 immediate overdue plus £5 per hour up to a maximum of £30 |
| Laptop power cables | £1 immediate overdue charge plus £1 per hour up to a maximum of £15 |
| Headphones | £1 per day overdue up to a maximum of £15 |
| Locker keys | £1 immediate overdue charge plus £1 per hour up to a maximum of £15 |
Other charges
| Locker key | £20 | Refundable deposit, replacement cost if lost or stolen |
| Study room key | £20 | Lost or stolen |
| Lost/damaged/vandalised book | £50 | Borrowers who fail to return library items will be invoiced for the replacement cost. Alternatively, items may be replaced with a new copy of the same item |
| Lost Smartcard | £10 | Stolen Smartcards are replaced free of charge on production of a police crime number |
| Temporary day pass | £3 | Forgotten or misplaced Smartcards |
| Laptops | £640 | Replacement cost if lost or damaged |
| Laptop power cables | £45 | Replacement cost if lost or damaged |
| E-book readers | £150 | Replacement cost if lost or damaged |
| E-book reader power cable | £16 | Replacement cost if lost or damaged |
| E-book reader USB cable | £18 | Replacement cost if lost or damaged |
| Headphones | £20 | Replacement cost if lost or damaged |
| Inter library loans request | £1.50 per request | Postgraduates and staff - up to 50 requests in a year - £5 per request after that |
| Inter library loans lost items | Invoice issued by British Library for non-returned items | After three recall notices |
| Inter library loans special requests | Overseas photocopied articles - £9 Overseas monographs - £15 Postal copies £3 |
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| Special collections photocopies | A4 and A3 photocopies - 20p per page | Photocopies supplied by post minimum charge of £2 plus postage |
| Photocopying black and white | A4 4p per copy A3 8p per page |
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| Photocopying colour | A4 12p per page A3 24p per page |
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| Photocopying black and white duplex | A4 8p per page A3 16p per page |
Double sided |
| Photocopying colour duplex | A4 24p per page A3 48p per page |
Double sided |
| External user corporate membership | £250 +VAT per annum | |
| Newcastle University and Kings College Durham graduates and diplomats | £20 per annum | |
| Other external borrowers and graduates from other universities | £30 for 6 months £50 for 12 months |
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| Clinical skills equipment (Walton Library) | £1 per day overdue up to a maximum of £15 | |
| Group rooms (Walton Library) | £1 immediate charge plus £1 per hour after that up to a maximum of £15 |
