Borrowing from the library
Libraries Tasmania no longer charges overdue fines. So if you're running late to get a book back, just drop it off next time you're coming past, or return it to another library as soon as you've finished with it. Note, if items are still not returned after three weeks, you'll lose the ability to borrow.
If you have accidentally lost or damaged an item, we'll only ask you to pay a fair replacement cost based on the item's age and condition.
Remember, you can borrow and drop back your book or item at any one of our libraries in Tasmania.
So come into one of our libraries and see what's new.
Fee type |
Amount |
Overdue items |
No fee when returned |
Damaged items |
Cost of repair or fair replacement cost |
Lost items |
No fee if returned or fair replacement cost |
Items for sale
Other services
We charge on a cost recovery basis for the following services.
Please check with
your local library for details.
Copying & printing
Copies for personal use only in line with
copyright requirements. If a copy is for publication, you must
ask permission. See our Copies page for more information.
Fee type |
Amount |
Copy our online resources yourself digitally, copy using your digital camera or by scanning to digital media |
Free |
Black and white photocopies or printouts from online items or microfilm, A4 or A3, self-service |
20c per page |
Microfilm copies (outside Hobart) self-service |
60c |
Colour photocopies or printouts from online items or microfilm, self-service |
A4 $2.25, A3 $3.15 per page |
Interlibrary loan |
standard $28.80
|
Copy / scanning service
|
$18.70 for up to 25 pages (per item), $4.40 for each additional 25 pages or part thereof
|
Photocopy or printed scan of items by staff to access items in another location, collected from a library |
20c per page |
Standard high quality emailed image at 300 ppi A4 sized JPEG or TIFF
|
$45.00 |
Non-standard high quality image - captured at a specific resolution or requiring special treatment due to their size, proportion or housing |
$90.00 |
Urgent order fee (delivery time to be negotiated)
|
$100.00 |
Tasmanian audiovisual material
|
By quotation. See also items for sale. |
Course fees
Adult education course fees are in the
Course Guide, other courses may have a small fee.
You can pay any fee at
your local library.
Adult education fees are payable at the time of enrolment on line, by phone or in person.
Book Groups at Libraries Tasmania
There are no fees for coordinating a
book group.