Library Services

• How to get a library card
• Loan Policies
  Includes information about circulation periods, renewals, overdues, replacement charges, and damages.
• Reference Tools
• Interlibrary Loan
• Children's Services
• Adult Literacy
• Other Services

• A library card is issued free of charge to any person over 5 years old.
  
• The Library Card Application requires the following information:
  Name, phone number, and current mailing address
  
  Date of birth
  
  Social Security Number
  
  Driver's license or California ID (shown as photo ID)
  
  Name of a Modoc County reference
  
  Name, address and phone number of a relative living in a different household.

  The application card of a minor must be signed by a parent or legal guardian.
  

  A patron is financially responsible for all materials checked out on library card. The parent or legal guardian is responsible for materials checked out on a minor's card.
  

  A library card is valid for 2 years unless revoked. A library card in good standing may be renewed.

• Patrons must present their library cards to check out materials.
  
• Borrower's privileges are cancelled if there are any overdue items, unpaid fines, damages, or losses.
  
• A new patron may have 2 items checked out at any given time during the first 30 day period after a new card is issued.
  
• After the initial 30 day period, patrons over 18 years of age may have up to 10 items and patrons under 18 years of age may have up to 5 items checked out at any given time.
  
• Most library materials are loaned free of charge for a period of 30 days.
  
• New books are loaned for 14 days.
  
• Magazines are loaned for 7 days.
  
• Some reference materials may be borrowed overnight, due by 10 a.m. the following day.
  
• Some manuals, instruction materials, and reference items require a deposit.
• Music cassettes and talking books are loaned for 14 days.
  
• Video cassettes (up to 4 at a time) are loaned for 3 days.
  
• Audio cassette players may be rented for 14 days for $2.00.
  
• TV's/VCR's and slide projectors/screens may be rented to organizations for up to 3 days at a fee of $3.00 per day.
• Materials are due back on or before the due date.

• Most materials may be renewed twice, unless there is a request for the material by another patron.
• Materials to be renewed must be brought to the Circulation Desk, except for special circumstances: extreme weather, illness, etc.

Overdue Fines and Notices

• Overdue fines are calculated per item, per business day up to 1/2 of the replacement cost:
  Adult materials: $.20/day
  Juvenile materials: $.10/day
  Videos: $2.00/day
  Reference materials: $1.00/day

  An Overdue Notice is sent 1 week after the due date.
  

  A Bill for replacement cost plus billing ($5.00) and processing fees ($3.00) is sent 2 weeks after Overdue Notice.

  A Notice of Referral to collection agency plus collection fee ($10.00) is sent 2 weeks after Bill.

Replacement Charges

• Lost patron card: $1.00.
  
• Missing barcode: $1.00.
  
• Lost materials:
  Current replacement cost
  Overdue fines (when applicable)
  $3.00 processing fee (for ordering, cataloging, covering and labeling)
  $5.00 billing fee (when applicable)

Damages

• Damaged materials will be assessed by the County Librarian.

• Public Access Catalog (PAC):
  Holdings of Modoc County Library.
• North State Cooperative Library System Catalog:
  Holdings of 12 member libraries, including Modoc County Library, as well as some academic affiliates.
• GALE'S General Reference Center Gold:
  Periodical database with remote access; more than 1100 periodicals in full text.
  
• EBSCO's NoveList
  Find a good fiction book to read!
• Electronic encyclopedias.
• Internet.
• North State Teen Scene:
  North State Cooperative Library System's web page for teens includes resources for homework, college and careers, reading and writing, as well as links to fun sites.
• California Indian Library Collection:
  Modoc County Library's CILC includes printed materials, photographs, and sound recordings on the following tribes: Achomawi, Klamath Lake, Klamath River, Modoc, and Northern Paiute.
• Genealogy: Local newspaper and census records on microfilm.

• Library card required.
• Materials may be requested from libraries throughout the United States.
• Interlibrary Loan is free (except for charges applied by a lending library or a $2.00 fee for requested materials NOT picked up.)

• Story hours:
  Alturas: Fridays, 10:30am - 11:00am (Pre-school).
  Cedarville: Fridays, 3:30pm.
  Lookout: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 4:00pm.
  Adin: Call branch for current schedule.

  Additional story times offered for holidays and special requests.

  Summer Reading Program: Alturas, Adin, Cedarville, and Lookout. Call (530) 233-6358 for information.

  Internet Access

• Library tours: Scheduled by request.
• Photocopies: $.20/page. First 5 pages from reference materials are free.
• Typewriter use in library.

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Questions or comments may be addressed to Cheryl Davis Baker at library@modoccounty.us
Last modified: March 23, 2006