Borrowing materials

Rules for borrowing library materials: You must show your library card or ID every time you checkout library materials. You are responsible for returning all material on time. Material returned after the due date will incur a fine. You may not lend your library card to another person. Please see membership policy for more details.

Membership Policies

If you have lost your library card please bring two pieces of identification, one with photo and one with address to replace the card. Please let us know if you have misplaced your library card or your key tag. If you lose your card, you will be charged a replacement fee if you cannot find your existing card within a month of losing it. Card replacement fee: $5 per card.

Lending Periods

Books, Book on CD,
Playaway Audiobooks
3 week loancan be renewed
Best-seller books2 week loanno renewals
DVDs 1 week loan
(limit of 10 per card)
can be renewed
Magazines1 week loancan be renewed
Wonderbooks3 week loan
(limit of 3 per card)
can be renewed
Playaway Tablets 1 week loan
(limit of 2 per card)
can be renewed
Library of Things1 week loan
(limit of 2 per card)
can be renewed

Renewals can be requested in person, by phone or by logging into your library account on Koha https://koha.hanoverlibrary.ca/

Returning materials

There is a return slot for materials at the circulation desk near the library entrance.

Library items can also be returned using the book drop located next to the 10th Avenue entrance.

Overdue fines

Item typesFine per itemFine maximum
Books, Book on CDs, Playaway Audiobooks, Magazines$.35 cents per day$10 per item
DVDs and
Best-sellers
$1.50 per day$10 per item
Inter-Library Loan
Material
$1.50 per day$10 per item
Puzzles$1.50 per day$10 per item
Library of Things Items, Playaway Launch Pads $1.50 per day$30 per item
Kajeet Internet Hotspots$1.50 per dayReplacement fee