Fees and Charges
Below are the various fees and charges for services offered by Hornsby Shire's libraries.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Late return of a borrowed item - charge per item per day (prior to 30 June 2025) | $0.30 |
| Late return of Rapid Reads - charge per item per day | $1.00 |
| Late return of a borrowed item - maximum charge per item | $19.00 |
| Request an item from another (non-Hornsby Shire) library | $4.00 |
| Inter-library loan charges as charged by lending library and passed on to customer | Various |
| Lost or damaged item - replacement cost | Various |
| Lost or damaged item - stock processing charge (added to replacement cost) | $13.50 |
| Photocopying/printing - per black and white A4 page | $0.20 |
| Photocopying/printing - per black and white A3 page | $0.40 |
| Photocopying/printing - per colour A4 page | $1.00 |
| Photocopying/printing - per colour A3 page | $2.00 |
| Audio technologies | Various |
| Portable copy media | Various |
| Replacement borrower card | $2.00 |
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Hornsby Meeting Room 2 hire - standard rate per hour Hornsby Meeting Room 2 hire - community/non-profit rate per hour Hornsby Meeting Room 4 hire - standard rate per hour Hornsby Meeting Room 4 hire - community/non-profit rate per hour Hornsby Meeting Room 1 & 8 hire - standard rate per hour Hornsby Meeting Room 1 & 8 hire - community/non-profit rate per hour Cleaning charge per hour |
$16.50 $9.00 $37.00 $19.00 $32.00 $16.00 $40.00 |
| Extended research | $65.00 |
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Seminars/workshops Individual seminars/workshops will be charged at a rate based on factors such as the length of the seminar/workshop (1 hour, half day, etc) and costs associated with the seminar/workshop (speakers' fee; production of handouts, materials etc). | Various |
| Sale of publications | Various |
| Library bags | Various |
| Materials | Various |
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Sale of Materials (Unsuitable donations and library discards) Charges range depending on value of item | Various |
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Bookclub kits- Fee for late return of the kit - per day | $3.00 |
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Reproduction of photographs from local studies collection- Handling fee Photograph | $11.00 Various |
Last updated 1 July 2025