Check Out Limits & Late Fees

LIBRARY ITEMS

The Hudson Library is fine free, with the exclusion of some items (see below). Patrons will be charged the replacement cost for items that are 30 days overdue.

MATERIALLOAN PERIOD RENEWAL LIMITHOLDS ALLOWED FINE RATES PER DAY
Books: Hot Picks7 Days0No$0.25
Books: All Others14 Days5YesNo fine on Hudson items
Movies (DVDs & Blu-ray):
Hot Picks
3 Days0No$1.00
Movies (DVDs & Blu-ray):
All Others
7 Days5YesNo fine on Hudson items
Music CDs7 Days5YesNo fine on Hudson items
Books on CD14 Days5YesNo fine on Hudson items
Magazine7 Days5NoNo fine on Hudson items

CHILDREN’S ITEMS

MATERIALLOAN PERIOD RENEWAL LIMITHOLDS ALLOWEDFINE RATES PER DAY
Children's iPad/Kindle Fire 14 Days0No$5.00
Playaway View7 Days1Yes$1.00
Puppets14 Days5NoNo fine on Hudson items
Puzzles14 Days5YesNo fine on Hudson items
STEAM Kits7 Days0No$0.25
Video Games14 Days5NoNo fine on Hudson items

TECH, MUSIC-TO-GO & Museum Passes

MATERIALLOAN PERIODRENEWAL LIMITHOLDS ALLOWEDFINE RATES PER DAY
Bocce Ball Set14 Days0No$1.00
Chromebooks7 Days0*Yes$5.00
8 mm & Super 8 Reel Converter14 Days1No$1.00
External Floppy Disc Drive* 14 Days 1No$1.00
Film/Negative Scanner14 Days1No$1.00
Flatbed Scanner14 Days 1No$1.00
GoPros *7 Days0*Yes$5.00
Hotspots *7 Days 0*Yes$5.00
Museum Passes7 Days0*Yes$5.00
Pickleball Set14 Days0No$1.00
Podcasting To-Go Kit7 Days0No$5.00
Portable Blu-Ray Player*7 Days0*Yes$5.00
Roku Player *7 Days0*Yes$5.00
Ukulele14 Days1No$1.00
Video Capture (VHS to DVD)14 Days1No$1.00
Video Production Kit14 Days 1No$1.00

For full details about museum passes, please visit our information page.

 

Library Card Rules

  • Patrons are asked to have their library cards for all transactions.
  • Patrons may borrow up to 100 items at one time.
  • A patron’s library borrowing privileges will be suspended when the amount of unpaid fines reaches $25.00 or there are 20 or more overdue items on the card.
  • If your account balance is 60 days past due and equals $50 dollars or more, the library forwards your account to Unique Management Services, Inc., a library materials recovery agency. A service charge of $10 is added to your account. Unique Management Services will contact you to request the return of the overdue materials and payment of all outstanding charges.

The purpose of fines is not to punish borrowers. Instead, the goal is to have library materials returned so that they can be used by other library patrons.

 

Ways to Renew Library Materials

IN PERSON: Bring to the library one of the following: the item to be renewed, your library card or the check-out receipt.

ONLINE: Go to My Account and login. Follow the directions under your account information. If the item is past the due date, it cannot be renewed online.

BY PHONE: Call the library at 330-653-6658 x1041. Have your library card handy.

 

How to Pay Library Fines

IN PERSON: Cash, check, and credit cards are accepted at the library’s circulation desk.

ONLINE: Go to My Account and login. Follow the directions under your account information to pay fines using a credit card.

 

Fine-Free Status

Fine-free status is available for most Hudson-owned library materials, with the exception of Hot Picks, and Tech, Music-To-Go & Museum Passes. Patrons will be charged the replacement cost for items that are 30 days overdue. Patrons may still incur fines from resource materials borrowed from other libraries. For more information about fine-free status, please contact the library at 330-653-6658 x 1040.