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Fines and Fees: Schedule of fees for overdue materials and lost library cards
Get a Library Card: Information on how to obtain a library card
Item Limits: Library cardholders may check out a maximum of 50 items at one time. All items circulate for three weeks and can be renewed up to three times unless there are other hold requests
Interlibrary Loan and Link +: Borrowing materials not available in the SFPL library catalog
My Check-out History: An optional service that allows you to maintain a history of items you have checked out from SFPL
Notification: Telephone, email or text alerts are sent when requested books, videos, DVDs, CDs and audiocassettes have arrived, and when materials are overdue
Renew Items: How to renew items before they are overdue, in person, by phone or online.
Request Items: Books, videos, DVDs, CDs, audiocassettes, etc. found in the catalog may be requested and held for pick-up
Returning Items: You may return SFPL, Interlibrary Loan and Link+ materials to ANY of the branches or the Main Library regardless of where they were checked out. Please do not put Interlibrary Loan and Link+ books in any book drop. You must return them to an SFPL service counter

Card Holder Responsibility

Each person is responsible for all items borrowed on his or her card. Library cards, card numbers and PINs are issued to individuals and should be used only by the person to whom they were issued, whether for borrowing Library material or using Library computers. (Some exceptions for checking out material may be made for parents/guardians of children 12 or under).

Fraudulent use of another person's Library card and/or card number is prohibited and may result in suspension of library privileges.