Borrowing Information

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Loan Periods

  • Books circulate for 14 days
  • Sound Recordings (audiobooks and CDs) circulate for 14 days
  • DVD and Blu-Rays circulate for 14 days
  • Magazines circulate for 14 days
  • Link+ items circulate for 21 days
  • Ebooks and digital audiobooks circulate for 21 days

Renewals

Most items will be renewed automatically if there are no reservations or restrictions.

  • Books have 5 renewals
  • Sound Recordings (audiobooks and CDs) have 5 renewals
  • DVD and Blu-Rays have 5 renewals
  • Magazines have 2 renewals
  • Link+ items have 1 renewal of 21 days

Items will renew three days before they are due.

Fine Free

The Palm Desert Library is fine free! There are no overdue fines on books, magazines, movies and other materials.

Items still need to be returned so that everyone may enjoy them. Please return items on their due dates. Materials more than 30 days overdue will be considered lost and a replacement fee will be charged.

Holds

If an item is not available a customer can place a hold on it. There is no charge for placing a hold on an item.  Some items may not be holdable. All holds must be checked out on the card that placed the request. There is a maximum of 30 holds per card. Cardholders can place holds on up to 30 books, DVDs, sound recordings, and other materials. Link+ materials have a maximum of 20 holds at a time.