EXILE’s library is open for “business”! currently in storage while we make new arrangements.

If you have signed out materials you may return them via City Tailors at 256 Bank Street, (the shop next to our old space). Thanks Mary!

Registration:

• To register as a library member you must provide us with a name, a phone number to reach you and/or your email address.
• There is no registration fee. If we change our collective mind about the fee, we will give at least two months notice.

Borrowing:

• Books may be borrowed for 3 weeks.
• Media may be borrowed for 1 week. (Prior to April 2009 there was a $5 deposit.)
• A maximum of 3 Books & one Media item are to be lent out to a person at a time.
• Zines & Magazines will not be loaned out.

Returns:

• Returns can be made in person during the shop’s open hours (Wednesday-Saturday 12-8pm, and Sunday 12-5pm).
• Returns made when the Infoshop is closed can be dropped off through the mail slot.

Renewing a loan:

• To renew the loan for an item that you are borrowing, email library(at)exilebooks.org. Renewals are official when the email has been replied to.
• A renewal request can also be made in person, or on the phone.
• We’ll only renew items before they are overdue, and if the item is not on “hold” for someone else.

Overdue items:

• Members with late items cannot take anything else out until the item(s) is/are returned.
• If an item is late more than one month, the member cannot borrow for one month. Two late months is two months’ suspended borrowing, and so on.
• If an item is lost the member has 3 options: to replace the item, to pay $20, or to not borrow for 2 months.
• If a member has lost 3 items within a year, s/he has 2 options: pay $20 and not borrow for 2 months, or not borrow for 6 months.

Holds:

• Members can place a hold on items either in person, by email, or on the phone. When the item arrives, we will call to let you know.