Loan Period/Guidelines
- A total of 50 circulating items may be checked-out to you at any given time; of which, a total of 8 may be CPL-owned DVDs.
- The loan period is 21 days for most CPL materials.
- The loan period for entertainment DVDs is seven days
Renewals
- Library materials may be renewed if there are no reserves on the item.
- Materials can be renewed up to five times, provided there are no reservation requests on the item and you have not accumulated more than $24.99 in fines and/or fees.
- Renewals can be processed in person or online through the My CLEVNET link of the Library Catalog.
- Renewal limits vary among CLEVNET libraries.
Pick Up and Return of Materials
- Most materials can be picked up or returned at Main Library, any CPL branch or CLEVNET library. Exceptions are short loans and interlibrary loans.
- It is recommended that audio-video materials be returned to the owning library.
Borrower Responsibilities
- You are responsible for materials borrowed on your card.
- Parents or guardians who sign a library card application for a youth ages 17 and under are financially responsible for the materials borrowed on the card.
- It is the borrower's responsibility and choice as to who has access to the library card for the account.
- If your card is lost or stolen, please call the Cleveland Public Library Lending Department (216-623-2872), or call the nearest CLEVNET library.
Loss of Borrowing Privileges
- A patron will lose borrowing privileges when fines and/or fees are in excess of $24.99, 10 or more items are overdue, or the patron's library card has expired.
Materials Recovery
- Accounts of patrons aged 18 or older with fines and/or fees totaling more than $25 are referred to material recovery services for processing. After a certain period of time, the name of a patron aged 18 or older with more than $25 outstanding in fines and/or fees, may be reported to a credit bureau. Youth aged 17 or younger with fines and/or fees totaling more than $25 are referred to material recovery services for processing; however, their name will not be reported to a credit bureau. A $10 collection fee will be assessed to the patron when the account is referred for material recovery services. A patron’s borrowing privileges will be restored once the balance on the user’s account is zero.
If you have questions regarding library cards and borrowing policies, call the Main Library at 216-623-2800