Fees & charges

Reservations

Request cards processed by staff:

• Standard £1.50 (with ResCard £1.20)
• Concessions £75p (with ResCard 60p)

Self-service reservations:

• Standard £1.00 (with ResCard 80p)
• Concessions 50p (with ResCard 40p)

Items sourced from the British Library or university libraries: an additional £13.00

Reservation of periodical articles:

• Standard: £1.00 + 10p per page
• ResCard: 80p + 8p per page
• Concessions: 50p  + 10p per page
• Concession and ResCard: 40p + 8p per page

Periodicals sourced from the British Library: £7.00

• Children under 16: free
• Young people aged 16-17 reserving items for homework: free
• Reservations of selected DVDs at premium, standard and concessionary rates
• Audio materials to users registered blind/partially sighted and Home Library Service customers: free

Overdue charges

• Standard: 25p per day
• Young Adults age 15-17: 5p per day
• Children and young people aged under 15: Exempt
• Language courses costing more than £100: £1 per day to a maximum of £20 (standard), £5 (concessions)
• Young Adults age 17-18: £2.00

• £10.00 per item (standard)
• 15-17 year olds : £2.00 per item

• £1.00 per adult notice
• 40p per child's notice
• Text and e-mail notifications: free of charge.

Lost membership card

• Adults: £3.00 per card replaced
• Children and Young people: (Under 14 years of age)
  
  £1.00 per card replaced

Full replacement price if 'in print'.

If not in print:

• if the item has been in stock up to 2 years: full replacement price
• in stock 2-5 years: 75% of full replacement price
• in stock over 5 years: 50% of full replacement price.

Minimum charge: £7.00

• Linguaphone cassettes: £20.00 per cassette to maximum of replacement price of set (if individual tapes not available)
• Other language course cassettes: £10.00 per cassette to maximum of replacement price of set (if individual tapes not available)
• Talking book cassettes: £10.00 per cassette to maximum of replacement price of set

• Full purchase price
• Minimum charge: Adults' items: £7.00; Children's items: £7.00

• Full replacement cost

• Adult hardback books or recordings: £10.00
• Children's items: £4.00
• Paperbacks: £4.00
• Videos/DVD's: £18.00

• Full cost of recovery (including any penalty or administrative charge levied by the institution) plus £10 Westminster administrative charge

Black & white:

• 10p per page (A4)
• 20p per page (B4/A3)

[cost of Cashcard copies - only at Information Services sites: Card costs 50p plus £2 of copies, future recharged card price of 9-18p per copy]

Colour:

• £1.00 per page (A4)
• £1.50 per page (B4/A3)

[cost of Cashcard copies - only at Information Services sites: Card costs 50p plus £2 of copies, future recharged card price of 90p/£1.35 per copy]

• Black & white:
  
  - 30p per page (40p at Westminster Reference Library, Marylebone Information Service and Archives) with minimum charge of £2.50 plus £2.50 per item handling charge
• Colour:
  
  - £2.00 per page (£3.00 at Westminster Reference Library and Marylebone Information Service) with minimum charge of £2.50 plus £2.50 per item handling charge
• Standard concessionary rates apply

• Microform - as scans are now go onto computer from the microform reader the cost of printing has become the same as that of printing from a computer; 15p per page.

• 15p per sheet (Black & White)
• 40p per sheet (Colour)
• Standard concessionary rates apply

Transmission:

• All faxes cost £1.50 for the first page (£1.20 with ResCard) and £1.00 per subsequent page (80p with ResCard) for both transmission and receipt. There are no concessionary rates and no additional charge for faxing abroad.

Annual, all libraries

• £25.00 pa (8 items at a time) (£20.00 ResCard)
• Concessions: Half standard rate (£12.50)
• £10.00 Concession and ResCard
• Users registered as blind/partially-sighted and Home Library Service customers: free

Quarterly, all libraries

• £8 standard rate (8 items at a time); £6.40 with a ResCard
• £4 concession and £3.60 ResCard and concession
• Users registered as blind/partially-sighted and Home Library Service customers: free

All sites, no differential for boxed sets:

• Standard: 80p (60p ResCard)
• Concessions: Half standard rate (40p)
• Concession and ResCard: 30p
• Users registered as blind/partially-sighted and Home Library Service customers: free

• Standard: £1.00 per item for 3 week loan (80p ResCard)
• Concessionary rate at half standard price.
• Users registered as blind/partially-sighted Home Library Service customers and over-60s: free

• Standard: £2.20 per set (6 week loan) (£1.60 ResCard)
• Concessions: half standard rate
• English language courses: Free (3 week loan)
• Users registered as blind/partially-sighted and Home Library Service customers: free

• Standard: £5.00 for 12 weeks access (with ResCard £4.00)
• Concessions: £2.50 for 12 weeks access (with ResCard £2.00)

Online English courses: free

Quarterly, all libraries

• £30 standard rate (2 items at a time)
  
  (£24 with ResCard)
• Concessions: £15 (£12.50 with ResCard)

(Standard indicative charges - varying loan periods)

• New release features: £2.50 (£2.00 ResCard)
• Features: £2.00 for 1 week (£1.60 ResCard)
• TV series (1-4 disks): £2.50 per week (£2.00 ResCard)
• TV series (4+ disks) £4.00 per week (£3.20 ResCard)
• Instructional: £1.00 per week (80p ResCard)
• Children's: £1.00 per week (80p ResCard)
• Language courses: £2.20 per 6 weeks (£1.80 ResCard)
• English language courses Free

• £2.00 - Standard rate for 1 week loan (£1.60 ResCard)
• Concessions / Youth Passport: half standard rate (£1.00)

• Short piece hire: £15 p.m. (£12 ResCard)
• Medium piece hire: £20 p.m. (£16 ResCard)
• Long piece hire: £25 p.m. (£20 ResCard)
• Extra long piece hire: £30 p.m. (£24 ResCard)
• Lost part replacement charge: £10

Room hire at Mayfair Library (discretionary)

• Small Room: Hourly - £35.00 / Half day - £80.00 / Full day - £140.00 
• Large Room: Hourly - £55.00 / Half day - £140.00 / Full day - £230.00 

All bookings outside the hours of 10.00am - 7.00pm on weekdays and 10.00am - 2.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays will be subject to a £15.00 per hour security charge (£30.00 minimum)

Equipment Charges:

• Overhead projector: £30 + VAT
• Data Projector: £60 + VAT
• Video: £30 + VAT
• Flipcharts per chart: £10 + VAT
• Refreshments - charge on request 

• Small meeting rooms: Residents Associations, voluntary & community organisations: £10 per hour; Statutory organisations: £15.00 per hour; Commercial organisations: £20.00 per hour
• Community Space: Voluntary & community organisations with <2 staff: £10.00 per hour; Voluntary & community organisations with >2 staff: £15.00 per hour; Statutory organisations: £25.00 per hour; Commercial organisations: £30.00 per hour

Standard rates:

• Morning session £245
• Afternoon session £245
• All day £355

Other hours may be arranged by negotiation

Reduced rates for bookings by WCC, school or adult education use or by Westminster Local History Societies:

• Morning session £205
• Afternoon session £205
• All day £310

20% discount if 5 or more bookings are made at the same time.

Booking cancellations must be made and confirmed in writing. Cancellation less than 12 working days before the date of hire will be charged at the full rate.

Equipment hire:

• Laptop hire: £100 + VAT (£80 ResCard)
• LCD projector: £100 + VAT (£80 ResCard)
• TV/Video: £60 + VAT (£50 ResCard)
• Tea/coffee/biscuits/water/ orange juice per person: £2.00 + VAT

Art Space Hire at Westminster Reference Library (discretionary)

£80 per week (£64.00 ResCard), plus 15% commissions on all sales

Community noticeboards

• £1.50 per advert per week (£1.20 ResCard)

• Free one hour per day but all users must be library members
• Additional time: £1 per hour pro rata (minimum charge 25p per charged booking)

USB Memorysticks:

• 2GB - £5.99 each
• 4GB - £7.99 each

Charge may change in accordance with any variation in the supply cost

• Single set: £1.50

Charge may change in accordance with any variation in the supply cost

• Plastic bags: 10p
• Fair trade cloth bags: £2.00 (£1.60 ResCard)

• Up to £10 per annum
  
  

• £10 per month (2 books at a time)

• Starter-up pack 1: Order form
• Booster pack 2: Order form
• Kaleidoscope pack 3: Order form
• Contact Chinese Library for details

• Individual: £14
• Joint (2 people at the same address): £22

• £25

• At Westminster Reference Library & Marylebone Information Service: the first 15 minutes are free. Thereafter £35.00 per hour if available.
• Archives "Rushed research" and buildings history: £55.00 per hour or part thereof

Standard rates:

• Given at the Archive Centre: £80 + VAT (£64 ResCard)
• Given outside the Archive Centre: £120 + VAT (£96 ResCard)
• Guided tours of the Archive Centre: £80 + VAT (£64 ResCard)

Reduced rates for bookings by WCC, school or adult education use or by Westminster Local History Societies:

• Given at the Archive Centre: £60 + VAT (£48 ResCard)
• Given outside the Archive Centre: £90 + VAT (£72 ResCard)
• Guided tours of the Archive Centre: £60 + VAT (£48 ResCard)

Tea/coffee/biscuits/water/juice: £2.00 + VAT per person per serving

• Negotiable subject to full cost recovery