Services: Borrow Materials

The Ridgefield Library does not charge overdue fines on most items checked out at our library, with a few exceptions indicated in the chart below.

• Most items will automatically renew 1 or 2 times, unless an item has has been requested by another patron. See exceptions below.

• If your items are overdue by more than 7 days, the replacement costs will be billed to your account, at which point you will be unable to check out digital or physical items until the overdue items are returned or payment is made. 

• Patrons are responsible for any lost or damaged items. Replacement costs vary by item.

• Items from other libraries obtained through Bibliomation or Interlibrary Loan may not be renewable. Contact the Circulation Desk for more information about a specific item.

Books & Audiobooks

• Print books (non-new): 21-Day Loan with 2 Renewals 
• Audiobooks & Playaways: 21-Day Loan with 2 Renewals 
• Juvenile Holiday Books (Limit 5): 21-Day Loan with 2 Renewals 
• New Adult Books: 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• New Adult Books over 500 pages: 21-Day Loan with 1 Renewal 
• Book Club Corner Books: 14-Day loan with 1 Renewal
• Interlibrary Loan Books: 21-Day Loan with 0 Renewals

DVDs

• New DVDs: 7-day loan with 1 renewal
• New DVD series: 14-days with 1 renewal
• General DVDs: 14-days with 1 renewal

Kits

• 1KBBK Totes (Limit 1): 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• STEAM Kits (Limit 1): 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Adult Kits: 21-day loan with no renewals

• Library of Things: 21-day loan with no renewals

Games

• Video Games (Limit 3): 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Tabletop Games (Limit 3): 14-day loan with 1 renewal

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Technology

• Killowatt: 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Kindle Fires (Limit 1): 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Launchpads: 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Nintendo Switch: 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Toniebox (Limit 1): 14-day loan with 1 renewal
• Tonie figures (Limit 3): 14-day loan with 1 renewal

Special Collections

• Museum Passes (Limit 1): 2-Night/3-Day Loan with No Renewals
  • Overdue Fines: $5/day with a maximum of $50
• Interlibrary Loan Materials: 21 days with no renewals
  • Overdue Fines: 50¢ per day with no maximum

Bibliomation Consortium

• Ridgefield Library is part of the Bibliomation consortium, a group of Connecticut libraries that share materials with each other. If materials are unavailable in the Ridgefield Library catalog, select “Bibliomation” at the top of the “Library” drop-down menu at the top of the catalog screen to request the item from one of our consortium libraries. These items will be delivered to the Ridgefield Library and held at the Circulation Desk.

Interlibrary Loans (ILL)

• Materials can also be requested from other Connecticut libraries outside of the Bibliomation consortium. Please contact our Interlibrary Loan Coordinator for assistance at circulationdesk@ridgefieldlibrary.org. Interlibrary Loan items still accrue fines of 50¢ a day, with no maximum

For assistance with your account, renewing items or other questions about borrowing materials, contact the Circulation Desk at 203-438-2282 ext. 202 or circulationdesk@ridgefieldlibrary.org

Renew materials and manage your account on your device with the Acorn app, online using My Account or by calling 203-438-2282 ext. 202