City of Markham - Borrowing

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Borrowing

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Markham Public Library has a collection of over 700,000 paperbacks, books, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, cassettes, CD-ROMs, music CDs, DVDs, videos and video games.

Borrowing Items
Items	Loan Period	Renewals	Holds
Books, talking books, music CDs, children's kits, CD ROM software, Watt Readers	21 days without holds (14 days with holds)	Yes, if no holds pending	Yes
Magazines - All issues circulate, including current issue	7 days	1	No
Videocassettes, DVDs, Video games	7 days	Yes, if no holds pending	Yes
Boomerang Books	14 days	No	No
Boomerang DVDs and Blu Rays	7 days	No	No

Extended Loans

Available, upon request, for items that are not in demand.
These loans are granted for absences such as vacations or hospital stays.
Extended loans are available at the discretion of Library staff. We reserve the right to limit or deny extended loans on specific items.

Returning Items

Borrowed items may be returned to any Markham Public Library Branch

Borrowing Limits

The total number of items that can be borrowed on a single library card at any one time is 100. For the preschool Ready to Read card, the limit is 25 books.
Reduced loan periods apply to items with holds.

Borrowing information in simplified Chinese – 我的图书馆账户 [PDF]

Borrowing information in traditional Chinese – 我的圖書館帳戶 [PDF]

Borrowing information in Tamil [PDF]