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The standard loan period for materials is three weeks with no limitation on the number of items checked out.
Anyone with an Oak Lawn or Metropolitan Library card is eligible. However, some materials are available on a limited or restricted basis.
The following table includes these exceptions.

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Borrowing Materials
MATERIAL |
LOAN PERIOD |
|
BOOKS |
|
|
Standard
New Fiction
Interlibrary Loan
(Oak Lawn residents only) |
3 weeks (1 renewal if not on reserve)
14 days (1 renewal if not on reserve)
14 days or as noted (inquire about renewal) |
|
PAMPHLETS |
3 weeks (1 renewal) |
|
MAGAZINES |
|
Adult
Youth |
3 weeks (Large Print & selected fiction)
past issues: 3 weeks |
|
ANNUAL REPORTS |
|
| (limit 5) |
3 weeks |
|
MOVIES |
|
Adult and most Juvenile
Selected Juvenile |
7 days
3 weeks (no renewal) |
|
CDs & CD-Roms |
3 weeks (1 renewal if not on reserve) |
|
AUDIOBOOKS |
3 weeks (1 renewal if not on reserve) |
|
AV KITS |
3 weeks (1 renewal if not on reserve) |
|
ELECTRONIC GAMES |
7 days |
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