Swan Member Libraries
Loans & Renewals
Automatic Renewals
Most items will automatically renew as long as your account is in good standing and items checked out are not on hold or overdue.
- The following items are not renewable: Lucky Day, Launchpads, Kits (Toniebox, Literacy, Parenting, STEAM).
- *The YS accessibility items can be checked out by anyone who comes to our library –5 per card. Holds are only allowed for St. Charles patrons.
Fine-Free Library Policy
The Library is committed to being a fine-free library for most overdue items. However, an overdue fine of $5.00 per day will apply to the following items Hotspots, projectors and screens, laptops, and other Beyond Books items that cost over $100.
- If an item is 14 days overdue, your account will be blocked from further checkouts until you return the item.
Loan Periods

- Books
- Audiobooks
- Playaways
- Launchpads – No renewals
- CDs
- Book bags
- Kits (Literacy, Parenting, STEAM) – 5 per card. No renewals

- DVD/Blu-ray – TV Series
- Board games and puzzles
- Vinyl Records
- Toniebox Kit – 1 per card. No renewals
- Beyond Books Items:
Hotspots, projectors and screens, laptops – 1 per household

- Lucky Day – No renewals
- Video Games – 5 per card
- DVD/Blu-ray – Movies and Non-Fiction
- Magazines