Circulation Periods
| Books and Audio | 3 weeks |
| Videos | 1 week |
| Periodicals | 1 week |
| Video Games | 1 week |
| Library2Go eBooks/Audiobooks | 2 weeks |
Renewals
Items may be renewed in person at any CAMALS library, by telephone, email, or in the patron’s online account. Three-week items will be renewed for three weeks. One-week items will be renewed for one week. Patrons may renew items two times. If there is a hold on the item by another patron, the item cannot be renewed and must be returned by the original due date. Video games will not be renewed.
Returning Borrowed Materials
Books and other borrowed materials may be returned to any CAMALS library. Library2Go eBooks and audiobooks are returned automatically on the due date.
Overdue Materials
For library items kept past the date due, the patron will be notified that the items are overdue. Four notices are sent; the fourth notice is an invoice for the item. At that time the account is blocked from further activity. Patrons are not blocked for general overdue materials. They are blocked when they have a bill.
Overdue Fines
Carroll County Libraries
| Berryville | $0.05 per day per item, $2.00 maximum per item |
| Eureka Springs | Fines are not collected, donations are encouraged |
| Green Forest | Fines are not collected, donations are encouraged |
Madison County Libraries
| Huntsville | Fines are not collected, donations are encouraged |
| Kingston | Fines are not collected, donations are encouraged |
| St. Paul | Fines are not collected, donations are encouraged |
Hold Requests
Patrons may request an item currently checked out to another patron either in person, by telephone, email, or in their account online. When the requested item is returned the patron will be contacted. The item is held for seven days after the notification.
Material Replacement Cost
If current price is not available:
| Adult Fiction | $25.00 |
| Adult Nonfiction | $35.00 |
| Adult Paperbacks | $10.00 |
| Videos | full replacement costs |
| Audios | $15.00 for the first lost CD |
| YA/Juvenile Hardback | $25.00 |
| YA/Juvenile Paperback | $10.00 |
| YA/Juvenile Videos | full replacement costs |
| YA/Juvenile Audios | $15.00 for the first lost CD |