Price List of Services

Valid since 12. 04. 2023

1. Registration fees in the Regional Library in Žilina

Preschoolers and children younger than 6 years old, war veterans, people seeking asylum, blood donors (holders of the golden Jánský plaque)1,00 €
Blood donors (if donated in the last 365 days)50% of reg. fee
Elementary school students and children younger than 15 years old,
Severe Medical Impairment (ZŤP) card holders
3,00 €
High school and university students younger than 26 years old, retirees, retirees with impairments, the unemployed, people on parental leave5,00 €
Adults8,00 €
Institutions12,00 €

Family card

1st parent8,00 €
2nd parent and each child younger than 15 years old1,00 €
Spouse card8,00 € + 1,00 €

Registration fee discounts cannot be combined.

Users can donate to library by voluntarily paying a higher fee.

Replacement of a lost library card – 2,00 €

2. Single-day visitors receive a temporary card for 2,00 €.

3. Fees for late returns:

Books and audio books for people with impairments

For each document and each day/1st – 30th day since the end of the loan period – 0,05 €

For each document and each day/31st – 120th day since the end of the loan period – 0,10 €

In case of the ILS, current fine will be increased by 5 € every started month.

In case of the on-site study room’s collection, current fine will be increased by 3 € every started month.

Written notice (after 60 and 90 days since the check-out day): the listed fine is valid on the day of the creation of the notice and is currently changing.

Director’s notice (after 150 days since the check-out day) 7,00 €. This sum will be added to the current fee for violating the loan period on the day of the document return.

Pre-trial notice 10,00 €. This sum will be added to the current fee for violating the loan period on the day of the document return.

The library is not responsible for failed advance notice and notice deliveries. It is also not responsible for failed notice deliveries sent by post.

Periodicals, board games and selected special documents

  • 1st fine for keeping periodicals and board games after the expiration of the loan period (14 days) – 0,50 €
  • 2nd fine (29 days after the loan period expiration) – 1,00 €
  • 3rd fine (43 days after the loan period expiration) – 1,50 €
  • Director’s notice (56 days after the loan period expiration) – 3,00 €

In case of exceeding 10 € fine, the user will be prohibited from making further document loans until they settle all debts they owe to the library. The user is obligated to settle their debt at their next library visit at the latest.

4. Damaged barcode – 2 €.

5. For the ILS and IILS, there is a fee of 0,50 € for each requested title. This fee is waived if the ILS is carried out within the regional libraries (Turčianska Library in Martin, Kysucká Library in Čadca, Liptovská Library of G. F. Belopotocký in Liptovský Mikuláš, Oravská Library of A. Habovštiak in Dolný Kubín).

For every executed request, the library charges:

  • service costs – 7,00 €
  • scanning and printing – 0,30 €/page (in accordance with the applicable copyright law)

International interlibrary loan service via the Slovak National Library:

  • from Czech Republic – 8,30 €/document
  • from Europe – 13,30 €/document

6. Fee for advanced provision of a document based on a request (online, mail, phone):

  • reservation and document reservation notice – 1,00 €/document
  • document hold-off – 1,00 €/document

7. Fee for an e-book loan 1,50 € (Palmknihy – eReading service).

8. Fees for printing and scanning (library documents copying only and in accordance with applicable copyright law)

Black-and-white printing and copying:

  • A4 – 0,20 €/page
  • A3 – 0,30 €/page

Colored printing and copying:

  • A4 – 0,50 €/page
  • A3 – 1,00 €/page

Fees for book scanning – 0,10 €/page

9. Financial compensations for damaging or losing a document:

Fiction and children’s literature: cost of the book + handling fee from 5,00 €

Scientific and children’s specialized literature: cost of the book + handling fee based on the book’s value as follows:

  • if the library owns only one copy and it is a highly requested publication that is not available on the market, or not available at all from 20,00 €
  • if the library owns up to 2 copies and it is a highly requested publication from 15,00 €
  • all other specialized literature books from 10,50 €

Literature in foreign languages, encyclopedias and dictionaries: cost of the book + handling fee from 15,00 €

Periodicals – replacement with an identical title, or payment of the periodical’s cost + handling fee – 2,00 €.

The handling fee for damaging or losing a document may be altered by the director-appointed committee.

In case the user replaces the lost or damaged book with an identical title, they will pay a handling fee of 2,00 €.

10. Fees for using public computers:

  • up to 15 min. (max. 2 times a day) free
  • 3rd visit, 1-15 min 0,15 €
  • 16 min. – 30 min. 0,30 €
  • every additional started half hour 0,30 €

Severe Medical Impairment (ZŤP) card holders may use computers for free for two hours a day.

11. Literature search:

  • processing within 7 days 5,00 €
    • within 7 days including foreign databases documents 7,00 €
  • processing within 24 hours 10,00 €
    • within 24 hours including foreign databases documents 12,00 €

For holding off literature search documents from the library’s collection, the library charges 0,20 €/1 document, including books, articles, and online documents.

12. Safety deposit for a loan of an electronic book reader and MP3 audio book players – 30 €
Fee for late return of the electronic book reader is 0,20 € per day.

13. Library events for commercial subjects – 2,00 € / 1 participant

14. Fee for a computer course, creative workshop, English for the disadvantaged, memory trainings, etc. 15 €/term
Fee for a single computer course 5,00 €
Fee for a single creative workshop 3,00 €/meeting

15. Delivery service:

  • mode A – 18+ users pay 2 € for delivery and 0,50 € for each delivered document,
  • mode B – disadvantaged retirees and people with a medical impairment pay 0,50 € for each delivered document.
  • The service is free of charge for Severe Medical Impairment (ZŤP) card holders and invalid retirees.

The library gives the user a receipt, confirming the payment of all fees.

Prices will be re-calculated according to the valid price list with a retrospective validity.