Price List of Services

Valid since 01. 09. 2025

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)2,00 €
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
5,00 €
High school and daytime university students younger than 26 years old, university of the third age students, retirees, retirees with impairments, the unemployed, people on parental leave8,00 €
Adults12,00 €
Institutions20,00 €

Family card

1st parent12,00 €
2nd parent and each child younger than 15 years old1,00 €
Spouse card12,00 € + 1,00 €

Registration fee discounts cannot be combined. 

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

Replacement of a lost library card2,00 €   

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

3. Fees for late returns (valid from 27. 10. 2025):

For each document and each day/1st – 30th day since the end of the loan period – 0,10 €

For each document and each day/31st – 120th day since the end of the loan period – 0,20 €

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 5 € 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) is 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 is 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. 

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/RFID code – 2,00 €.

5. For the ILS and IILS, there is a fee of 0,50 € for each requested titleThis 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 – 8,00 € 
  • 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 – 9,00 €/document
  • from Europe – 14,00 €/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 is 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

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 10,00 €

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

Periodicals – replacement with an identical title, or payment of the periodical’s cost + handling fee of 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 3,00 €

10. Fees for using public computers:

  • up to 15 min. (max. once a day) for free 
  • 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 – 7,00 €
  • processing within 24 hours – 12,00 € 

Holding off literature search documents from the library’s collection – 0,20 €/1 document, including books, articles, and online documents. Fee for failure to collect prepared documents – 2€.

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 – 3 € /1 participant

14. Fee for a computer course, creative workshop, English for the disadvantaged, memory trainings, etc. – 20 €/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 5 € for delivery and 0,50 € for each delivered document,
  • mode B – users with medical disadvantages pay 2,50 € for each delivered document.
  1. Rental of rooms:
  • Spoločenská miestnosť (community room) – 25 €/hour
  • Rozprávková miestnosť (fairytale room)– 20 €/hour
  • Klubovňa (clubroom) – 20 €/hour
  • Spoločenská + rozprávková (community + fairytale) – 35 €/hour
  • Exhibition area – 10 € per month
  • Provision of kitchen equipment – 5 €

17. SmartLab

You can find the prices of SmartLab services on our website. SmartLab services are provided to users with a valid library card.

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.