Summary - effective Wednesday 1 July 2026
Please note: Newcastle Libraries are now proudly fines free for late returned library items.
For a full list of Newcastle Libraries' fees and charges, view City of Newcastle's complete 2026/2027 Fees and Charges RegisterFees & Charges Schedule for 2023 - 2024.
Overdue and reservations
| Overdue loans | $0.00 per item per day |
| Request/reservation fee | Free |
Lost and damaged items
| Library card | Free |
| Lending stock item | Full cost + $10 admin fee (per item) |
Printing, photocopying and micrographic copying services
| Black and white - A4 | $0.20 | per copy |
| Black and white - A3 | $0.40 | per copy |
| Colour - A4 | $1.30 | per copy |
| Colour - A3 | $2.60 | per copy |
| Digitised imaging: Photo, graphic, picture | $28.00 | per image on disc |
Interlibrary Loans
| Reciprocal libraries | $15.00 | per item supplied |
| Non-reciprocal libraries | $37.40 | per item supplied |
| Copy from resource | calculated on an individual basis |
| Rush request (24 hour turnaround) | calculated on an individual basis |
| Express request (2 hour turnaround) | calculated on an individual basis |
| International request | calculated on an individual basis |
Research
| Research - Non-commercial (first 20 minutes free) | $57.00 | per hour |
| Research - Commercial/Government (first 20 minutes free) | $113.00 | per hour |
