Checkout Limits & Renewals

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Renew your items online with My Account, by calling the Central Library at 720-865-1325, or any location during regular library hours. Items will not renew if they are on hold for another borrower. 

You may have up to 100 items total on your card at one time.

Books, Books on CD

  • Checkout period: 3 weeks
  • 3 renewals unless requested by another borrower
  • No renewals on Featured Titles
  • No limit up to the 100 total item limit

Magazines

  • Checkout period: 1 week, children's 3 weeks
  • No renewals
  • No limit up to the 100 total item limit

DVDs and Blu-Ray - Feature Films

  • Checkout period: 1 week, children's 3 weeks
  • 3 renewals unless requested by another borrower
  • No renewals on Lucky Day titles
  • Combined total of 50 DVD, Blu-Ray and Music CDs at one time

DVDs and Blu-Ray - TV Series and Nonfiction

  • Checkout period: 3 weeks
  • 3 renewals unless requested by another borrower
  • Combined total of 50 DVD, Blu-Ray and Music CDs at one time

Music CDs

  • Checkout period: 1 week, children's 3 weeks
  • 3 renewals unless requested by another borrower
  • Combined total of 50 DVD, Blu-Ray and Music CDs at one time

Note: To ensure equal access to library materials, items that have reached their renewal limit must be checked in and made available to other library users for at least 24 hours before checking back out to the last borrower.

Downloadable eBooks, Audio eBooks and Streaming Video from Overdrive

  • Checkout period: 7, 14, or 21 days (user preference)
  • Renew option available 3 days before a title expires unless requested by another borrower
  • Automatically returned at the end of the checkout period
  • Limit of 20 on your account at one time
  • Limit of 15 holds on your account at one time

Prospector Items

  • Books and Books on CD requested through Prospector checkout for 42 days (one standard 21-day checkout period plus one, built-in, courtesy 21-day renewal.)
  • Movies and music requested through Prospector checkout for 14 days (one standard 7-day checkout period plus one, built-in, courtesy 7-day renewal.)

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Items

If you would like to renew an Interlibrary Loan item or have questions, call the Interlibrary Loan department at 720-865-1718. Please note: Interlibrary Loan items that are stamped "NOT RENEWABLE" cannot be renewed but may be re-ordered.

Return materials to any Denver Public Library location, book drops are available at all locations.