Eligible items automatically renew up to 3 times. Sign up for text or email notifications to receive coming due reminders/automatic renewal alerts. You can also renew your items online with My Account, or by calling 720-865-1111 during regular library hours. Items will not renew if they are on hold for another borrower.
Full cardholders may have up to 100 items total on your card at one time.
Provisional cardholders may have up to 3 items total at one time.
Loan Periods
3 weeks: Books, eBooks, Books on CD, audio eBooks, all youth materials, DVD and BluRay over 4 hours long
1 week: Music cds, magazines, DVD and BluRay 4 hours or under
Books, Books on CD, and Playaways
- Checkout period: 3 weeks
- 3 renewals unless requested by another borrower
- 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 - 4 hours long or less
- 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 - Over 4 hours long
- 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.
Prospector
Prospector items already have extended loan periods and are not eligible for further renewal.
Please keep the Prospector bookmark with the item. Item must be returned to a Denver Public Library location. Lost/Damage fee: $45.
WorldCat Interlibrary Loans
Email or call (720-865-1718) the Interlibrary Loan office prior to the item’s due date and we’ll let you know if the lending library will allow a renewal.
Downloadable eBooks and Audio eBooks from Overdrive/Libby
- 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 loans on your account at one time
- Limit of 15 holds on your account at one time
- Limit of 50 Wish List items on your account at one time
Kanopy Streaming Video
- Virtual tickets are used to play videos on Kanopy.
- Each month, you receive 24 tickets in your account.
- Tickets reset on the first day of the month, and unused tickets do not roll over to the next month.
- Checkout period and the number of tickets required to watch a title varies, and are clearly displayed in Kanopy.
- Kanopy Kids content is unlimited.
Information on Holds and Holds Limits may be found on the Managing Your Account page.