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SWRLS: TABLE OF CHARGES 2011/2012
Cost of annual membership from April- March
Public libraries = based on size of authority. For 2011-12 this is £8.08per 1,000 population.
HE libraries = set amount. For 2011-12 this is £160.00
Other academic and special libraries = set amount. For 2011-12 this is £55.00
Charge per item borrowed within SWRLS (unchanged from 2009-10)
Public libraries = Nil
Other libraries = £5.10 per item.
NB. The supply of photocopies between SWRLS members is not included within the above arrangements. SWRLS members should agree and recover the costs of supplying photocopies to each other at the time of supply.
Net lending credit
This applies when the total number of items loaned to other SWRLS members exceeds the total number borrowed from other SWRLS members.
All sectors = £1.85. (Example: 10 items loaned / 5 items borrowed = credit of £9.20)
Invoicing
The invoice for a new financial year is made up of all the above factors. Any net lending credit figure to be applied is derived from the previous year’s statistics.
1st April 2011
NON-SWRLS CHARGES
Items supplied by the British Library (charges apply from 1 August 2011)
Books = £11.15per item
Photocopies = £6.00+VAT each (electronic delivery); £7.05+VAT (by post) £9.00+VAT (by fax)
NB Reduced rates for Public Libraries and those FE Colleges who signed up for SWRLS / BL Subscription offer 2011.
Items supplied by CONARLS members (charges apply from 1 August 2008)
£5.50 per item
DX standard transport costs (charges apply from 1st May 2011)
(NB charges apply in each direction)
Up to 1 kg = £2.15 (applies to the great majority of items)
1 to 10 kgs = £3.30
10 to 15 kgs = £4.90
Updated 1st August 2011
