Borrowing Materials
| Item | Loan Period | Renewals | Longest You Can Keep the Item |
| All-in-one Read- Along | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| Arduino Kit | 21 days | 0 | 3 weeks |
| Audio Recording Kit | 7 days | 0 | 1 week |
| Best Bet | 21 days | 0 | 3 weeks |
| Book | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| Book Club Set | 42 days | 0 | 6 weeks |
| Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitor | 7 days | 0 | 1 week |
| CD | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| CD-ROM | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| DVD/Blu-ray - Feature | 7 days | 2 | 3 weeks |
| DVD/Blu-ray - Nonfiction and TV Series | 14 days | 2 | 6 weeks |
| DVD Set Educational | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| DVD/VHS Language Learning (including Literacy) | 21 days | 2 | 9 weeks |
| eContent | Varies as determined by licensing agreement | ||
| In Library Use Digital equipment | 2 hours | 2 hours, subject to demand | Varies, based on demand |
| Interloan Material | Varies as determined by the loaning institution | ||
| Items provided by Home Library Service | Extended loans as determined by Home Library Service | ||
| Magazine or Periodical | 7 days | 2 | 3 weeks |
| Music score | 21 days | 2 | 9 weeks |
| Musical Instrument | 21 days | 2 | 9 weeks |
| Ontario Parks Pass | 7 days | 0 | 1 week |
| Picture collection | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| Playaway | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| Raspberry Pi Kit | 21 days | 0 | 3 weeks |
| Reference Material | None | 0 | None |
| Talking Books | 42 days | 3 | 24 weeks |
| Uncatalogued materials, e.g. mass-market paperbacks, comic books | 21 days | 3 | 12 weeks |
| VHS | 7 days | 2 | 3 weeks |
| Wi-Fi Hotspots | 6 months | 0 | 6 months |
Most materials can be returned to any Toronto Public Library branch. Some items must be returned to the branch from which you borrowed them:
- Book Club Sets
- Carbon dioxide monitors
- Items borrowed through Interlibrary Loan
- Musical Instruments
- Tech Kits: Arduino, Audio Recording and Raspberry Pi Kits
- Toronto Reference Library picture collections
- Wi-Fi Hotspots
- How many items can I have out at one time?
- 50
- Can I borrow books that are marked as "reference"?
- Books that are marked as "reference" cannot be borrowed; they are for use in the library that owns the copy. There are usually circulating copies of the book that you can borrow.
If there is only one reference copy of the book and you are unable to travel to the owning library to read it, please speak to staff about interlibrary loan and reference loan options.
- How do I borrow eBooks or eAudiobooks?
- You can checkout and download materials from your computer or your mobile device. For instruction on how to use this service see our Getting Started with Library eBooks user guides.
- Can I renew items that I have borrowed?
- Most items that you borrow can be renewed two or three times as long as there are sufficient copies available.
Each renewal extends the due date by the same length of time as you originally borrowed it for, e.g. an additional 21 days for most books, an additional 7 days for most DVDs.
The renewal period starts on the day you renew an item, not the original date the item was due.
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