Bccls also has renewals fyi. For books it’s usually 3 renewals which means you’ll have the books for 3 months total if you renew them.

For dvds it’s usually 2 weeks per renewal so they give you plenty of time unless it’s a new or high demand book/dvd

And it’s (usually) like 10 cents a day for books or a dollar a day for dvds so even if you can’t manage to watch or read something right away, you have plenty of time and it’s relatively cheap even if you do return it late.

It’s convenient as fuck I love the system and if I can’t read a book in 3 months or watch a dvd in a month and a half I have only myself to blame

Any time I've forgotten to turn in something on time I get an email, but beyond that nothing happens. I try not to do this out of respect for the library and other patrons, but I've had stuff for months after it was due until I remembered to turn it back in. It feels slightly wrong honestly hahaha.

Not all. There are so many BCCLS libraries without fees right now.

No late fees, but if you hold onto an item for too long, your card may be blocked, other access restricted and/or replacement charge levied until such time as you return the item. Then you're clear. There may be exceptions based on they type of material or if it was requested from out of system. This is PALSPlus policy as far as I'm aware, for libraries that are fine-free. Other systems or libraries may have a different model.

You just return it when you can. Its been found that late fees actually can prevent people from returning books so the library loses money when implementing them.