Taking Zhengzhou as an example, according to the regulations of Zhengzhou Library, readers who lose books and documents should, in principle, compensate books with the same version as the original book. If the same book cannot be compensated, compensation shall be made according to the following standards:

1. If a single volume of literature is lost and published within ten years, it shall be compensated at twice the pricing; Books published ten years ago shall be compensated at three times the pricing, and books published before 1985 shall be compensated at 30 times the original pricing.

2. If one volume of multi-volume documents is lost, in principle, compensation shall be made according to the total price of the whole set of documents, and the rest books shall be kept by the library. If each book in this set has a separate isbn number and price, it can also be compensated according to the price of a single book.

3. When the reader finds the original book within 30 days after the compensation for the lost book, he can return the book to the library, and return the compensation with the original compensation certificate, and will not return it for more than 30 days.

Related information introduction:

1, the general books and periodicals with a large collection and difficult to replenish are compensated according to the base price X2.

2, the use and preservation of books and periodicals of great value and difficult to supplement, according to the basic price X3 compensation.

3. Chinese and foreign books and periodicals (including reference books and photocopying books and periodicals) without duplicates shall be compensated at the base price of X5.

4. Rare books and out-of-print books shall be compensated according to the base price of X 10.

5, complete sets of multi-volume books, lost or damaged one of the volumes, compensation provisions shall be formulated separately.