One card is good for all public libraries in Onondaga County, except Skaneateles. The library must be notified of lost or stolen cards and changes of address. A library card or identification with name and address is required to sign out materials. Responsibility cards must be signed by patrons wishing to borrow videocassettes from the Baldwinsville Public Library and for access to the microcomputer lab. A parent must cosign for persons under 18 in order for them to borrow Baldwinsville Public Library videocassettes.
Loan period is three weeks for most items.
Videocassettes, new popular music audiocassettes, children's holiday books, and magazines are loaned for one week. Many new books and circulating encyclopedias are loaned for two weeks. Longer loan periods are possible for items that normally circulate for three weeks. Up to 50 items may be borrowed at one time on one card, except for videocassettes, which are limited to 6 per library card and children's holiday books, which are limited to three per library card for each holiday. Materials borrowed from any library in the Onondaga County Public Library System may be returned to the Baldwinsville Public Library.