Getting a Library Card
If you live, work, own property, or attend school in the three-county NIOGA service area (Niagara, Orleans, Genesee counties), please visit the library and present identification, including your name and current address. Parents must sign a form authorizing the issuance of a library card to a child under the age of 13.
Your first library card is free of charge. Replacement cards are $1.00. There is no charge for updating information in the database or for renewing expired cards
- New York State driver's license with current street address. (Note: A license with a Post Office Box or a commercially available personal mailbox [e.g., a PMB available through Mail Boxes Etc.] is not acceptable as it does not prove residence.) Applicants are required to provide another form of ID verifying address.]
- Valid picture identification card with name, current address, and signature.
- Dwelling lease.
- Voter's registration card with current address.
Persons not able to furnish the identification noted above may consult with the Library Director regarding acceptable alternatives.
If you can’t make it in to the library in person, you may want to apply for an eCard, for access to our eBooks and other online resources only, until you can come in to get your full-access library card.
Other residents of New York State who do not live, work, own property, or attend school in the three-county NIOGA service area (Niagara, Orleans, Genesee counties) are eligible for borrowing privileges by applying for an individual library card for a fee of $40.00; these cards have a 15-item limit and are valid for one year.
Using Your Library Card
We can, in most instances, borrow for you what we do not have. Please ask if you don't find what you want. We are here to help you. Please note:
- You are responsible for all items borrowed on your library card.
- Books and materials are limited to 40 items per borrower, unless otherwise stated.
- Your card can be used at any public library in the NIOGA Library System, serving Niagara, Orleans, and Genesee counties. Items checked out from a library in the NIOGA system may be returned to any library in the NIOGA system, unless otherwise stated.
- Library materials may be dropped in the book return at the library entrance adjacent to the parking lot.
Go to My Account and log in with your library card number and PIN to:
- Review your library account
- View a list of your items on hold and their status
- View a list of your items checked out and their due dates
- Renew your items
- View your fines
- Change your PIN
- Set your preferred pickup location
If you're doing this in a web browser on a mobile device, you may need to tap the 3 horizontal lines in the upper right corner for the Menu, then tap My Account.
If you’ve lost your card, report it to the Circulation Desk. With ID, you can obtain a replacement card for $1.00. For any other questions, call (716) 433-5935, press 0 for the Circulation Desk. Please note library hours and holidays.
Log in to your account with your library card number and PIN. Find the item in the catalog, then click "Place Hold." Make sure the library pickup location is correct. Click "Place Hold" again. When the item is available for pick up, we will contact you by phone or email; you'll have one week from the date the item became available to pick it up. If the item is not in the catalog, you may fill out our Suggestion for Purchase form.
Loan periods vary depending on the type of item. Please ask at the Circulation Desk. Renewals may be made by phone, in person, or online (see How do I access my library account? above). You can receive hold and overdue notifications via email. Ask at the Circulation Desk.
Fines on all materials except DVDs, Blu-rays, and Video Games are $0.10 per day to a maximum of $5.00 per item. DVDs, Blu-rays, and Video Games are $0.50 per day, to a maximum of $10.00 per item. Borrowers will not be allowed to check out items if there is a lost item on their record or if unpaid fines total more than $5.00.