Library Card

• If you live or own property in Schenectady County, you are eligible for a free borrower's card, which may also be used at any public library in the Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren and Washington counties (members of SALS/MVLS).
  
  
• Members of UHLS libraries may get a SCPL card for a year at no cost. However, members of nonreciprocal libraries (Albany, Bethlehem, Colonie and Waterford) will be charged $15.00 a year per person.
  
  
• Schenectady County businesses or organizations will be eligible for a company library card without a charge if its director or president accepts responsibility for a material borrowed on the company card.
  

• Individuals 13 years and older must present a driver's license and proof of current address or another picture ID and proof of current address.
  
  
• Individuals 5-12 years old need their parent's or guardian's signature. If they don't have their own ID, a parent or guardian must present his/her ID.

• NYS driver's license or permit
• Tax bill, utility bill, phone bill
• Picture ID (company, school, organization, etc.)
• Property deed
• Lease or rent agreement
• Report card
• Notarized affidavit
• Other official business documents
• Pay stub
• Passport or green card

• Your new card is good for one month. During that month you may borrow 3 items at a time, and one item may be AV material (CD, DVD, VHS). After one month, your card will be verified, and the three item limit will be changed to the regular loan limits.
  
  
• Library cards are NOT transferable. Each borrower must have and use his/her own library card, and is responsible for all materials borrowed on the card. Parents and guardians of children 5-12 years are responsible for materials borrowed on their children´s cards.
  
  
• Change of address or lost/stolen cards must be reported immediately to the library because materials borrowed on an unreported lost or stolen card remain the responsibility of the cardholder.
  
  
• There is a $1.00 replacement charge for a lost card.

      Most materials can be borrowed for 28 days with some exceptions. There are exceptions listed below. The receipt issued when you borrow materials indicates the due date for each item.

• NEW fiction and nonfiction books may be borrowed for 14 days and Book Express books may be borrowed for 7 days.
  
  
• Fiction-DVDs may be borrowed for 2 days and Adult Non-Fiction DVDs and VHS for 7 days with a combined total of 7 items.

• Most library materials loaned for 4 weeks may be renewed for one additional loan period.
  
  
• Renewals are available in person, by phone or through the library website (www.scpl.org). The new loan period begins on the day the item is renewed.
  
  
• Materials with loan periods shorter than 4 weeks may not be renewed.

•  Late Fee
   20¢ per day for each adult item
   10¢ per day for each children´s item
   50¢ per day for each adult or children´s DVD & video
   20¢ per day for each adult or children´s compact disc
   20¢ per day for each adult or children´s periodical
   50¢ per day for each Book Express title
   $1.00 per day for each specialty kit
  
  
•  Maximum Late Fee
   $5.00 for each adult item
   $3.00 for each juvenile item
   Accumulating of fines of $5.00 or more will result in suspension of  borrowing and computer privileges.
  
  
•  Reserve Fee
    50¢ per item
  
  
•  Other Fees
    Fax: $2.00 for the 1st page, $1.00 for each additional page
    Copy Machine: 10¢ per copy