Today, the Solvay Public Library continues in its tradition of being a center of the community and in playing an important role in its development. The library affords the community opportunities for cultural, artistic and educational activities for the children and adults of the area it serves.
In 2002, the Solvay Public Library began a Centennial Building project to address handicap accessibility, lack of space, and drainage problems. With support from a community fund drive, local, state, corporate and private giving, the Trustees hope to have a larger parking lot, addition, and elevator by the library's 100th birthday in 2005.
The Solvay Public Library is one of 20 independent libraries that are members of the Onondaga County Public Library system. Also part of the system are the Central County Library and eight Syracuse branch libraries. Library card holders can borrow materials from any library in the system and return them to any library. The Solvay Public Library contains over 30,000 books and 75 periodical subscriptions searchable on the Onondaga County Public Library online card catalog.
- Computer catalog showing holdings of all libraries in the county system.
- Computers with children's stories and games, word processing and photo management software for public use,
- Public use Scanner
- The Solvay Process Co. Collection
- Reference service
- Internet, accessible for public use
- Meeting room available to community groups, literacy volunteers and school teachers
- State and Federal Income Tax forms
- Story hours for pre-school children
- "Summer Reading Club" program for preschoolers, K-5th graders, and teens
- Adult Book Discussion Group
- Inter-library loan
- Foreign language books
- Reserves on best sellers
- Art exhibits
- Civil Service test books
- Community bulletin board
- College catalogs
- Public use photocopier
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