Library borrowing privileges are extended free of charge to all residents of Cayuga County. To receive a Cayuga Connect Library Card bring a valid Driver's license or a piece of mail with your current address on it to the library. Children under 18 must have a parent sign their registration form. Your Cayuga Connect library card allows you to check out books at any library in Cayuga County and allows you to place a hold on most materials in the Finger Lakes Library System Catalog, renew library items, and search various databases.

Patrons may check out books from the Aurora Free Library or through interlibrary loan for a period of four weeks. New books may be checked out for two weeks. There isn't a limit on how many books a patron may check out at one time.

Patrons may check out two videos per person or four videos per family. All videos have a circulation of one week. Patrons should rewind all videos before returning to the library. Videos with a rating of "R" or "PG-13" will only be checked out to minor patrons with the written permission of a parent or legal guardian.

Every two or three months the library receives the following collections to supplement its own collection.

Patrons may check out books on tape from the library or through interlibrary loan for a period of four weeks. New books on tape may be checked out for two weeks. The Aurora Free Library books on tape collection is not available through interlibrary loan to other member libraries.

The library's reference section and local history section are available to the public only at the library. This material does not circulate.

The Aurora Free Library does not collect fines for overdue materials. Patrons are expected to return all material in a timely manner. Material that is deemed lost or damaged becomes the responsibility of the patron. The patron will be charged the price for replacing material.