With additions on all sides, the Onondaga Free Library expanded from 7,500 SF to 19,000 SF and became an educational, media, and social center for the community.

The children’s area includes colorful murals, three-dimensional climbing trees, a log-cabin story-time room, and early-learning computers. Other amenities include reading and media areas, a reading cafe, marketplace, CD/DVD corner, fireplace parlor, community rooms for 150, teaching labs, self-serve checkout, and donor wall.