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Legal Notices

 

About this Site

The Onondaga County Public Library seeks to make resources available and useful to the public.  Through this Website, the Library offers public access to a broad range of information, including historical materials that may contain offensive language or negative stereotypes.  You should view such materials in the historical context in which they were created.   All historical media are presented as specific, original artifacts, without further enhancement to their appearance or quality, as a record of the era in which they were produced.

The Library has a Privacy Policy and a Web Privacy Policy.  By using the Library’s Website, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and Web Privacy Policy.  Please review the Privacy Policy and Web Privacy Policy at this time.

The Library also has an “Internet Use Policy”.  Please review this Policy at this time.

 

Disclaimer

WHILE THE LIBRARY MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION IN THIS WEBSITE, THE LIBRARY AND ONONDAGA COUNTY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS PROVIDED IN THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS. ONONDAGA COUNTY AND THE LIBRARY, LIBRARY TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, COMPENSATORY, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE.

In choosing sources to link to this Website, the Library follows its materials selection guidelines.  Beyond this, neither the County nor the Library monitors or controls information accessible through the Internet.  Neither the County nor the Library is responsible for the content or changes in content of sources accessed through secondary links.

 

Applicable Law

Any legal action brought against Onondaga County or the Library shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflicts-of-law rules.  Any claim asserted against Onondaga County or the Library shall be heard and determined in the federal or state courts located in Syracuse, New York.  Users of this Website agree not to commence any litigation relating to the use of this Website, except in courts located in Syracuse, New York.  Users of this Website also waive any objections to venue of any such litigation in courts located in Syracuse, New York and agree not to plead or claim that Syracuse, New York is an inconvenient forum.

Last updated November 23, 2009