The following information on the Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program is from the pamphlet Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program. Inc. Publication No. 46a. The program generally applies to the faculty based on the main campus of the participating institution. The home institution determines who is eligible for a Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card. How Faculty Participate Materials may be used on the premises of the owning library or may be borrowed, depending on the policy of the lending library.
Privileges vary from institution to institution.
A faculty member intending to visit a participating library should ask his or her home library to check online in the OCLC Name-Address Directory for the limitations and relevant policies and practices of the prospective lending library. A faculty member from an institution participating in the Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program may request a Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card from the home library. To borrow materials, the visiting faculty member must present the Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card and any other identification the lending library requires at the main campus of any participating institution. Reciprocal Faculty Borrower Responsibilities Ask the home library to check the OCLC online Name-Address Directory record for the information pertinent to the institution to be visited. Present identification when requesting a Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program card from the home library and show that card, along with other required identification, when borrowing materials from another library.