The Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program is a program of the Research Libraries Advisory Committee of OCLC that allows faculty members of participating institutions borrowing privileges and on-site access to the collections of some of the most important research libraries in North America. A list of participating institutions that provide borrowing privileges via the Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program is listed below. 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 policies of the lending library.
Privileges vary from institution to institution.
Faculty members intending to visit a participating library should ask their home libraries 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 library of any participating institution. Ask the home library to check the OCLC online Name-Address Directory record for information pertinent to the institution they plan to visit. 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.