RRLC Access is a cooperative effort of the participating area libraries of the Rochester Regional Library Council to aid long-term research in specific subjects.

Cards can be issued to faculty, graduate students and professional and research staff at participating RRLC member libraries as outlined below.

Applications are to be made only after the resources of the issuing library have been exhausted. These applications will be approved or denied by the issuing library.

Patrons requiring specific titles or those engaged in short term projects should use Interlibrary Loan.

Participating libraries
Any Full or Associate Member library of the Council can participate in the Plan, except that only professional staff of Member Central Libraries are eligible.  Professional staff at Member Public Library Systems and School Library Systems and BOCES Offices, are also eligible.  RRLC Affiliate Members are eligible, but fees apply as follows (not prorated):

Eligible Persons at Participating Libraries/Systems

Identification of Eligible Borrowers
A non-transferable RRLC identification card, expiring no later than June 30 of each year, will be issued by a borrower’s home library. Each card can only be used by the person to whom it is issued. The use of the card is to be governed by the rules of each member library honoring it.

Borrowing
All eligible persons will be allowed to borrow materials upon presentation of the RRLC Access card, but within the restrictions normally set by the lending library. They may use copying services at the lending library’s rate, subject to that library’s copying rules.

Return of Library Materials Anywhere
Only material borrowed from libraries connected by the RRLC delivery service may be returned to any library that connects into the RRLC delivery route.  Materials borrowed from a library that is not on the RRLC delivery route must be returned to the library from which they were borrowed.

Circulation Procedures
Circulation procedures are determined by each participating library.

Delinquent Borrowers
A lending library will notify the card-issuing library of delinquencies to expedite retrieval of materials loaned.

It is the responsibility of the card-issuing library to assist the lending library in effecting a return of overdue material or by recovering the RRLC Access Card when fines or replacement charges in excess of $10.00 remain unpaid for one month.

Any fines due or costs for replacement of materials lost or damaged is the responsibility of the individual borrower. In the event that the borrower does not pay replacement fees or fines associated with his/her account, reimbursement for these items becomes the responsibility of the card-issuing library.

Misuse of Borrower’s Card
When there is sufficient evidence of misuse of an RRLC Access Card (e.g., transfer of card to another person, borrowing materials for the use of others, etc.) the card-issuing library will be responsible for recovering the misused Access card.