Borrowing Books at Other Institutions

As an RRU student or faculty member, you have free book borrowing privileges at a number of post-secondary institutions across Canada. Within British Columbia, you can borrow directly from college and university libraries that belong to CPSLD. Bring your valid RRU ID card and another piece of government ID. For more information see the Council of Post-Secondary Library Directors Reciprocal Borrowing Policy (CPSLD).
 
Outside of British Columbia, you can borrow books from university libraries but you will need a COPPUL card as well as your valid RRU ID card and a piece of government ID. When you show your ID card at libraries participating in the Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement (CURBA), you will be issued with a library card from that institution and be able to borrow materials subject to the requirements, restrictions and fees of that library.

• Please note that some libraries exclude undergraduate students from the reciprocal agreement.
• These agreements extend to in-person borrowing only. For information regarding borrowing items from other libraries at a distance, please see Interlibrary Loan
• Be sure to return your materials on time to the lending library, not to RRU.
• COPPUL cards are issued upon request by RRU Library staff to RRU faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate program students with a valid RRU ID card.
• Cards are not issued to individuals with outstanding library fines.