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Guest Borrowers

The following community residents qualify for guest borrower cards.  

• Vassar alumni.  Alumni ID card must be presented at time of guest borrower application submission.  Please contact AAVC for information on obtaining an Alumni card.
• College faculty and librarians (full or part time) of colleges within the SENYLRC area (counties of Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster)
• Cooperating teachers and field work supervisors upon recommendation of the Education Department Chair or the Field Work Director. Forms are mailed directly to the Circulation department.
• Full time school teachers, principals, supervisors, and school librarians who work in school districts within the SENYLRC area (counties of Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster)
• Clergy at local church, temple, synagogue, mosque.
• Scholars/writers.  Those who are attached to another institution do not qualify unless they have completed coursework and are writing a thesis/dissertation.

Ask for a guest borrower application at the Circulation Desk or print a PDF version of the application.  Submit the completed application at the Circulation Desk along with an ID proving eligibility (school, college, or program ID card, driver’s license).  

To read about guest borrower policies, see Policies for Guest Users of Vassar College Library.   If you have any questions about eligibility or privileges, contact Tracy O'Connor (troconnor@vassar.edu or 437-5762) or Bonnie Pulver (bopulver@vassar.edu or 437-5761)