Your TWU ID card provides you with complimentary library access at a number of post-secondary institutions across Canada. British Columbia post-secondary institutions that are part of CPSLD allow TWU students to use their valid TWU ID card to borrow items from their libraries. See the Council of Post-Secondary Library Directors Reciprocal Borrowing Policy (CPSLD) for more information.

For other institutions , you will need to show a valid TWU ID card and a valid COPPUL card issued by the Alloway Library. When you show your COPPUL card and your TWU 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.
• Be sure to return your materials on time to the lending library, not to TWU.
• COPPUL cards are issued upon request by Alloway Library staff to TWU faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate program students with a valid TWU ID card.
• Cards are not issued to individuals with outstanding library fines.

The following libraries extend free reciprocal borrowing privileges to students and employees from all other CPSLD libraries. It is not necessary to present a COPPUL card to borrow at these institutions, just your valid TWU ID card. Note, however, that institutions may change their borrowing requirements (for example, some ask for secondary government-issued identification such as a driver's licence), so it's a good idea to telephone the library before going.

• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• Camosun College
  
• Capilano University
• College of New Caledonia
• College of the Rockies
• Douglas College
• Emily Carr University of Art and Design
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• Langara College
• Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
• North Island College
• Northern Lights College
• Northwest Community College
• Okanagan College
• Royal Roads University
  
• Selkirk College
• Simon Fraser University
• Thompson Rivers University
• University of the Fraser Valley
• University of British Columbia*
• University of Northern BC
• University of Victoria
  
• Vancouver Community College
• Vancouver Island University
• Yukon College

*UBC requires a piece of government-issued identification in addition to your valid TWU card.

CPSLD Libraries with some restrictions on reciprocal borrowing

The following libraries have some restrictions on reciprocal borrowing by students and employees of other CPSLD libraries. If a student from another institution is not eligible for a free library card, they may be eligible to purchase a Community Borrower card.

See the CPSLD reciprocal borrowing page for more information.

Columbia Bible College (Abbotsford, BC)
Douglas College (New Westminster/Coquitlam, BC)
Regent College (Vancouver, BC) (does not include undergraduate students)
Summit Pacific College (Abbotsford, BC)
Vancouver School of Theology (Vancouver, BC)

NOTE: Institutions may have special restrictions in place for COPPUL borrowers. It's best to telephone before you go to check.

Institution	Province
Mount Allison University	New Brunswick
Université de Moncton - Campus d'Edmundston	New Brunswick
Université de Moncton - Campus de Moncton	New Brunswick
Université de Moncton - Campus de Shippagan	New Brunswick
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton Campus	New Brunswick
University of New Brunswick - Saint John Campus	New Brunswick
Memorial University of Newfoundland	Newfoundland
Acadia University	Nova Scotia
Atlantic School of Theology	Nova Scotia
Cape Breton University	Nova Scotia
Dalhousie University	Nova Scotia
Mount Saint Vincent University	Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Agricultural College	Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design	Nova Scotia
St. Francis Xavier University	Nova Scotia
St. Mary's University	Nova Scotia
Université Sainte-Anne	Nova Scotia
University of King's College	Nova Scotia
Brock University	Ontario
Carleton University	Ontario
Lakehead University	Ontario
Laurentian University	Ontario
McMaster University	Ontario
Nipissing University	Ontario
Ontario College of Art and Design	Ontario
Queen's University	Ontario
Royal Military College of Canada	Ontario
Ryerson University	Ontario
Trent University	Ontario
University of Guelph	Ontario
University of Ontario Institute of Technology	Ontario
University of Ottawa	Ontario
University of Toronto Does not lend or allow stacks access to undergraduates from other institutions Fees apply for faculty, graduate students and staff from other universities	Ontario
University of Waterloo	Ontario
University of Western Ontario	Ontario
University of Windsor	Ontario
Wilfrid Laurier University	Ontario
York University	Ontario
University of Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island
Bibliothéque centrale de la Ville de Montréal	Québec
Bibliothéque nationale du Québec	Québec
Bishop's University	Québec
Concordia University	Québec
Ecolé de technologie supérieure	Québec
Ecolé des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Montréal	Québec
Ecolé nationale d'administration publique	Québec
Ecolé Polytechnique de Montréal	Québec
Institut national de la recherche scientifique	Québec
McGill University	Québec
Télé-université	Québec
Université de Montréal	Québec
Université de Sherbrooke	Québec
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi	Québec
Université du Québec à Montréal	Québec
Université du Québec à Rimouski	Québec
Université du Québec à Trois-Riviéres	Québec
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Tàmiscamingue	Québec
Université du Québec en Outaouais	Québec
Université Laval	Québec

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