UCR Staff: Current UCR Career Staff, UCR Paid Visiting Scholar, Short Term Staff and UCR Paid Post Doctoral positions must obtain a UCR Card from the Card Office, which functions as your library card. Library privileges are automatically updated annually based on current employment. To establish library privileges, we will need to confirm your employment by looking you up in the UCR directory, or you may bring a confirmation letter of employment from your department on letterhead.

Retired Staff may use a UCR Card or obtain a UCR Library Card from the Rivera or Orbach Science Library Circulation Desk for library services. To establish library privileges, please bring proof of your status (i.e. UCR issued retirement card) and confirmation of your address (i.e. driver's license). Library privileges are updated biennially with confirmation of status.

Proxy Borrowers for UCR Staff may obtain a UCR Library proxy card from the Rivera or Orbach Science Library Circulation Desk for library services. A Proxy Borrower Application must be completed to establish privileges.