Lending Libraries

Printed Publications for Loan

Book request form

NYSLTAP - CLRP maintains a lending library of hundreds of titles on a variety of subjects of interest to local road, highway and public works agencies. In addition to printed matter, our lending library contains materials on CD or DVD. If you are interested in borrowing books from our lending library, please use the book request form, and we will send your request (subject to availability). Printed publications for loan can be found in the Publications for Loan Catalog.

Loan Policy

Publications are loaned only to local and state roads officials, public works officials, and their municipalities in New York State, for up to two weeks, at no charge. A limit of two (2) titles may be borrowed at one time. Items are shipped via US Post Office media mail. We currently cover outbound postage, return postage is the borrowers responsibility. Return shipping/address labels are included for your convenience.

Wait List Policy

If the title requested is out on loan, we will notify you and place your name on a waiting list. Requests for copyrighted publications often result in waiting lists because we are not permitted to make additional copies. Whenever possible, we purchase multiple copies of the most popular publications.

To Request a Publication for Loan

To request a publication from our lending library, call us at (607) 255-8033 or email us at clrp [at] cornell.edu (clrp[at]cornell[dot]edu). You can browse the titles we have available from our Publications for Loan Catalog.

Video Library

We maintain a comprehensive library of online videos as well as a DVD video lending library containing over 450 titles.

DVD Video Lending Library

New York State local highway and public works officials and their municipalities can borrow up to four (4) videos for a two-week
period for free.

Download the Video Catalog (pdf), or call us at (607) 255-8033, or clrp [at] cornell.edu (email us at clrp[at]cornell[dot]edu) for a printed copy.

Video Request Form (PDF)

Online Videos

The NYSLTAP - CLRP has a list of videos that can be found in our lending library and also on YouTube, to access them click here.