CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECT ACCESS PLAN 1.
Describe how all individuals residing within the boundaries of
the system but outside a member public libraryís chartered to
service area will receive library services. Since the Systemís
establishment in 1960, all residents of Chautauqua and
Cattaraugus Counties have been able to use any member library
within the two counties under the same rules and restrictions
with which it serves its chartered to serve population. When
joining the System, each member signed a contract to that
effect. Neither the System nor its member libraries may charge
system residents for library cards and all provide free onsite
use of computers and access to the Internet. The Library System
receives funding from both counties which it in turn distributes
to its members in the form of aid through a program called
Materials Plan. A major reason for the Materials Plan is to
compensate the member libraries for serving residents of the two
counties living outside their chartered