Documentation supplied in this kit demonstrates how research libraries provide services to visiting scholars as distinguished from other categories of external user. A "visiting scholar" is most often defined as a faculty member affiliated with an institution of higher education but the term may also include independent scholars and persons affiliated with non-profit research institutions. Results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries demonstrate that scholars connected with higher education institutions may have access to all ARL libraries and their in-house collections. Occasionally the library may limit the use to a restricted time period, for example, seven days. Reciprocal (consortial) agreements among libraries allow visiting scholars to borrow material and gain access to collections; it is viewed as both an extension of interlibrary loan and as part of the libraries' responsibility to each others' faculty. In general, the policies which govern in-house use for visiting scholars are much the same as for affiliated scholars; the only apparent difference in policy pertains to circulation policies. Nearly all visiting scholars incur fees for photocopying services, interlibrary borrowing, and online search services. Although short-term access to library collections is almost invariably free, fees are generally charged for long-term access. Included in this kit are a summary of the survey results and materials from more than 40 libraries and related agencies which include definitions of a visiting scholar, library policy statements, and documents supporting specific reciprocal borrowing agreements on the national, regional, and local level. (MAB)