Access NoteRegular hours are Monday, 9:00 am - 7:45 pm; Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm. To use the collections, visitors to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) are required to register their own Special Collections Research Account online before their visit and validate it in person with a government-issued photo ID or Columbia ID at the Library Information Office, located to the left of the security desk inside the front door of Butler Library. Staff in the Library Information Office will issue either a reader's card or a photo ID card. There is a charge for the latter.