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Library facilities and benefits for staff

Library & Cultural Services at the University of Essex comprises two libraries located in Colchester and Loughton with main services based at the Albert Sloman Library in Colchester, as well as the Art Exchange gallery, Lakeside Theatre and ESCALA & University Art Collections, all situated in Colchester.

Our users, both staff and students, are at the centre of our services, and we work in partnership to develop and deliver world class library services for the University of Essex.

As an employee for the University of Essex you'll have access to a range of facilities and benefits provided by the library including:

Drama Online

Online resource for plays, critical analysis and performance. It is a digital library of the most studied, performed and critically acclaimed plays from the last two and a half thousand years.

Drama Online

Times Higher Education Times Online

In order to access content, registration at the THE website is required. Please use your University of Essex email address to access all our subscribed content.

Times Higher Education Times Online

Fiction books and a range of DVDs on floor 5

Members of staff are welcome to borrow e-books, and - if available - print copies from the library for leisure purposes. Plus, you can suggest titles for the library to purchase at no extra cost to you.

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is an off-air recording and media archive service. It allows you to record TV and radio programs scheduled to be broadcast over the next seven days as well as retrieving programs from the last seven days, and from the archive (back to around 2007 for 9 key channels).

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

Digital Theatre Plus

Digital Theatre Plus is the home of unique films of leading British theatre productions for schools, colleges and universities and a bold new approach to experiencing and learning about theatre online.

Digital Theatre Plus

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Laptop loans

At both Colchester and Loughton. Laptops can be borrowed for up to 24 hours with chargers for on campus use.

Laptop Loans

Individual study pods and Group study rooms

Bookable at both Colchester and Loughton.

Individual study pods and Group study rooms

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