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Library facilities for partner institutions of the University of Essex In line with the University's commitment to collaborative partnerships, the Library offers an extensive range of facilities to Higher Education students and staff from partner institutions. These facilities are designed to augment the primary services provided by the libraries at the partner institutions. A general outline is provided below; for detailed arrangements relating to each partner, click on the relevant link. Students on undergraduate Higher Education courses at partner institutions may register to use the Albert Sloman Library for reference purposes. This includes access to photocopiers, the Library's enquiry service and the online catalogue. When first visiting the Library, please come to the Circulation desk on the ground floor with your institutional library card so that we can issue you with a reference card. Further information about using the Library for reference is available on the Information for visitors page. Students on postgraduate Higher Education courses at partner institutions may register to borrow from the Albert Sloman Library. In addition to the services detailed under reference above, you will be able to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum of two weeks. When first visiting the Library, please come to the Circulation desk on the ground floor with your institutional library card so that we can issue you with a borrower's card. Staff who teach Higher Education courses at partner institutions may register to borrow from the Albert Sloman Library. In addition to the services detailed under reference above, you will be able to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum of two weeks. When first visiting the Library, please come to the Circulation desk on the ground floor with some identification from your college so that we can issue you with a borrower's card. All Higher Education staff and students at partner institutions may take advantage of "walk-in" access to a selection of the Library's online resources. If you wish to make use of this service, please come to the Enquiry desk on the first floor, with two forms of identification, including one which includes proof of your current postal address. Please note that for copyright and licensing reasons, remote networked access to the Library's online resources is not available to users from regional partner colleges. It may also be possible to borrow books from the Albert Sloman Library via the library at your home institution. Please see the relevant link for further information. Students on postgraduate Higher Education courses at Colchester Institute may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks from the Albert Sloman Library. Students on undergraduate Higher Education courses at Colchester Institute may use the Library for reference purposes. Staff teaching university validated courses may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks. Items from the Albert Sloman Library may also be requested via Inter Library Loans at the Institute Library. Two items per person may be requested at any one time. Colchester Institute library catalogue / Colchester Institute library website Kaplan Open Learning students are registered with the University and can access the full range of the Library's online resources. More information on services for KOL students is provided on the Kaplan Open Learning page. Kaplan Open Learning login page for University of Essex students South Essex College of Further and Higher Education Students on Higher Education courses at South Essex College may use the Albert Sloman Library for reference purposes. Staff teaching university validated courses may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks. In addition, items from the Albert Sloman Library may be requested via the daily van service. If a student identifies a book in the ASL library catalogue that they would like to borrow, they should fill in a request form at the South Essex College library (Request for Albert Sloman Library Loans) for the book and attach a printout of the relevant catalogue record. Alternatively, students can email ASLrequest@southend.ac.uk, with their name, South Essex College ID number, course and the title details of the book. It will then be sent to the South Essex College library on the van for the student to collect. Short loan and three day loan books are excluded from this service. The van service runs every day from Monday to Friday. South Essex College of Further and Higher Education website Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust Students who are studying University validated courses and are registered as University of Essex students at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust may borrow books from the Albert Sloman Library. The Library has a variety of loan periods in order to meet the needs of all members of the University. Students based at the Trust may find that material which can be borrowed on standard loan (until the end of the University term for postgraduate students) is the most useful. Books may be renewed online or by telephone. All borrowing from the Albert Sloman Library by Trust students takes place directly from the Library itself; there is no postal loans service. Online resources for registered University of Essex students can be accessed through the Library website. Access to resources is controlled by University username and password rather than by ATHENS. Staff of the Trust may register for reference facilities at the Albert Sloman Library, and may apply for borrowing rights at the discretion of the Librarian. Other students of the Trust are also eligible to receive reference facilities. Please contact the Librarian in order to arrange access. Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust library website Students registered on postgraduate Higher Education courses at University Campus Suffolk or any of its partner colleges (UCS Bury St Edmunds, UCS Great Yarmouth, UCS Lowestoft, UCS Otley and Suffolk New College) may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks. Students registered on undergraduate courses may use the Library for reference purposes. Staff teaching university validated courses at UCS may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks. University Campus Suffolk website Students registered on postgraduate Higher Education courses at Writtle College may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks. Students registered on undergraduate courses may use the Library for reference purposes. Staff teaching university validated courses at Writtle College may register to borrow five books at any one time for a maximum loan period of two weeks. |
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