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Members of the Public

Members of the public
The University Library’s primary role is to support the study and research activity of Anglia Ruskin staff, students, and others who are formally connected with our University. Nevertheless, we do provide access to members of the public but with certain conditions as set out below. Members of the public are those who have no formal affiliation with our University or a partner institution, and who are not covered by recognised reciprocal access arrangements such as the SCONUL Access and M25 schemes.

We do reserve the right to refuse access at any time in order to prioritise the needs of our University’s staff and students.

Reference use by individuals
Individual members of the public are welcome to use our libraries for reference purposes. We request that you avoid our busiest times, which are 10.00 to 16.00 Monday to Friday during semesters. For details of our opening hours see Chelmsford Library Opening Hours

We are unable to provide access to people who are under 18 years of age, unless they are under the direct supervision of a responsible adult. You may therefore be asked to produce photo ID which includes your date of birth as a condition of entry.

All visitors should report to the Library Reception point to sign in.

Please note that we can provide visitors with only limited help in finding information. Visitors who infringe library rules or who disrupt the study environment will be excluded.

Visits by groups
We welcome pre-arranged group visits from schools, colleges and other organisations. If you wish to organise a group visit, please contact our University’s External Liaison team in the first instance external-liaison@anglia.ac.uk.

Access to Digital Library Services
Visiting members of the public are permitted to use our Digital Library, on University Library premises, with some restrictions. Most legal information services are not available to the public. You will need to present some form of personal identification and sign a copyright declaration form to access this service. Downloading of search results to a USB stick is possible but printing is not available.

Wireless Access
This is available only to those visitors who are visiting our University on official business, are attending a University event, or who are covered by recognised reciprocal access arrangements.