To avoid charges, all items borrowed from the library including books and laptop loans should be returned to the Forum by the last day of your course if you are graduating or leaving the university, or by the 1^st September 2026 if you are continuing your course next year. Please note that books borrowed from The Forum will not transfer over to your University of Essex Colchester account.

If you are unable to return any borrowed items to the library by the above dates, please contact us.

If you would like to keep borrowing books from the Forum as a member of the public, you will need to set up a new account with the public library following the instructions here.