Library and Cultural Services is a member of LIBER, SCONUL, the M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries, and the JISC Consortium. We also work closely with colleagues in the EasternArc collaboration and in YUFE, and collaborate with university libraries across the East of England and in the S10 network. We are also a part of and support CILIP.

We have accreditations in Customer Service Excellence for our Library Services and the ESCALA collection is Museums Accredited.

You can read more about our Customer Service Excellence Journey.

Many external organisations and individuals have partnerships with us, with our Special Collections and Archives holding collections from The Essex Society for Archaeology and History and The Bibliographical Society.