Yes, you must be 16 years or older, and we need a Virginia driver’s license or official ID with picture and current local address so that we may issue an ESCC library card.
Books are arranged by subject according to the Library of Congress classification scheme, a system of call letters and numbers.
Yes, we maintain a collection of many bestsellers, selecting new ones regularly.
Yes, we have audiobooks on CD.
Yes, we have a small collection of classic books.
Yes. Those titles are listed in the Quicksearch.
Most of our periodicals are online. They include The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, and The Times (London). In addition, full-text television & radio news transcripts are provided from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News, and National Public Radio (NPR). Check out our online newspapers at our Online Databases list.
From home, you may search the ESCC Quicksearch.
You may check out 10 items.
We have a four-week loan policy for books. Videos and DVDs are checked out for one-week.
You may place a hold on an item at the circulation desk.
No, sorry, we are only able to provide interlibrary loan service to students and staff. The public library provides this service for the community.
We do not charge fines.
All library patrons are assessed $50 per item.
Sure. Books may be renewed by phone or in person one time, provided that the books are not overdue and that no one has placed a hold on that material. You may renew overdue books one time if you bring them in.
Yes, please sign the computer log and ask a library staff member to sign you into the computer. You may print 10 free copies, and additional ones cost 10 cents per page.
The first 10 copies are free; additional ones are 10 cents per page.
Sorry, no.
No. Laptops are only for student check out.
Yes, there is.
Just ask any library staff member to help you.
You may if you are connected to ESCC’s WiFi or logged on to an LRC computer.
No, sorry, only ESCC students and staff may do that.
Yes. Copies are 10 cents per page after the first ten free pages.
Yes, free scanning services are available. You have the ability to scan to USB, e-mail, Google doc, or smartphone.
You may if you are connected to ESCC’s WiFi or logged on to an LRC computer.
If a study room is available, you may use it. If you want to reserve a room ahead of time, email tdriver@es.vccs.edu or sign up at the paper signup sheets at the circulation desk. If you are in a room and have not reserved it, you may be asked to leave if someone else has reserved the room. Reservation priority will be given to learning activities.