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Learning Resource Centre

The Learning Resource Centre at EKC Canterbury College is home to the College’s extensive collection of books, online resources, and quiet study spaces.

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Discover our Learning Resource Centre

The Learning Resources Centre (LRC) is situated in ‘K’ block on the first floor at EKC Canterbury College, it is open to all staff and students of the EKC Group for their various needs.

Our dedicated, knowledgeable and friendly LRC staff will be able to help you with any queries or concerns you may have.

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What the LRC offers

You will find a wealth of resources and services in the Learning Resources Centre (LRC) to support you in your studies including:

  • Knowledgeable and friendly staff
  • Information books to assist with your course and personal interest
  • Access to and advice in the use of the online resources: eBooks, eJournals, Audiobooks, Online Collections and Online Maps 
  • Wide range of fiction and easy readers
  • Magazines: back issues available to borrow
  • DVDs and Music CDs available to borrow
  • Computer centre 90+ computers and 2 MACs
  • Wi-Fi for personal devices
  • Laptops for loan within the LRC
  • Printing, Photocopying and Scanning up to A3
  • Laminating, Binding and Book Covering
  • Workshops and Sessions 
  • A Silent Study Room

HE Study Centre

The HE Study Centre within the LRC offers a mature environment, exclusively for the use of our Higher Education, Access, and Pre-Access students.

  • 20 PCs in a quiet, professional setting
  • Printing, photocopying and scanning (up to A3)
  • An exclusive collection of Higher Education textbooks
  • A dedicated Higher Education LRC Advisor
  • Access to, and advice in the use of, thousands of online books and academic journals
Stdents using the computers in the Learning Resource Centre
Opening Times

The Learning Resource Centre is open:

Monday to Thursday – 8:45am – 5:00pm

Friday – 9:45am – 4:30pm