The LRC has a stock of 35,000books and 200 periodicals titles, and has an established reputation for applying new technology to library operations. In 1999 a 0.5 M new web-based library and resource management system, Voyager, was implemented capable of supporting integrated resource discovery and delivery. Watford campuses is easily available. The Learning Resources Centre has 163 PC workstations in 3 IT suites, providing access to a range of office software applications including word processors, spreadsheets, presentation packages, email, telnet facilities, internet access and information databases. Other services available on the PC's include the Voyager system, personal lending and printing accounts, electronic journals, past examination papers, self-help guides and service information.
Students have laser-printing facilities, plus a scanner and colour printer.
The Business School has two computing laboratories of which one has 20 computers and the other 19. These suites are used fore teaching and have all the packages that an academic requires. Both rooms have an LCD projector for presentations and are all networked to the main system. The LRC at the Hertford campus is open 7 days a week for 81.5 hours, including generous evening and weekend hours. Part of the LRC offering accross to electronic information and computing services is open 24 hours a day.