SS:Get Stuff

Request an Item from Off-Campus Storage

Use GEORGE to locate the book you want and open its record by clicking on the title link.  Next click the Request button near the top of the page.

If you are not logged in, you will be prompted to do so, and upon successful login, the "Item Request" page will appear.

Choose a pick-up location and enter any special instructions.

Click on the Submit button. You will be notified via email when books recalled, searched, pulled, or retrieved from off-campus storage are available for pickup at the location you have selected.

Department(s) Responsible for Maintaining this Page: 
Access Services
Blommer Science Library
Date to Review this Page: 
Beginning of Spring Semester

Recalling and Placing Holds

Place a recall, find a lost book or get something from Off-Campus Storage

Use This Service: 

To begin your request, use GEORGE to locate the book you want and click on the link to open the bibliographic information about the book. Click the Request button.

If you are not already logged in, you will be asked to log in at this point, and upon successful login, the Item Request page will appear.

Choose a pickup location and enter any special instructions.

Click on the Submit button. Check that everything is correct on the next page and then click on Request Selected Item. You will be notified via email when books recalled, searched, pulled or retrieved from off-campus storage are available for pickup at the location you have selected.

You can check the status of your requests by selecting "Display held items" option while viewing your account in GEORGE. (See My Account in the upper righthand corner of the screen.)

Location: 

Circulation Desk, third floor of Lauinger Library

Contact Information: 

Access Services Department at (202) 687-7607 or email

Policy: 

Items will be held at the Circulation Desk for eight days.

Questions that are answered by this page: 

How can I recall a book I need?

How can I get a book from Off-Campus Storage?

How do I request an item if someone else has it checked out?

Department(s) Responsible for Maintaining this Page: 
Access Services
Blommer Science Library
Date to Review this Page: 
End of Summer Session

Request an Item from Riggs Library

Items from the Riggs Library can be delivered to Lauinger Library or to the Blommer Science Library.

Use This Service: 

Please complete a request form and submit it to the Circulation Desk of either Lauinger Library or the Blommer Science Library.

Items will be held for eight days at the Circulation Desk where the request was submitted.

Some items in Riggs Library may be available electronically. Check with library staff for possible electronic access.

Location: 

Lauinger Circulation Desk, third floor of Lauinger Library

Blommer Circulation Desk, third floor of the Reiss Science Building, Room 302

Contact Information: 

Lauinger Circulation Desk at (202) 687-7607 or accessservices@georgetown.edu

Blommer Circulation Desk at (202) 687-5651

Hours: 

Click here for Library hours.

Questions that are answered by this page: 

How can I get a book from Riggs Library?

Department(s) Responsible for Maintaining this Page: 
Access Services
Blommer Science Library
Date to Review this Page: 
Beginning of Summer Session
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