Lauinger Library (map)
Blommer Science Library (map)
Woodstock Theological Library
Kennedy Institute of Ethics / Library and Information Services
School of Foreign Service - Qatar Library
Center for Eurasian, Russian, and Eastern European Studies (CERES)
Language Learning Technology (LLT) Center

Additional libraries (please contact specific library for borrowing policies):
Dahlgren Memorial Library
Edward Bennett Williams Law Library

You may borrow as many books as you need from the Lauinger, Blommer Science, CERES, and Woodstock Theological libraries.

Graduate students: six weeks

Advanced PhD students: Semester long with no renewals.

All books are subject to recall after four weeks if requested by another borrower, two weeks if needed for Course Reserves.

For renewal policies, see Renewing books.

You are responsible for all activity that takes place on your library account record.

Report lost GOCards immediately to the GOCard office.

You must notify the Registrar of changes to your address and phone number. All overdue, lost, and recall notices will be sent to your GUMail address. Be sure to check your GUMail regularly or forward it to an email address you do check regularly.

If you have any questions about your record or our borrowing policies and procedures, please ask to speak to the Circulation Desk Supervisor. You may call us at (202) 687-7607 or email accessservices@georgetown.edu.

You must present your Georgetown University GOCard every time you borrow books.

Only you may use your GOCard.

Bring materials to the appropriate circulation desk for check out.

You may recall any book charged out to another patron. To recall a book use GEORGE to locate the book you want then click on the link that says "Recall this Item." The link can be found on the right side of the page. All users have one month use of library material unless needed for course reserves. If the user has had the material over a month, their due date will be changed to ten days from date of recall. If you need the material quickly, check the WRLC catalog and, if available, order through the Consortium Loan Service (CLS).

If you are not logged in, you will be asked to log in at this point. Once you are successfully logged in, the Recall Request page appears:

Choose a pickup location and click the Submit button.

You will see the following screen:

Click on the Request Selected Item button. You will receive an email or a print notice when an item you recalled is ready for pickup.

You can check the status of your requests by clicking on My Account in GEORGE and then clicking on the "requests (holds) link."

Remember, as a borrower, all your books are subject to recalls and holds.
You will receive an email and a print notice if a book you borrowed is recalled for another patron. Return the book by the new due date on the notice.

If you do not return a recalled item by the new due date, a block will be placed on your circulation record and you will not be able to borrow additional items or renew checked out items. Overdue recall fines are $5.00 a day.

You may request that library staff search for a book that you could not find on the shelf or have a book held that has an "available" status in GEORGE. To place a search or hold request use GEORGE and search for the book. Once you are in the book record, click on the link that says "Pull this item":

If you are not logged in, you will be ask to log in at this point and upon successful login, the request page appears:

Choose a pick-up location then click on the Submit button.

You wil see the following screen:

Click on the Request Selected Item button. You will be notified via email when books searched or paged are available for pickup at the location you have selected.

Items will be held at the Circulation Desk for 8 days.

You may request retrieval of items located at the off campus shelving facility. To place a request use GEORGE and search for the book. Once you are in the book record, click on the "Retrieve" link on the right side of the screen:

If you are not logged in, you will be ask to log in at this point and upon successful login, the request page appears:

Choose a pickup location and then click on the Submit button. You will see the Item Selection Form screen.

Click on the Request Selected Item button. The material arrives within two business days.

You will receive an email when the material is ready for pick-up. You may also check your My Account to find out when your material arrives.

Items will be held at the Circulation Desk for 8 days.

Items shelved in Riggs must be requested through the main circulation desk of either Lauinger or Blommer Science libraries.

Request forms are kept at the circulation desk.

Print the request form and submit it to the main circulation desk at either library. You will be notified by email when the item is ready for pickup at Circulation.

Items will be held at the Circulation Desk where the request was submitted for 8 days before being sent back to the Riggs library.

Graduate students may renew books up to three times, if they have not been requested by another borrower. Advanced PhD students with the semester long loan must bring books into the library for renewal.

Books can be renewed online through GEORGE at MyAccount, by phone (202) 687-7607, in person at the Circulation/Reserve Desk, or by responding to the electronic overdue notice.

Fines will accrue on all materials renewed three days or more after the listed due date.

Electronic reserves (E-Reserves) can be accessed 24/7 by clicking on the title and then "view E-Reserves."

A maximum of three print Reserve items may be checked out at one time.

Reserve items are available on a first come, first served basis. Reserve items cannot be held, recalled, or renewed.

Please report any Reserve problems to reserves@georgetown.edu or by phone (202) 687-7644.

A replacement fee of $200.00 will be assessed after a reserve item is 4 days overdue. This amount will be adjusted to $40.00 if the item is returned after 4 days. To avoid fines and to be considerate of other students, please return reserve readings on time.

Late fees will accrue on all overdue reserve materials

Media items are checked out and returned at the Gelardin New Media Center's circulation desk.

Please see Gelardin's borrowing policies for a complete listing of loan periods and fines.

Media is not renewable on-line or by phone.

For more information about the Gelardin New Media Center, please visit www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/gelardin/index.html, call (202) 687-7410, or email gelardin@georgetown.edu.

Media owned by other WRLC libraries in the WRLC Catalog, does not circulate, but you can listen to or view these materials at the owning WRLC library.

Graduate students may borrow up to six bound periodicals at a time for two hours.

Bound periodicals cannot be renewed.

Fines for bound periodicals will be $1.00 for the first hour overdue and $0.50 for each additional hour.

A notice will be sent after the first day overdue and the borrower will be billed for the replacement cost ($100 or actual replacement cost, whichever is higher, plus overdue fines) after the fourth day.

Borrowed bound periodicals must be returned to a circulation desk staff member. You may request a receipt verifying the material has been returned.

You can request materials (excluding media) online through the Consortium Loan Service (CLS) or borrow materials in-person at any of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) libraries.

Use your myALADIN account to keep track of due dates, renewals, and status of requested materials.

Use your Georgetown University GOCard to check out materials at WRLC libraries .

Complete WRLC borrowing policies can be viewed at http://www.wrlc.org/policies/polill.html.

Books and journal articles not available in GEORGE may be requested through the WRLC catalog. The items will be delivered via WRLC's Consortium Loan Service (CLS).

Article requests may be retrieved via web delivery if your email address is listed in your myALADIN account.

Books will be held for ten days at the Circulation Desk, 3rd floor, Lauinger Library.

To request items:

• Access the WRLC catalog.
• Once a title has been selected, check that the status is "available," then click on "Request through Consortium Loan Services (CLS)."
  Follow instructions on screens.
• Material will be delivered to Georgetown (GT) unless specified otherwise.
• At the "barcode field," enter the nine digit number located on the front of your GoCard.
• Access myALADIN for account information to track the status of your request(s). Enter your email address if it is not in your MyAladin account.
• Books may be returned to any WRLC library.

Complete WRLC borrowing policies can be viewed at http://www.wrlc.org/policies/polill.html.

If a book or journal is not available in GEORGE or journal article is not available full text from Journal Finder and not able to be requested via CLS from the WRLC catalog, order via Interlibrary Loan Service.

ILL can request materials listed in GEORGE only if the material is checked out, or the status is "missing," "searching," or "missing SENSA.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request forms are online and accessible 24/7.

A limit of six requests will be processed per day during periods of high activity in ILL.

Borrowed items must be returned on time. Late fees of $0.25 per day per book will be applied.

You will be notified by email when your material is available; the pick up location is the ILL Office on the third floor of Lauinger Library.

After office hours, ILL materials may be obtained from the Lauinger circulation desk on the third floor.

For more information about ILL, please visit www.library.georgetown.edu/service/ill.htm

Return books to inside or outside book drops at Lauinger or Blommer Science libraries.

Do not leave books on the Circulation counters.

Do not return overdue items in outside book drops when the library is open.

You may request a receipt for books discharged from your account at the time you return them.

Please return media to the Gelardin New Media Center on the first floor.

Do not leave media sitting unattended on the Gelardin Service desk.

If the Gelardin Service desk is closed, please return media to the media return drop bin, located on the far right corner of the desk.

Do not return media in any book drop.

Book replacement options:
1) $57 replacement cost
$30 processing fee
and any fine charges up to a maximum of $10,

or

2) A copy of the material may be brought to the Circulation Desk (on the 3rd floor) by the patron for replacement consideration by the Library. If accepted, there will be a $15 processing fee and any fines accrued up to a maximum of $10.

Bound journals:
Patron will be charged either

1) $100.00 plus $60.00 processing fee and $40.00 fine charge

or

2) actual cost of journal plus $60.00 processing fee and $40.00 fine charge,

whichever amount is higher

Multimedia:
Replacement costs and options for multimedia can be found at: www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/gelardin/borrowing.html

Reserves:
Please contact Reserves at reserves@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-7644 for replacement options.

Overdue notices are sent to your Georgetown e-mail address as a courtesy. Failure to receive notices of overdue items is not grounds for dismissing fines.

Fines are levied against all overdue items.

Bound periodicals: $1.00 /first hour, $0.50 each additional hour, replacement charge after 4 days overdue
Circulating items: $0.25 / per day
Interlibrary Loan items: $0.25 / per day
Media: $1.00 / first hour; $0.50 each additional hour
Recalled items: $5.00 / per day
Reserve items: 2, 4 or 24 hour loan period $1.00 / first hour; $0.50 each additional hour
Reserve items: 3 day loan period $2.00 / first day; $1.00 each additional day

A block will be placed on your circulation record if you owe $100.00 or more in fines.

All unpaid fines will be sent to Student Accounts two to four weeks after date of assessment.