Lauinger Library (map)
Blommer Science Library (map)
Woodstock Theological Library

Additional libraries (please contact specific library for borrowing policies):
Chesapeake Information and Research Library Allegiance (CIRLA)
Dahlgren Memorial Library
Edward Bennett Williams Law Library
Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC)

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

The loan period is six weeks

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 library of any changes to your address, email, and phone number.

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.

The first time you borrow, you must present your University invitation letter that states the term of your contract.

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

Only you may use your GOCard.

Bring materials to the circulation desk of the department to check out.

There are a number of requests you can perform for a book:

You may recall any book checked out to another patron.

You may request a search for a book that you could not find on the shelf or have a book pulled from the shelf that has an "available" status in GEORGE and you choose the pickup location.

You may request items located at the off campus storage facility to be retrieved (the material usually arrives within two business days).

To initiate these types of requests, use GEORGE to locate the book you want and select the
button.

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 and enter any special instructions.

You will see the following screen:

Click on the "Request Selected Item" 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.

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

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 selecting "Display held items" option while viewing your account in GEORGE.

Remember, as a borrower, all your books are subject to recalls and holds.
You will receive an email if your book(s) 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.

Items stored 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.

If you have Adobe reader, you may print the request form and submit it to the main circulation desk at either library.

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

You may renew your books up to three times, if they have not been requested by another borrower.

Books can be renewed online through GEORGE at the "View Your Circulation Record" option (enter name and ID number, then click on "Items currently checked out"), 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 beyond the listed due date.

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

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

Check the Course Reserves for items available electronically.

Electronic reserves can be accessed 24/7 by clicking on the title and then "view document".

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 late 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.htm, 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.

Visiting researchers 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 borrow materials (excluding media) through the Consortium Loan Service (CLS) or 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/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." Click on "request" in the dark blue tool bar located at the top of the page.
  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/polill.html.

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

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.

ILL cannot borrow materials that are owned by the Main Campus Libraries, regardless of whether they are checked out or currently not found on the shelves.

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.htm

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.