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To use the main campus libraries, you need a photo ID when you sign in at the entrance guard desk at Lauinger Library. To enter the Reiss Building during evening and weekend hours, you need to obtain a pass to the Blommer Science Library from the Circulation Desk at Lauinger Library. Please see the entrance policy for more information.

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

Faculty ~ Due date will be 1/31, 5/31, or 9/30 of the current academic year.

Graduate Students ~ 6 weeks

Undergraduate Students ~ 4 weeks

Staff ~ 4 weeks

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

If your privileges expire before the standard loan period due date, your books will be due on the expiration date.

You are responsible for all activity that takes place on your library record.
Notify the library immediately if you lose your University ID.

You must inform the library of any changes to 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.

Students and faculty must present their current University ID to borrow books.

If it is your first time borrowing, an account will be created upon checkout.

Bring the materials to the circulation desk to check out.

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 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.

Through your myAladin account, select the "view" box for Georgetown, enter your library barcode and name, then select the "Items currently checked out" and select items to be renewed.

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.

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.

Although your library privileges do not entitle you to check out material from the Gelardin New Media Center, with a photo ID you are welcome to view or listen to media while the center is open (please see library hours)

Please note only GU faculty, students, and staff have access to the Picchi Multimedia Room and the Audio and Video Editing Rooms.

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.

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

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.

WRLC privileges do not entitle you to:

borrow course reserves
borrow Gelardin New Media Center material
off-campus access to selected reference databases
use the GU Interlibrary Loan service
use the Picchi Multimedia Room and the Audio and Video Editing Rooms

Overdue notices are sent via e-mail (or postal mail if there is not an e-mail address on your account) as a courtesy. Failure to receive notices of overdue items is not grounds for dismissing fines.

Fines are levied against all overdue items.

Circulating items: $0.25 / per day
Recalled items: $5.00 / per day

A block will be placed on your circulation record if you owe more than $25.00.