New Wireless Network Coming Saturday! On Saturday, February 2, 2008, Lauinger Library will make the switch to our new wireless network! During the switch all of our web services -- within the building, on campus and off-campus -- will be disrupted. Services that will be unavailable for some part of the day include: George, the library catalog (down 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) Gelardin New Media Center computers, printing, and video editing (down 10:00 p.m. Friday - 2:00 p.m. Saturday) The library website and all related services (down 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) Off-campus access to article databases (down 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) Interlibrary Loan (down 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) eReserves (down 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) Internet Access within Lauinger Library (down beginning 6:00 a.m.; restored on a floor-by-floor basis) Printing in Lauinger Library (down beginning 6:00 a.m.; restored on a floor-by-floor basis) Printing in Blommer Library (down 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon) All service desks, including Reference, Circulation and the Gelardin New Media Center will be open according to their regular schedules. We regret the inconvenience, but it will be worth it!

»Welcome to George Encore! Help Us Beta-Test Our New Catalog Interface

George Encore is a new way for you to search the resources available from the Georgetown University Libraries. Its one-box search brings back relevancy-ranked results. You can help us test its new capabilities. Try out its new features, including one-click search refinement, recently added books, tag clouds, and Did You Mean . . . ? suggestions. Try George Encore today and share your feedback by clicking on its "Give Feedback" link.

»Preservation Program at Woodstock

The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts has selected the Woodstock Theological Center Library to participate in their Preservation Needs Assessment Program, which is partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The assessment includes a site visit this spring from CCAHA Preservation Services staff to review Woodstock's preservation needs regarding environment, housekeeping, pest control, fire protection, security, disaster preparedness, storage, handling, exhibition, treatment, and preservation planning.

»RefWorks Helps You Organize Research and Create Bibliographies Quickly

You are invited to learn about RefWorks, a new service for Georgetown University students, faculty, staff, and alumni. RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information as well as to generate citations and bibliographies.

Come to a RefWorks workshop:
Every Friday, February 8-March 28, 12 noon-1 p.m.
Wednesday, February 13, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Every Wednesday, February 20-March 19, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Dubin Room, 1st Floor, Lauinger Library

Learn to: Login, create records, direct import, create folders, revise record, create bibliography from captured records, use RefGrab-It, capture citations from George, line cite, and use Write-n-Cite.

Start here by creating an account.
Have someone come into your class to teach RefWorks.

»Joining the Conversation Joins PRIMO

The Library's tutorial, Joining the Conversation: Scholarly Research and Academic Integrity, has been awarded inclusion in the PRIMO project of the Association of College and Research Libraries. PRIMO (Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online) is a database of tutorials which serve as models for excellence in online instructional materials.