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About Us and Our Collections
The Georgetown University Library consists of Lauinger Library
and Blommer Science Library, the latter located in the Reiss Science
Building. Lauinger serves as the center for the following: the
Durkin Collection, the McGhee Collection, the McGhee Center Collection
in Alanya, Turkey, the Villa Le Balze Collection in Fiesole, Italy,
the Woodstock
Theological Center Library (One of the oldest and most notable
Catholic theological library collections in the United States),
and the Riggs Library. Lauinger Library shares its cataloging
facilities with the National
Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, which serves as
the library for the Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Other Georgetown
University Libraries include Dahlgren
Medical Library and the Edward
Bennett Williams Law Library.
Joseph Mark Lauinger Library
Georgetown University
37th & O Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20057-1174
 The
Lauinger Library is located above the Key Bridgeand the Potomac
River, in the heart of the Washington metropolitan area at the
corner of 37th and Prospect Streets, N.W. on the main campus of
Georgetown University. The library houses materials inthe humanities,
social sciences and business, as well as U.S. federal government
documents and a Special Collections Department, which includes
archives, rare books, manuscripts and rare prints.
In 1967, construction began on the Lauinger Library, later dedicated
to Joseph Mark Lauinger, a 1967 alumnus who died in Vietnam in
1970. The building opened to the community at large on April
6, 1970. Lauinger Library was designed by architect John
Carl Warnecke. Although completely modern in style, its architecture
was intended to harmonize with the other buildings facing the
quad. This was accomplished through emphasis on vertical elements,
architectural details, and the use of an exposed granite chip
aggregate in the outside wall and tower construction.
The library's interior was designed to facilitate
the location of materials, to offer a variety of quiet
and comfortable study accommodations, and to provide
all auxiliary services necessary to aid students and
researchers. Faculty studies and graduate carrels
surround the book stacks on three levels. Open study
areas include carrels on every floor, as well as lounge
areas that offer spectacular views of the city and
Potomac River.
Three of our many departments which house extensive resources
include:
Gelardin New
Media Center - Media resources including DVDs, VHS tapes,
audiocassettes, music CDs and multimedia CD-Roms.
Government
Documents - U.S. government documents since 1969 and a World
Bank depository since 1997.
Special
Collections - Archives, fine prints, manuscripts, rare books,
and more.
Blommer Science
Library
Georgetown University
Box 571230
Washington, D.C. 20057-1230
 The
Blommer Science Library, located on the third floor of the Reiss
Science Building, provides science library services to all Main
Campus faculty and students. The Blommer Science Library
houses the science collection and provides information services
for graduate programs in biology, chemistry and physics, and undergraduate
programs in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics
and physics.
The Library opened on September 20, 1962 and bears the
name of Henry J. Blommer (C '26).
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a Subject Liaison
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an Addition to the Collection
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