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Submitted by srf23 on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 14:30

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Late Night Study Space in Healy and Maguire Starting November 8

Need more study space? We heard you!

November 8-December 9

10 p.m. to 2 a.m.: Maguire 101 & 104

11:15 p.m. to 2 a.m.: Maguire 102 & 103, Healy 103, 104 & 105

December 10-December 17

10 p.m. to 2 a.m.: ALL ROOMS AVAILABLE

QUIET study: Maguire 101 & 104, Healy 103 & 104

Laptops OK. NO talking, food or cell phones

SILENT study: Healy 105

NO laptops, talking, food or cell phones

GROUP study: Maguire 102 & 103

NO food or cell phones

November 6, 2009
More Titles Now Freely Available at Digital Georgetown

Seventeen books covering the history of Georgetown, Catholic and Jesuit history and higher education can now be freely accessed via Digital Georgetown. The Georgetown University Library and the Georgetown University Press are pleased to announce this next release of digitized materials as part of our ongoing collaboration. Choose to download the entire book or select chapters; browse, download, or print your selections. Included are such titles as Georgetown at Two Hundred: Faculty Reflections on the University's Future; Splendor and Wonder: Jesuit Character, Georgetown Spirit, and Liberal Education; and Swift Potomac's Lovely Daughter: Two Centuries at Georgetown Through Students' Eyes. Look for more materials to be made publicly available in the future as part of this ongoing partnership.

Digital Georgetown aims to integrate traditional research with new digital resources, and find new ways to preserve and provide access to important scholarship for the Georgetown community and beyond.

October 21, 2009
Help the Library Evaluate New Online Resources
Visit the Library's Trial Databases page regularly to preview and evaluate new online resources. Currently on trial are:
- World Christian Database, providing comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations, and groups.
- World Religion Database, containing detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world and offering best estimates for each of the world's religions for the period 1900 to 2050.
October 7, 2009
Take a Video Tour of the Library

New to the Library? Just want to know more? Find out what's here, where to look, and how to get help in this online video tour.

October 7, 2009
NIH Public Access Policy - Effective April 7, 2008

New regulations regarding the publication of NIH funded research.

January 1, 2009
The Google Book Search Settlement and Its Implications for Georgetown University Authors

If you are a book author (journal articles were not part of this suit), you will likely receive a letter relatively soon informing you of the settlement and your options. Read the Notice at: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com.

January 1, 2009

Event	Description	Date/Time/Location
Call to Common Cause: Posters of the World Wars	Mary Ellen Meehan, owner of Meehan Military Posters Richard McCooey (C'52), founding owner of the Tombs	November 9, 2009 6:00pm Union League Club, New York City
Swinburne, Tennyson, and Matters Funereal	With College of William and Mary Professor of English Terry Meyers, in conjunction with the Special Collections Research Center exhibition "A Swinburne Gallimaufry: Selections from the John S. Mayfield Papers"	November 11, 2009 6:00pm Murray Room, Lauinger Library
Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism	with author Maurice Jackson	November 18, 2009 6:00pm Murray Room, Lauinger Library
Library Associates Holiday Party		December 4, 2009 6:00pm Riggs Library, Healy Hall