Georgetown University Library
| Georgetown University Library | |
|---|---|
 Lauinger Library is the main library of Georgetown University | |
| Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1789 |
| Branches | 7 buildings, 11 libraries |
| Collection | |
| Size | 3.5 million printed items, including 1.25 million e-books, with most in Lauinger Library.[1] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Artemis Kirk |
| Website | http://www.library.georgetown.edu/ |
Georgetown University Library is the library system of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. The library's collection now contains approximately 3.5 million volumes housed in seven university buildings across 11 separate collections.
Facilities
Lauinger Library
The library's largest building, the Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library, is located on Georgetown's main campus and holds the majority of the library system's collections.
Blommer Science Library
Woodstock Theological Center Library
School of Continuing Studies Downtown Campus Library
Bioethics Research Library
The Bioethics Research Library is located on the second floor of Healy Hall.
Dahlgren Memorial Library
Riggs Memorial Library
Riggs Memorial Library served as the main library of Georgetown between 1891 and 1970, until it was replaced by Lauinger Library. Riggs library, which is located on the third floor of Healy Hall, is one of the few existing cast-iron libraries in the country and still serves its original purpose of storing books.
Edward Bennett Williams Law Library
John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar Library
Maternal and Child Health Library
Collaborations with other library systems
Georgetown is part of the Washington Research Library Consortium, a joint initiative by nine universities in the District of Columbia which coordinates access and resources between the nine library systems. Members may borrow books from other libraries in the system and they share off-site storage, among other initiatives.
Further reading
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References
- ^ "The Library in Numbers". Georgetown University Library. 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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