Access Services Department
202-687-7607 | accessservices@georgetown.edu | Staff Directory
The Access Services Department facilitates user access to local and remotely held resources through the circulation of materials, borrowing policies, renewing books, requesting books, Course Reserves, Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) and the Consortium Loan Service (CLS), Interlibrary Loan (ILL), shelving and shelf maintenance, document delivery, group discussion rooms, carrel and locker distribution, library-wide lost and found, and patron registration.
Bioethics Research Library
202-687-3885 | bioethics@georgetown.edu | map | Staff Directory
The Bioethics Research Library is located in the classical revival style Hirst Reading Room in Georgetown's iconic Healy Hall building. The Library provides research support to bioethics scholars and visiting researchers of Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics as well as to the University and global communities, and is home to more than 100,000 books, journals, archival materials, and digital objects.
Blommer Science Library
202-687-5687 | sciencelib@georgetown.edu | map | Staff Directory
Blommer Science Library is located on the third floor of the Reiss Science Building. Blommer provides information and research services for undergraduate and graduate programs in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and physics. Some 60,000 books and journals are housed in Blommer, and a large portion of our collection is available electronically. Older science materials are housed in Lauinger Library, Riggs Library, and an off-campus shelving facility.
Booth Family Center for Special Collections
202-687-7444 | speccoll@georgetown.edu | Staff Directory
Unique and outstanding art, manuscripts, rare books, and items from Georgetown's history call the Booth Family Center for Special Collections home.
Digital Scholarship & Technology Services
The Digital Scholarship and Technology Services Department is responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining the systems that enable faculty, staff, and students to discover and use the Libraries' resources. The Department's librarians, technologists, and specialists provide expertise and resources to enable the Georgetown University community to explore and incorporate digital tools and methods into research, teaching, and learning. The Department also supports and collaborates on all stages of the digital scholarship project lifecycle, from initial ideation to production, dissemination, and archiving.
Library Administration
202-687-7425 | Staff Directory
Consisting of the Office of the University Librarian, the Finance and Operations Unit, the Personnel, Planning and Assessment Unit, and the Development Office.
Outreach & Engagement
202-687-7534 | Staff Directory
The Outreach and Engagement Department works with other library units to coordinate and plan outreach to the University community, in order to support the integration of library resources into campus programs, and foster an engagement-based model of library services.
Research Services
202-687-7452 | reference@georgetown.edu | Staff Directory
The Research Services Department provides research assistance, teaches the use of research resources, collects reference and general resources, and promotes our resources and services to the University community. The Department works with faculty to build strong collections that support research, teaching, and learning at Georgetown, and to provide research assistance and teach the use of library resources for the social sciences, arts, humanities, and business.
School of Continuing Studies Library
202-784-7389 | scslibrary@georgetown.edu | Staff Directory
The School of Continuing Studies Library is located on level C2 at Georgetown's Downtown Campus in DC's Gallery Place/Chinatown neighborhood. The School of Continuing Studies Library provides information and research services to students and faculty affiliated with SCS academic degree and certificate programs. The SCS Library holds a small physical collection of items related to the respective degree programs, and a large portion of the collection is available virtually in the form of e-books and research databases Patrons can request materials housed at other Georgetown University Library locations, as well as Washington Research Library Consortium Libraries, for pickup at the SCS location.
Technical Services Department
202-687-7541 | Staff Directory
The Technical Services Department is responsible for the ordering, receiving, cataloging, binding and general processing of library materials in all formats, including electronic, acquired by Lauinger Library, the Blommer Science Library, and the Woodstock Theological Library, as well as the off-site libraries in Fiesole, Italy and Alanya, Turkey.