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Georgetown University Library

The Georgetown University Library is the library system of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The library's holdings now contain approximately 3.5 million volumes housed in seven university buildings across 11 separate collections.

Georgetown University Library

1789

7 buildings, 11 libraries

3.5 million printed items, including 1.25 million e-books, with most in Lauinger Library[1]

Harriette Hemmasi

History[edit]

The Georgetown University Library was created with a donation of over 100 volumes of books in 1796 by Louis William Valentine Dubourg, the third President of Georgetown College.[2]

Collaborations with other library systems[edit]

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.

Official website of Georgetown University Library