Why as a Georgetown Law member I can no longer log into the Hilltop Campus library catalog?
When I try to log into the Lauinger Library catalog, I see a "The user is not authorized in Alma" message.
Answer
Prior to moving to a different library system in the summer of 2018, Georgetown University Law Center members were able to log into the Lauinger Library catalog in order to place inter-campus loan requests for library books housed on the Hilltop Campus. With the metadata structure of our new Alma library management system, Georgetown Law patrons do not need to search on the HoyaSearch catalog in order to find what the Hilltop Campus Libraries have. Searches for books and articles can all be performed on the Law Library's catalog. The new system will identify materials that are owned by not only our Hilltop Campus libraries, but also other local general academic libraries (collectively called the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC)). Georgetown Law patron requests to borrow other local academic libraries' books are now exclusively submitted through the Law Library's catalog system.
For more questions about how to search and make requests through the Law Library catalog, please reach out to the Reference Desk. For local academic libraries loan service policy questions, please contact the Circulation Desk at 202-662-9131 or lawcirc@georgetown.edu.
Non-law Georgetown University Capitol Campus members should contact Capitol Campus Library (111 Massachusetts Ave NW Room 4444) with questions.