What is Consortium Loan Service (CLS) or WRLC (Washington Research Library Consortium)?
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The Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) is a partnership of the general academic libraries and information services of local universities to promote research and preserve and share scholarly resources. The sharing of local libraries' resources is the Consortium Loan Service (CLS), or informally the local academic libraries loan service, that the Law Library offers to current Georgetown Law students, staff and faculty. Through the local academic libraries loan service, Georgetown Law members may request a material owned by another local general academic library member and have it routed to the Law Library at Capitol Campus. Currently, local academic library members include the general academic libraries of Georgetown University, American University, Catholic University, George Mason University, George Washington University and others. CLS is a separate service from the Law Library Interlibrary Loan service.
See the Law Library FAQ on how to place a CLS or local academic loan request. For more information about how to place an order, please consult the Reference Desk. For library account questions, consult the Circulation Desk, 202-662-9131.
Non-law Georgetown University Capitol Campus members should contact the Capitol Campus Library (111 Massachusetts Ave NW Room 4444) with questions.