Below is a brief outline of the material covered on the tour and a script:

Ensor LRC Library Tour

1.    Welcome to the Anna Ashcraft Ensor Learning Resource Center.

The tour begins in the LRC lobby.

a)  Please pick up a map as you enter the library, either from the table in the front lobby or at the front desk.

b)  The Ensor LRC was completed in 1998.

c)  The building includes 55,000 square feet of useable space, plus an additional 14,000 square feet for mechanical and storage areas

         (Total of 69,000 sq ft)

d)  The library collection includes 175,000 books and journals, with a capacity for 240,000 items. Our collections include:

i)   134, 000 book titles

ii)  Over 500 print journal titles

iii) 8,000 media items – DVDs, CDs, VHS, audio books

e)  The library has 38,650 linear feet of shelves.     *   That’s 7.32 miles of shelves!

f)   There is seating for 310 people. An average of 700 people a day visit the LRC.

g)  There are 40 computers on the First Floor in the Reference Room and T3 Center. You can use these computers for research and writing your papers.  The library web address when you are on campus is simple, it’s just library.

2.   First Floor – Overview

This overview begins at the campus side (East) entrance and continues clockwise (to the left) around the lobby. This is just an overview – a detailed description of each area follows later as you continue the tour.

a)    There is a phone in the vestibule of each entrance. Local calls are free.

b)    The first room on your right as you come in is LRC 122, the Arnett Conference Room.

c)    Immediately off the main lobby is

i)    The Circulation Desk & Reserves area

ii)   The Reference Room & Archives

iii)  LRC 150, a “smart” classroom

iv)   The Jacobs Art Gallery

v)    A grand player piano

vi)   The Mulberry Café, which has Starbucks coffee and snacks

vii)   The restrooms for this floor

viii)  The Current Display Bookshelves, a monthly topical display

ix)     The Current Periodicals Room and T3 Center

3.   Circulation Desk 

a)   Go to the Circulation Desk. You can pick up a bookmark with the library hours & policies. Please ask the library staff whenever you have a question, they like to help!

b)   You will need your G-Card to check out materials from the library. Books and media materials can be checked out, but journals and reference materials need to stay in the library for others to use.  There is a security system that sounds an alarm if you forget to check out your books!

c)   Reserves – The Reserves area is behind the Circulation Desk. Ask the library staff for books and articles your professors place on Reserve. Most Reserve materials must be used in the library.

4.    Reference Room

Let’s go into the Reference Room.

           a)  The Reference Room is modeled after the Law Library at Yale University. The room was designed around the portrait of George Washington, for whom Georgetown is named.

           b) The Reference collection includes both print and online research sources. Librarians are available at the Reference Desk to assist with your research. You can also make an appointment with a reference librarian for individualized bibliographic instruction and assistance with your research.

        Go over to the Reference Desk and look for the literature rack. 

           c)   The Reference literature rack includes a description of available databases and other information.        

           d)   The printer for the Reference Room is located here.

           e)   InterLibrary Loan forms are available at the Reference Desk if you want to request books or articles from other libraries.

           f)   The College Archives and Special Collections are also located in the Reference Room. The College Archives includes information about the history of Georgetown College.

5.   Jacobs Gallery. The Jacobs Gallery opened in 2002, with art valued at over $2 million from the collection of Dr. Donald and Dorothy Jacobs. Most of these works can also be viewed on the library web site. We don’t have time for a tour today, but please be sure to come back when the Gallery is open. The Jacobs Gallery is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12 Noon to 4:30 pm, and Saturday from 1:30 to 4:00 pm.

6.   Current Periodicals & T3 Center

BTW, T3 stands for “Tiger Technology Training Center”.

a)  Let’s go into the Current Periodicals Room and T3 Center. There is a photocopier available. It costs 10 cents in coins, or 6 cents on your G-card.

b)  The “New Books” area includes recent books requested by the faculty

c)  Current Periodicals

i)     We subscribe to over 500 periodicals. The current issues are here and the back issues are upstairs, on the Third Floor.

ii)   Our periodicals include both scholarly journals and popular magazines. You can get a handout explaining the difference from the Reference Room literature rack.

d)   The T3 Center is open whenever the library is open

i)     There are 20 PCs in this area

ii)   There are 10 PCs in the Mini-Lab. If all the other computers are busy, just ask at the Circulation Desk & they will open the T3 Mini-lab.

iii)  There is a black and white printer in T3. You can print to this printer or send your print job to the Reference Room printer.

7.   Second Floor

Go up the main double staircases and turn right. Continue in a clockwise direction around the perimeter of the Second Floor.

a)   This is the Media area. DVDs, CDs, VHS and audio books are located here. All media can be checked out using your G-card.

b)   There over a thousand DVDs. You may check them out for 3 days using your G-card. 

i)      Our collection includes educational, international, and classic films

ii)   We also have recent movies and TV shows.    DVDs are free!

c)   Move clockwise (left) around the perimeter of the Second Floor. You will pass the restrooms and photocopier for this floor.

d)   Move towards the book stacks, starting in the “A”s. Books are arranged using the Library of Congress Classification System, or “LC”.  Most college libraries use LC, which is very different from the Dewey Decimal system you are probably used to. You can pick up a brochure explaining the LC classification system at the Reference Desk. If you ever have trouble finding something, the librarians are glad to help.    

e)   The call number for all library materials may be found by using our online library catalog.

f)    Continuing around the south side of the Second Floor, the carrels and tables here are a Quiet Study Area.

g)   Continue around the outer perimeter.  LRC 241 is a classroom.

h)   There are six Group Study Rooms. Just a reminder, even with the door closed your conversations may be heard if you talk loudly!

i)    Move toward the elevator. There is an internal phone by the elevator. When you pick up this phone, it automatically dials the Circulation Desk. You can call to ask for help or in case of an emergency.

j)    Move toward the stairs.  We also have a collection of paperback books, which are for leisure reading on revolving racks.

8.   Third Floor

Take the elevator or stairs to the Third Floor

a)   There is an internal phone by the elevator. When you pick up this phone, it automatically dials the Circulation Desk. You can call to ask for help or in case of an emergency. 

b)   On this floor are the bound periodicals, also known as the back issues of journals. You might remember that the current issues of the periodicals are on the First Floor.

c)   Here is the Education Curriculum Lab and the Juvenile Collection. Books here have the prefix “Juv”. They are arranged using the Dewey Decimal classification system, since this is what most school libraries use.

d)   Also on this floor are microfilm and microfiche back issues of periodicals, including back issues of our school newspaper, “The Georgetonian”.

9.   Lower Level / Downstairs

Take the elevator or stairs down to the Lower Level.

a)   There  are 2 computer classrooms: LRC 012 & LRC 015

b)   The Writing Center is available to help you with your papers

c)   The library Technical Services department is in the corner downstairs. This is where the books are received and cataloged. You may also wish to visit this area if you request InterLibrary Loans.

This concludes our tour of the Library. Please let library staff know if you have any questions!