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RACHEL SHAAR FOR THE HOYA
In recent years, the staff of Lauinger Library has adapted to the shifting needs of students and faculty by increasing both the amount of its physical collections as well as that of its digital resources, including electronic databases, e-books and reference services.

Lauinger Library Addresses Digital Demands

By Jessie Yu November 3, 2015

Thousands of students walk in and out the doors of Lauinger Library every day, but few know the inner workings that allow students to search a book or collection, print a document or conduct research. Over...

Cupcake ATM...?

Cupcake ATM…?

By Sara Carioscia and Sara Carioscia April 6, 2015

Rumor has it that Sprinkles cupcakes tried to make a cupcake ATM on M street. This would be kind of sick – you could walk up to the store, type in your selection and a perfectly frosted cupcake would...

The Atlantic Calls Lau Soul-Crushing, Confirms Everything We Already Knew

The Atlantic Calls Lau ‘Soul-Crushing,’ Confirms Everything We Already Knew

By Ian Tice and Ian Tice November 10, 2014

Lau is "soul-crushing." Or at least according to an article in The Atlantic out today looking at the role that architecture plays on mental state. As any of us who have spent an all-nighter in the concrete fortress...

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UNC School of the Arts Chancellor Lindsay Bierman (CAS ’87) (left), Harvard professor Mark Poirier (CAS ’91) (center) and author Christopher Reich (SFS ’83) spoke on their careers in media Tuesday.

Alumni Authors Discuss Careers

By Emma Rizk October 24, 2014

The Georgetown University Library Associates collaborated with the English department to present “Georgetown Writes,” the first in a series of panels featuring alumni discussing their experiences...

Renovations Begin on Lau Special Collections

Renovations Begin on Lau Special Collections

By Ashley Miller March 7, 2014

Lauinger Library has entered the beginning stages of renovations to the Special Collections Research Center on the fifth floor to update and expand the space, this week. Throughout the renovations,...

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

How It Feels to Start Classes Again

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein January 8, 2014

By now most, if not all, of you are done with the Christmas cookies and never-ending family time. The holidays were fun, but now it's back to the Hilltop we love and the schoolwork we hate. It goes a little...

Laungevity: Signs Youve Been in Lau for Too Long

Laungevity: Signs You’ve Been in Lau for Too Long

By Matt Sullivan and Matt Sullivan December 11, 2013

Readers, let me give it to you straight: I am writing this article to you from Lau 2 at 5:30 a.m., ending an all-nighter preparing for my looming finals that started at 7 p.m. yesterday. I don't know...

Lauinger to Accept Credit Cards

By Jennifer Ding November 1, 2013

Students who lose their books or hold on to them a bit too long will be able to pay late fees and other library charges with credit cards by the end of the semester. Library staff have begun the final...

Redesign of Lau

By The Hoya Staff January 24, 2012

Out of the Library

By Photo Editor December 1, 2011

I was that kid who lived in the library. You all know him; many of you have been that same kid. We're the ones who occupied Lau before it was cool to sleep in a cold, uncomfortable public place. We've...

A Double-Sided Dilemma

By The Editorial Board October 31, 2011

Lauinger Library has failed to embrace the environmentally friendly practices of the 21st century. The system of libraries across campus does not adequately advertise or subsidize any form of double-sided...

Hitting the Books: A Library’s Purpose

By Masha Goncharova October 31, 2011

If Georgetown were suspended on its own, as a microcosm without the rest of the world looming outside the front gates, we would probably go to the library for fun. We would pick up books at random about...

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