Tommy Waters, Celia Daniel & Bethany McGowan
from the
Howard Libraries & : Louis Stokes Health Science Library
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10:00 am – 11:00 am Introduction on WRLC
11:00am - 12:00pm Introduction to Aladin-Discovery
12:00pm – 1:00pm (lunch)
1:00pm – 2:00 Introduction to Refworks
Come with me to
Discover WRLC on this
Magic Carpet
http://www.wrlc.org
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The Washington Research Library
Consortium (WRLC) was established in 1987
by some of the major universities in the
Washington D.C. area to share library
collections and information technology in
order to enhance the resources available to
their students and faculty.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (AU)
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (CU)
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC)
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY (GA)
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY (GM)
 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (GT)
 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (GW)
 HOWARD UNIVERSITY (HU)
 MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY (MU)
 TRINITY UNIVERSITY (TR)
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Reciprocal borrowing based on a shared
online catalog
Consortia licensing of online resources
Cooperative collection development
Offsite storage
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Direct borrowing: Students and faculty may
borrow in person at any member library
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Consortium Loan Service(CLS): Students and
faculty may place an online request for a
book or article held by another member
library.
Universities have Unique Special Collections
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The centerpiece of WRLC's programs is the shared
information system known as ALADIN (Access to
Library and Database Information Network)
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Shared union catalog for the eight member
universities representing over 7 million volumes
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Digital images and audio of unique primary source
materials from WRLC special collections
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Millions of licensed online articles (mostly fullimage or full-text, some as citations with abstracts)
available for display, printing, or email
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Faculty Fixed due dates: 1/31, 5/31, 9/30 (due
date dependent on when book is checked out)
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Graduate Students 42 days
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Undergraduate Students 28 days
Staff 28 days
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Each patron shall present a current valid
university photo ID from a member university
in order to borrow eligible items at WRLC
member libraries.
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Daily fine per book (for books not recalled) $0.25 / day
Maximum overdue fine (for books not recalled) $10.00
Daily recall fine amount $5.00 / day
Maximum recall fine $25.00
Lost book replacement fee $67.00 (39 Days pass due
date)
Lost book processing fee $30.00 (39 Days pass due date)
Lost book replacement fee - Actual cost of book
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WRLC operates a shared offsite storage
facility designed to free valuable space in the
campus libraries for newer or more
frequently-accessed materials.
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Students and faculty of WRLC libraries may submit
online requests for items stored at the "WRLC
Center" using the ALADIN library catalog's Request
feature. Materials requested by 5 pm are delivered
to the library the next business day.
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The storage facility provides high-density,
environmentally-controlled, retrievable
storage for books, audiovisual or microform
media, and archival boxes.
Thank you!
Discover
the magic
of
ALADIN
By Celia Daniel