Lauinger Library
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The Joseph Mark Lauinger Library is the main library of Georgetown University. It is the center of a seven library system that includes 2.8 million volumes. The facility is named after an alumnus who was killed in the Vietnam War. The library, which was opened on April 6, 1970, includes the Woodstock Theological Center Library, the remnants of the library of Woodstock College and one of the country's leading Catholic theological libraries.
Although it affords breathtaking views of the Potomac River and the skyline of neighboring Rosslyn, Virginia, the library has been historically derided by Georgetown students as a uniquely ugly piece of architecture. Designed by architect John Carl Warnecke, the building is supposed to be a brutalist interpretation of Victorian Healy Hall, located adjacent to Lauinger on Georgetown's main quad. The Lauinger Library houses 1.7 million volumes on six floors and has accommodations for individual and group study on all levels. Additionally, the Students of Georgetown, Inc. [1], also known as "The Corp," operates a full-service coffee house on the second floor of the building.
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