Library Orientation  

ALADIN is the name of the library catalog. Through ALADIN you can manage your library account by using your MyALADIN page. This page can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection. To use it you must have registered your UDC ID card at the library.

Once registered, you log-in using the bar code number that is on the back of your ID card.

MyALADIN will let you:

• Renew books
• Check the status of consortia loan items
• Save links to databases and e-journals you use frequently
• Sign up for text and e-mail alerts
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Cell phone use is not allowed in the library.

Food and drink are not allowed in the library.

Borrowing privileges:

• Undergraduates : 28 days with two renewals
• Graduate students : 42 days with two renewals

Fines :

• Twenty-five cents (.25) per day after due date
• Twenty-five dollar maximum ($25) per item

Complete circulation policies

The LRD provides computer access on the 1st and 5th floors of Building 41.

To access the UDC wifi, please go to room 316 in building 41 to register your laptop or other device.

The Learning Resources Division, which houses the library, is located on the Van Ness Campus in building 41:

• Level A (entrance): Information, Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives, Multimedia
• Level 1: Reference, Serials, Instructional Classrooms 104 & 105, Center for Academic Technology (Blackboard), C. H. Kirkman Resource Library for Cooperatives, Filmfest DC
• Level 2: LRD Administration and Technical Services
• Level 5: Circulation, Reference, Books, Instruction Classroom 510

The UDC Library provides the following services to students:

• Access to LRD library materials
• Access to Washington Research Libraries Consortium materials
• A place to study
• Computers, printers and photocopiers
• Help with research assignments and using the materials in the library

What is the Washington Research Libraries Consortium?
The WRLC is a consortium comprised of eight libraries within the Washington, D.C. area. As a member, we have access to the materials in these other libraries and they access to ours. The ALADIN catalog allows you to search through all eight of the libraries' catalogs at once. If there is something you want you can request it through the consortium loan service. All of your requests can be tracked through your MyALADIN account.

UDC Law Library

The David A. Clarke School of Law, located in building 38 on the Van Ness campus maintains its own library, The Mason Law Library. Many of their resources can only be used by students and faculty of the law school. They maintain a separate library catalog, as well.