Founded in 1987, the WRLC brings together DC-area university libraries to make research faster, smarter, and collaborative. Through our partnership, we bring together over 22 million items - from books and journals to digital archives - and provide next-day delivery between campuses. Beyond lending, WRLC provides a unified discovery platform, safeguards rare print and digital materials in state-of-the-art facilities, and supports the tools and services that keep scholarship moving forward in our region and beyond.
The WRLC is a non-profit corporation founded in 1987 by universities in the DC area. We enable the success of learning and scholarship by creating coordinated collections, creating a robust infrastructure for discovery and access, ensuring the long-term preservation of physical and digital information resources and sharing expertise.
WRLC's consortium partner universities work together to share resources, expand access to collections, and reduce costs. This collaboration helps students, faculty, and researchers find and use more materials than any single library could offer on its own. Our current partnership includes:
