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| Edith Garland Dupré Library is centrally situated on the main campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette at 400 E. St. Mary Blvd. The library is open to students, faculty, staff, and the public. In 2000 two major construction projects were completed: (1) the renovation of the building which had existed since the middle of the 1960s and (2) an addition to the back of that building which resulted in double the amount of previous floor space. The Instructional Materials Center (IMC), a branch library, serves students and faculty from the University by providing materials to be used in classroom instruction on the elementary and secondary levels. It is located in Maxim Doucet Hall, Room 101. Other affiliated libraries include the Ernest J. Gaines Center collection, the Enterprise Sugar Library and the Hilliard University Art Museum. |
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| Dupré Library recently added its one millionth bound volume (The
Nature of Things at Lake Martin: exploring the Wonder of Cypress Island
Preserve in Southern Louisiana by Nancy Camel) and has over
2 million microform units. Some 6,000 serial titles are currently under
subscription, and backfiles are being collected in print and non-print
format. Special collections include: U.S.
government documents, Louisiana government documents, materials
pertaining to the history and culture of Acadiana (in the Jefferson
Caffery Louisiana Room), the
University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection
and the Rare
Book Collection. Funds from a BORSF grant received in 2003 have been
used to establish the Cajun and Creole
Music Collection, a collection of commercial recordings of Cajun,
Creole, zydeco and swamp pop music. |
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| The library oversees the administration and supervision of several high
traffic student computer labs. These include the STEP Lab, consisting
of approximately 150 networked computers, printers, servers; the Reference
Online Center, consisting of approximately twenty-four networked computers
and printers; and the Bibliographic
Instruction SMART Classroom, which includes approximately fifteen computers,
an operator’s
workstation and projection equipment. As a service to the university’s graduate
students, the library provides a graduate
study room equipped with six computers. |
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| Most of the library's collections are available online through the library's catalog. Patrons may access the catalog over the Internet from home,
office, or campus. Educational materials housed in the Instructional
Materials Center may be searched separately or in conjunction with
a search of Dupré Library’s holdings. |
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| A trained professional and civil service staff with interests and talents in many fields provides high quality service to its patrons. Constant effort is being made to improve the University library system. The library is a member of the regional library organization, Lyrasis, which provides nationwide networked cataloging and other professional services. The rapid growth of the collection, the professional competence and interest of its staff, the utilization of the latest technologies in providing efficient library service and the active cooperation of the teaching faculty all work together to assure students and faculty of UL Lafayette the finest in library service available. |
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