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| Edith Garland Dupré Library is centrally situated on the main campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette at 302 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. |
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| Dupré Library recently added its one millionth bound volume 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, the Folklore/Oral History Collection (contains a unique repository of tape-recorded Acadian folk tales, songs and oral histories), 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 24 networked computers and printers; and the Bibliographic Instruction SMART Classroom, which includes approximately 25 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 four computers. |
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| Most of the library's collections are available online through the iLink catalog. Patrons may access iLink 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 highly trained professional and civil service staff with interests and talents in many fields provides high quality service to its patrons. Constant effort is made to improve the University library system. The library is a member of the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), 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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