Today we are highlighting the Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Did you know that Special Collections has copies of all Theses and Dissertations written by graduates of UL Lafayette?
Located in the Louisiana Collection, these books represent thousands upon thousands of hours of work these graduates put in to achieve their degrees.
The puppies are back!
Join us Wednesday, Dec. 7 for some puppy love with Pet Partners of Acadiana at 1 p.m. followed by popcorn at 2 p.m.
Join us for a memorial of Dr. Ernest J. Gaines on Dec. 3 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Dr. Jenna Scuito and Dr. Marcia Gaudet will explore the impact of Ernest J. Gaines' work and legacy on African American and Southern Literature. During this virtual event, we will learn about his influences on the speakers' work and research and, more importantly, how Dr. Gaines continues to influence others today.
Register for this event.
This week, we are looking at two collections that have some pretty cool items. Collections 111 and 111a are the City of Lafayette Collections.
Collection 111 contains records of ordinances, materials from the Chamber of Commerce, Bicentennial Celebration, and festival, maps of Lafayette and videotapes. The videotapes were nostalgia gatherings put together by the by the Lafayette Centennial Commission. All of the videotapes date from 1983-1984.
Manny Klepper, Lafayette resident and Holocaust survivor, visited the library on Nov. 9 to share his account of Kristallnacht—the Nov 9, 1938 attack on German Jews that signaled the start of the Holocaust.
Learn about The Olga Lengyel Institute's (TOLI) model for Holocaust education and get lesson ideas from Penny Kinchen, Middle School Administrator at Central Private School.
Registration required for TOLI Educators Workshop.
The library will be OPEN 24 HOURS starting at 7 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28 until 4:30 p.m. Dec. 9 for the week before and the week of finals.
All public service departments, including the Circulation/Reserve Desk, Interlibrary Loan, Reference Desk/Chat, Reference Online Center (ROC) Lab, and STEP Labs, close at their regular hours:
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – 10:45 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Saturday | 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Sunday | 2 p.m. – 10:45 p.m.
Watch a preview of the film seies The U.S. and the Holocaust followed by a discussion with UL Lafayette professor Charles E. Richard.
Nov. 18 |1 p.m.
South Regional Library (Lafayette Public Library).
Register for no-cost transportation from Dupré Library to the event by Nov. 2.
Due to construction of the new Blanco Center, some archival collections may be inaccessible for the next several weeks. All Louisiana Collection items will still be available.
Today, we are commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the Lake Peigneur disaster.
Located near New Iberia, Lake Peigneur was once a very wide but very shallow lake. It was 1300 acres large, but only 11 feet deep. It became a popular spot for oil wells but was also above the Diamond Crystal Salt mine.
