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.
Join in on a discussion of the book Sons and Soldiers by Bruce Henderson.
Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the South Regional Library (Lafayette Public Library).
Today we are celebrating Veterans Day.
Veterans Day, originally known as Armistice Day, is observed every year on Nov. 11. It is a day to honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. In other countries, today is known as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, a day marking the anniversary of the end of World War I.
Nov. 23 – 25, 2022
Wednesday, Nov. 23 | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 24 – Friday, Nov. 25 | CLOSED
All public service departments, including the Circulation/Reserve Desk, Interlibrary Loan, Reference Desk/Chat, Reference Online Center (ROC) Lab, and STEP Labs, close 15 minutes before the building closes.
Visit the library Nov. 9 through Dec. 8 to view Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association that examines Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.
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What did Americans know about the Holocaust? What more could have been done?
Come view the exhibit, Americans and the Holocaust, Novebmer 9 through Dec 8 and tell us your opinion!
Post your answers on the Library Therapy Wall next to the 1st floor stairwell and see what other students have to say.
This week we are highlighting the vertical file collection.
Vertical files are files, traditionally housed in filing cabinets, that contain newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and brochures, that you wouldn’t necessarily find in the library. These files are maintained by Special Collections staff and can provide valuable information for users doing research.
