Library Therapy Wall -- October
What are the best classes to take and why?
Post your answers on the Library Therapy Wall next to the 1st floor stairwell and see what other students have to say.
Registration for Spring 2023 classes begins Oct. 31.
Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
Today we are spotlighting newly acquired collections reflecting Louisiana's LGBTQ+ community.
This is thanks in part to a grant from the American Library Association's American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grants for Libraries and funding through the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Browsing Bookshelf -- Graphic Novels
Check out the new graphic novels collection! The collection, purchased with a Friends of the Humanities grant, includes French and English language materials. It is currently being displayed on the Browsing Bookshelf located on the 1st floor near the Reference desk.
Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
Today we are celebrating National Cookbook Month!
Did you know there are hundreds of cookbooks here in Special Collections? A selection of cookbooks on display in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room and the 1st floor stairwell. These books show just a small selection of Cajun, Creole, and other Louisiana specific recipes.
Event: Queering the Collection: LGBTQ+ Archives Lecture Series, Part 5
Special Collections and the Guilbeau Center for Public History are hosting one more virtual Queering the Collection lecture on LGBTQ+ archives as part of the American Library Association's American Rescue Plan Humanities Grants for Libraries. These events are supported through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
Today we are highlighting the Cajun and Creole Music Collection.
The Cajun & Creole Music Collection consists of over 9,000 commercial recordings, selected non-commercial recordings, and other music-related research materials.
Formats include both analog and digital media: 78rpm, 45rpm, and LP (33 ⅓) records, 8-track tapes, audio-cassette tapes, CDs, VHS tapes, and DVDs. The expanding collection also contains books, periodicals, photographs, artifacts, manuscripts and other archival materials.
Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
Today we are gearing up for Homecoming, which is just 2 weeks away!
Special Collections has a new display up celebrating UL Lafayette football through the years. Included are an SLI pennant, a USL football helmet, USL flags, posters, and a variety of other memorabilia, spanning football from SLII, SLI, USL, and UL Lafayette. This display can be found in the entrance to the library on the 1st floor.
Event: Queering the Collection: LGBTQ+ Archives Lecture Series, Part 4
Special Collections and the Guilbeau Center for Public History are hosting the next virtual Queering the Collection lecture on LGBTQ+ archives as part of the American Library Association's American Rescue Plan Humanities Grants for Libraries. These events are supported through funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This lecture will feature Ben Garcia, Executive Director of The American LGBTQ+ Museum. He will speak about this organization and his efforts to document and preserve American LGBT+ history in a museum setting.
New Database: eBook Open Access (OA) Collection (EBSCO)
eBook Open Access (OA) Collection (EBSCO) is a multidisciplinary collection of eBooks offering access to titles on various topics, without DRM (digital rights management) restrictions, created in cooperation with university presses and scholarly publishers in the Open Access model.
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Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections
This week, we are taking a look at Collection 45, the Jefferson Caffery Collection.
Caffery was a member of the first class enrolled in Southwestern Industrial Institute (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in 1902, and graduated from Tulane University in 1906. He read law with his father for three years and was admitted to the bar, but chose to pursue a career as a diplomat instead.
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