School is almost back in session and we're excited!
Fall 2022 hours are:
Aug. 22 – Dec. 9, 2022
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday | 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Closures:
The Reference & Research Services Graduate Teaching Assistantship has been filled.
Thu, 07/28/2022 – 12:09 p.m.
Attention Graduate Students: We are accepting applications for a Reference & Research Services Graduate Teaching Assistantship.
Email a letter of application and resume to the search committee at duprelibrary@louisiana.edu. No in-person applications will be accepted.
This week, we are highlighting two collections, the collections of Mary Alice Fontenot.
Born in 1910, she kicked off her best-known series with the publication of her first Clovis Crawfish book in 1961; however, she began her writing career as a journalist in the 1940s, writing features and book reviews for several Louisiana newspapers. In addition, she also hosted a radio show in Crowley and taught kindergarten.
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, we, the project directors of UL Lafayette’s LGBTQ+ Archives Project, abruptly ended our virtual event, “Queering the Collection: LGBTQ+ Archives Lecture Series, Part 2”, due to a barrage of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-Black language littering the chat box and Q&A forum. On the recommendation of the Office of Campus Diversity, we have sent the recording and reports of the event to University Police, the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, and the Office of the Dean of Students.
This week we are looking at the Battle of Baton Rouge.
On Aug. 5, 1862, The Union halted the Confederate attempt to recapture Baton Rouge. In May of that year, the Confederate government decided to abandon Baton Rouge. This was the day before New Orleans fell to the US Navy fleet.
Special Collections and the Guilbeau Center for Public History are hosting the second 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.
July 30 – Aug. 21, 2022
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday | 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.
Today we are celebrating the anniversary of the creation of CODOFIL.
This week we are celebrating the founding of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette!
On July 14, 1898, the state legislature passed Act 162 of the Louisiana General Assembly, which was introduced by Robert Martin of St. Martin Parish. This act created the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (SLII). Lafayette was selected as the future home of the school on Jan. 5, 1900.
This past spring, students in HIST 100: History of Medicine completed an exhibit on public health from 1800 to present. The collection of historical artifacts is now on display in the library.
