The librarians at Dupré Library have many interests and talents.
Peter Klubek, Reference Librarian, says he has always played with faces as an artistic concept. Some of Peter's artwork, I Have One of Those Faces, will be shown at the NUNU Collective on Sept. 1 to Oct. 30.
Today we will be talking about the anniversary of the Battle of Queue de Tortue.
Today in 1859, disputes between outlaws and vigilantes came to a head in the Battle of Queue de Tortue. This battle was the result of rising tensions between the Acadians and their “American” neighbors. The “Americans” formed a vigilante committee which grew to several hundred strong. They took 24 prisoners and gave the leaders a hundred lashes of the whip at the border between Lafayette and St. Landry parishes. In 1986, the movie Belizare the Cajun was released which chronicles this battle.
The UL Lafayette Department of English's Writing Lab is returning to in-person tutoring services at its new home in Dupré Library.
The Center welcomes students, faculty, and staff from all disciplines at any stage in the writing process and also offers resources for those writing in English as a second language.
Hours (subject to change):
Monday – Thursday | 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday | 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Closed during University holidays and breaks.
The Lafayette Public Library will be visiting Dupré Library this semester.
Get 24/7 access to eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, online tutoring and more with a Lafayette Public Library card. You can register for a free library card with your Cajun Card.
Sept. 3 – 5, 2022
Saturday, Sept. 3 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 4 | 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 5 | CLOSED
Special Collections | Labor Day Weekend | 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.
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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 Frank Perez, Executive Director of the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana. He will speak about this organization and his efforts to document and preserve LGBT+ history in Louisiana.
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.
