Do you have a green thumb or black thumb? Check out the Browsing Bookshelf on the 1st floor for some gardening inspiration and tips.
Find more books about flowers and gardening on the 2nd floor with call numbers SB400 to SB476.
Can you build a structure with toothpicks and marshmallows? Will you knock it down with your popsicle catapult?
Finals Week Grab Bags will have snacks and supplies to build your structure and knock it down.
Pick up a bag on Wednesday, May 4 at 9 a.m. First come first served.
Need to borrow something? Show us your Cajun Card and we got you!
Check out charging cables, dry erase markers, graphing calculators, study rooms, web cams, headsets and so much more.
Visit the Circulation Desk at the front entrance for more information.
Festival International de Louisiane 2022 is the first Festival held in person since 2019, before the pandemic.
The latest issue of Dupré Digest was emailed to subscribers on Friday, April 29.
View the Spring 2022, Issue 2 newsletter. Find past Dupré Digest issues.
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Affectionately known as JAM, the Jazz Appreciation Month celebration was created by the National Museum of American History. This year, the celebration is exploring the combination of Afro-Caribbean music and jazz which has led to the formation of Latin jazz. This year’s poster features Cachao and was created by Francis Henry Cuadro.
The library will be OPEN 24 HOURS starting at 7:30 a.m. Monday, April 25 until 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 6 for 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. (Reference closes at 8:45 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.
National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry that happens each April. It was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry and poets in the United States.
Did you know about poetry in the collections? There are several collections that contain original poetry written by people with an Acadiana connection.
The library had a special guest on April 11. Scott Billington, musician, author, Grammy-winning record producer and former VP of A&R for Rounder Records, toured the Cajun and Creole Music Collection (CCMC). Included in the collection are Rounder label LP album and compact disc recordings of Louisiana Creole, zydeco, blues, R&B, and Cajun music produced by Scott Billington. As a blues harmonica player, Mr. Billington is also a contributing performer on many of these recordings.
From UL Press:
Through Mama’s Eyes: Unique Perspectives in Southern Matriarchy is a collection of interdisciplinary essays that explore the concept of motherhood in the South and its effect on American society. Each essay is an invitation to engage in deeper conversations about southern matriarchy and its perceptions as a whole. Get to know a little about the brains behind this book, Cheylon Woods and Kiwana McClung...
