May 8 – June 6, 2021
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday | CLOSED
Memorial Day | Monday, May 31 | 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.
Come get a bag of goodies to take home.
Pick up a Finals Week Grab Bag from us on Monday, May 3 while supplies last.
Grab Bags will be filled with snacks and fun activities.
Special Collections has just created a new research guide for formatting references and citations for archival materials. The guide provides examples of APA, Chicago Style, and MLA citations of unpublished manuscripts, letters, photographs, and oral histories. Citations include reference lists and in-text citations. The guide also includes resources for information on the three citations styles and other research guides listing formats for archival materials.
The library will have extended hours during finals.
Sunday, May 2 – Thursday, May 6, 2021 | 7 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Friday, May 7, 2021 | 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
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. – 8:45 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Saturday | 10 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Sunday | 1 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Special Collections has completed and posted a database for its Louisiana Map Collection. This collection includes over 25,000 state and local maps, both current and historical.
Explore all the wonderful Louisiana maps in the Louisiana Map Collection. You can search the index by collection, folder, or keyword search. Maps can be viewed in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room.
Join us and the Lafayette Public Library on April 21 at 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for a virtual trivia night to put your skills to the test.
Individuals and teams welcome. You must register to play. The Zoom link will be sent in the confirmation email.
Explore the challenges and triumphs of the women's suffrage movement in Louisiana by viewing the traveling exhibit, "Determined to Rise: The Woman’s Suffrage Movement in Louisiana" in the Grand Hallway from April 12 to 23, 2021.
The 15th Amendment may have granted African Americans the right to vote, but it hardly ushered in a new era of voting equality. Instead, it marked the beginning of a new chapter in the struggle for equality. In “Bending Toward Justice,” historian Gary May shows how the Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped bring down Jim Crow and provide pathways to the ballot box.
Join us in discussing this book and others in "Who Gets to Vote?", an unforgettable book club that includes scholar-led discussions on voter rights.
April 1 – 5, 2021
Thursday, April 1 | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, April 2 – Monday, April 5 | 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.
Timely and eye-opening, “One Person, No Vote” reveals how racially-driven voter-suppression tactics persist even more than 50 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This book looks at the role of gerrymandering, voter ID laws, poll closures, and more in limiting access to the vote.
Join us in discussing this book and others in "Who Gets to Vote?", an unforgettable book club that includes scholar-led discussions on voter rights.
For more information about the series, including how to participate, view Who Gets to Vote?.
