Jan. 15 – May 8, 2020
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – midnight
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday | 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Closures:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Monday, Jan. 20
Mardi Gras | Saturday, Feb. 22 – Tuesday, Feb. 25
Spring Break | Friday, April 10 – Monday, April 13
Spring Break | Saturday, April 18
Reduced Hours:
Join Dupré Library and the Lafayette Public Library for Lafayette Reads Together 2020, a community-wide reading program to get the community reading, sharing, and discussing the same book.
View the Lafayette Reads Together 2020 Guide for more information about this program and event details.
Stop by on Jan. 21, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to get a free copy of Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman.
Credo Reference, now a part of Infobase, has been relaunched with a reimagined search experience that forefronts the Mind Map function. Credo's editors carefully designed these enhancements in keeping with their vision of helping students start their research while building better research skills.
Key Enhancements:
Gale has released experience and design changes across its resources. The library's Gale Databases subscriptions now have enhanced user experiences and modified database names.
The enhanced user experience includes:
Dec. 14, 2019 – Jan. 14, 2020
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday | CLOSED
Winter Break | Dec. 21, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020 | 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.
The library will be CLOSED for winter break from Saturday, Dec. 21 through Sunday, Jan. 5.
Special Collections has acquired the collection of local newsman and former UL Lafayette journalism professor Alton Broussard. Born in St. Martinville in 1911, Mr. Broussard's journalism career began when he was in high school, where he established their first student newspaper. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Louisiana State University, both in journalism. Newspapers he worked for included the Lake Charles American Press, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and the Daily Advertiser, among many more.
The following pages have been added to the 'Databases by Subject' list:
Digitization Archivist Scott Jordan has created a new digital exhibit from Special Collections.
The library is dedicating a whole week of relaxing activities to ease every one of the stresses of finals. Massages, therapy dogs, snacks, games, and more.
De. 9 – 12 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
art, sensory, puzzles, games
Dec. 11 | 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Massages
Dec. 11 | 1 p.m.
Therapy dogs
Dec. 13 | 9 a.m. – 1 a.m.
Snacks
