The Ernest J. Gaines Center is excited to host a book talk with world-renowned author Dr. Ernest J. Gaines about his newest book The Tragedy of Brady Sims. This event is free and open to the public, and we are excited to share it with all of you. The book talk will be in the Oliver Hall Auditorium on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We hope to see you on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to share in this fantastic event and celebrate Dr. Gaines's newest novella.

To celebrate National Family History Month, the library is hosting "Family First: Finding and Preserving Your Family History". Topics covered include Genealogy 101, using a print genealogy collection, an overview of genealogy websites (laptops recommended), digital preservation basics, and scanning images and documents. Participants are invited to bring up to five items to digitize.

Tuesday, Oct. 24 | 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jefferson Caffery Reading Room | 3rd Floor

Oct. 4 – 8, 2017

Wednesday, Oct. 4 – Thursday, Oct. 5 | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 6 | 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 7 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 8 | 2 p.m. – 9 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 15 minutes before the building closes.

Dupré Library and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Government Association are partnering to collect non-perishable food items for a Hurricane Harvey relief drive. Desired items include canned vegetables and fruit, canned meats, canned soups and stews, canned beans, cereal, Ensure and Pediasure, pasta, peanut butter, protein and granola bars, rice, and shelf-stable milk.

Tutors from the UL Lafayette Writing Lab will be in the library this semester.

Monday – Thursday | 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The tutoring station is located near the mural in the 1st floor Reference Area.

Writing Lab tutors help students, faculty, and staff, including English language learners, at any stage of the writing process. More about their services can be found at the Writing Lab.