Dec. 10, 2016 – Jan. 10, 2017
Monday – Thursday | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday | 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday | CLOSED
Winter Break | Dec. 17, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017 | 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 Department of History at UL Lafayette is pleased to sponsor a new series of discussions—or “Teach-Ins”—on controversial issues in history. The first event in the new “Teach-In” series reviews the recent 2016 U.S. presidential election in historical context.
Therapy dog teams from Pet Partners of Acadiana will visit the library during finals week to help students de-stress. Therapy dogs provide comfort, decrease anxiety, and help students relax during one of the most stressful times of the semester. During the event, the third floor of the library will remain a quiet area for students who need to continue studying.
The event takes place at 1:00 on Wednesday, December 7, at Dupré Library.
The library will be OPEN 24 HOURS for finals starting at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, and ending at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9.
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. – 11:45 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.
The Department of History at UL Lafayette is pleased to sponsor a new series of discussions -- or “Teach-Ins” -- on controversial issues in history. The first event in the new “Teach-In” series reviews the recent 2016 U.S. presidential election in historical context.
Nov. 23 – 25, 2016
Wednesday, Nov. 23 | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 24 – Friday, Nov. 25 | 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.
On Thursday, Nov. 3, Dr. Jarita Davis will visit the Ernest J. Gaines Center to read from her newest poetry collection, Return Flights. The poems in the collection are described as "varying from narrative to imagist to lyrical" and reflective of the "sodade" of Cape Verdean culture that is shaped by separation and longing."
Dr. Davis's work has appeared in Southwestern Review, Cave Canem Anthologies, Crab Orchard Review, Plainsongs, and Verdad Magazine. She holds a PhD from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The library will be CLOSED Saturday, Nov. 5, due to homecoming-related activities in the area.
Dr. Thadious Davis will deliver the 4th Annual Ernest J. Gaines Lecture on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 11 a.m. to noon.
Dr. Davis, who is Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, will give a lecture titled "The Afterlives of Southern Rememory: Ernest J. Gaines' Narratology."
On Thursday, November 3, Dr. Jarita Davis will visit the Ernest J. Gaines Center to read from her newest poetry collection, Return Flights. The poems in the collection are described as "varying from narrative to imagist to lyrical" and reflective of the ""sodade" of Cape Verdean culture that is shaped by separtion and longing." Dr.
