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Book talk with Attica Locke at Ernest J. Gaines Center

The Ernest J. Gaines Center and the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum are pleased to announce that Attica Locke, 2013 Gaines Award Winner and writer and producer for the Fox hit television show Empire, will be giving two book talks in April on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. Locke’s first novel, Black Water Rising, was nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, and was short-listed for the prestigious Orange Prize in the U.K.

Spring Break Library Hours

March 24 – April 3, 2016

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.

Exhibit: Folklorist Nick Spitzer

In cooperation with the College of the Arts, the March library exhibit celebrates the career contributions of folklorist, professor of anthropology and American studies, and American Routes host and producer, Nick Spitzer. Spitzer is the recipient of this year's Festival of the Arts' SPARK Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by the College of the Arts.

ProQuest Maintenance Scheduled for Saturday, March 12

On Saturday, March 12, 2016, ProQuest will be installing critical firmware updates to its systems infrastructure. The window is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. and will last for eight (8) hours.

During this time, access to the ProQuest products listed will not be available:

Event: Latino Americans: A Roundtable Discussion on Trilingual Education in Louisiana

Dupré Library and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities invite you to a roundtable discussion on trilingual education in Louisiana.

The event will take place in the Ernest J. Gaines Center hallway on the 3rd floor on Thursday, March 3 at 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Featured panelists include:

ILLiad Maintenance Scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24

ILLiad, the online system that facilitates Interlibrary Loan services, will undergo a maintenance upgrade on Wednesday, Feb. 24 beginning at 7 a.m. The upgrade should be completed by noon. During this time, ILLiad will not be available to users.

Latino Americans: A Roundtable Discussion on Trilingual Education in Louisiana

Dupré Library and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities invite you to a roundtable discussion on trilingual education in Louisiana. The event will take place in the Ernest J. Gaines Center hallway on the third floor of the library on Thursday, March 3 at 5:30 PM.

Gaines Center Seeks Applicants for NEH Summer Scholar Institute

The Ernest J. Gaines Center is seeking applicants to "Ernest J. Gaines and the Southern Experience," a four-week institute open to collegiate faculty and graduate students across the country, made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Institute participants will:

ProQuest Maintenance Scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13

On Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, ProQuest will be performing critical maintenance. The maintenance window is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. and will last until around 3 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14. During this time, access to ProQuest databases may not be available.

Biology Tutoring in the Library With Mentoring Matters

Volunteers from the UL Lafayette Department of Biology's Mentoring Matters program will be in the library throughout the semester to tutor students who need help with their biology coursework, including BIO 110, BIO 121, and BIO 112 (laboratory).

Monday | 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Tuesday | 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Wednesday | 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Thursday | 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

The tutoring station will be located in the Reference Area on the 1st floor.

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