Join us Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ernest J. Gaines Center to hear a reading from the 2009 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence recipient Jeffery Renard Allen. His recent book, Song of the Shank, received a front page review in The New York Times Book Review this past summer.
This is event is part of the celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ernest J. Gaines' first novel publication.
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Recently libraries were made aware of some privacy and security concerns around the newly released Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) 4 Reader. ADE Reader is the most commonly used desktop application for accessing eBooks that contain Adobe’s DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.
The information is not being passed from the eBook lending service but rather from the client software (ADE 4 Reader) used to open the protected eBook.
These have moved to the 1st floor. Inquire at the Circulation Desk.
Wed, 10/08/2014 – 7:35 a.m.
Check out the 3 student Collaboration Stations on the 2nd floor across the hall from the STEP Lab. Large screen monitors and whiteboards allow groups to view information, work together on projects and create group presentations.
Oct. 8 – 12, 2014
Wednesday, Oct. 8 | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 9 | 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, Oct.10 | 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 11 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 12 | 2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Special Collections | Oct. 11 & Oct. 12 | 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.
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Join us on Wednesday, Sept.24, at 3 for the 3rd Annual Banned Book Read Out.
Banned Books Week is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and each year we invite students, faculty and community members to join in the celebration by reading a passage from one of their favorite banned or challenged books at the Banned Book Read Out, an event that highlights the value of free and open access to information.
The Read Out takes place outside the Ernest Gaines Center on the 3rd floor.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Ernest J. Gaines Center, in conjunction with the Lafayette Public Library, Friends of the Humanities, and the Deep South Festival of Writers, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Gaines's first novel. Events will occur throughout the fall semester at various locations.
Sep. 17
Film screening of "An Obsession of Mine" and "The Sky is Gray" (6:30 South Regional Library)
Sept. 24
On Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, members of the Mouton family will donate their original publisher copies of The Lafayette Gazette newspaper to Dupré Library. The event will take place in the Jefferson Caffery Reading Room on the 3rd floor at 10 a.m.
