Lafayette Public Library Campus Visits

The Lafayette Public Library will visit Dupré Library this semester.

Past visits:

  • Tuesday, Jan. 30 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Feb. 27 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday, March 19 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday, April 23 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Sign up for a free public library card and/or get more information on public library services and programs.

Call (337) 408-3454 to reserve books or movies for next visit.

Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections – Edwin Bennett Ogden Jr. Collection

The Edwin Bennett Ogden Jr. Collection (PDF) consists of business records of Edwin B. Ogden, who was active in the rice brokerage field. He had close connections with the Godchaux Family and Louisiana State Rice Milling Company. The collection was donated by Mrs. Edwin Ogden, Jr. Please note that the collection is currently being reprocessed. This involves looking back at the already processed collection and bringing it up to current standards of archival practice.

Library to Open at Noon on Wednesday

Due to expected severe weather in the morning, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will have a delayed opening on Wednesday, April 10. Classes will begin and offices will open at noon.

The University will continue to monitor the National Weather Service forecast. Should weather conditions change, information will be provided on the University's website and official social media accounts.

Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections – Edwin L. Stephens Papers

Stephens Hall was constructed in 1940 dedicated as the Stephens Memorial Library and was named after Dr. Edwin Lewis Stephens, UL Lafayette’s first president. The building was solely dedicated to functioning as a library, before the building of the Edith Garland Dupré Library in 1960, where today it is now one of the University’s computing centers.

Ghost Hunting in the Library

We can all agree that we have seen ghosts in Dupré Library. It is usually around finals week, and these specters are fast asleep in the deep recesses of the hallways. They’re guzzling copious amounts of coffee with looks of exhausted determination. Or eliciting eerie moans as they recite yet another round of elements of the periodic table.

Fun Fact Friday with Special Collections – Ora-Westley Schwemmer Cady Papers

Dr. Ora-Westley Schwemmer Cady (1935-2014) was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she received her bachelor’s degree in history from Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and received her doctorate in Latin American history from Tulane University. From 1963 until her retirement in 1996, she taught in the History Department at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She was a known traveler to go almost anywhere. She has been to places such as, Mexico, Central America, The Caribbean, Africa, and China, just to name a few.

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