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Ella Virginia Aldrich Schwing (October 24, 1902 – February 21, 1982) was an American librarian, professor, and pioneer of library user instruction. She is known for her textbook Using Books and Libraries. She also served on the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors.
The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the Association of University Presses. LSU Press publishes approximately 70 new books each year and has a backlist of over 2000 titles.
Wilcox was the recipient of the 2011 Louisiana Writer Award presented by the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana at its annual Louisiana Book Festival. He was the Robert Penn Warren Professor at LSU from 2004–2007 and then Donald and Velvia Crumbley Professor from 2007–2010.
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. [8]
The current state library was not the first. The Louisiana State Library was created in 1838. It was originally located in New Orleans, which was the state capital at the time. In 1849 the capital was moved to Baton Rouge, and the library also moved. [2] During the Civil War the library was moved back to New Orleans to protect the collection ...
The Louisiana Library Association (LLA) is a professional organization for Louisiana's librarians and library workers. It is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana . [ 1 ] The LLA publishes The LLA Bulletin (est. 1937) and Louisiana Libraries magazine.
English 2000 is the second of two courses in LSU's Writing Program. Most of the students are in their second year of college. The purpose of the course is to enhance the students' writing skills, with an emphasis on research and argumentation. The students will spend roughly one month working on several brief Wikipedia assignments.
Near the end of his tenure at LSU, the university created the T. Harry Williams Chair of American History. He also taught at extension schools in Wisconsin and at the Municipal University of Omaha. As an author, Williams wrote biographical works between the 1940s to 1970s, including multiple books on Abraham Lincoln and Rutherford B. Hayes.