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LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network is a library consortium made up of 47 college and university libraries in the state of Louisiana. LOUIS was founded in 1992 by library deans and directors at both public and private institutions in the state. [ 1 ]
Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] [2] Location Notes 1: Alexandria: Alexandria: Apr 8, 1907: $10,000 503 Washington St. Now a museum and genealogical library 2: Jennings: Jennings: Mar 9, 1907: $10,000 303 Cary Ave. 3: Lake Charles Lake Charles: Oct 17, 1901: $10,000 411 Pujo St. Replaced c.1950 4: New Orleans Main ...
Raising Cane's River Center (originally named the Riverside Centroplex and later the Baton Rouge River Center [1]) is an entertainment complex in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Opened in 1977, the complex includes: an arena, ballroom, exhibition center, theatre and library. The venue hosts over 500 events per year.
Central's first library opened in the W.R. Edwards Store in 1940. The store needed room for expansion, so the library closed in 1944. It restarted activities in a permanent building in November of the following year. The library moved to a 2,604-square-foot (241.9 m 2) leased building on April 10, 1972. The library purchased that building in 1982.
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 ...
Central Library - 301 W. Claude Street, South Lake Charles, LA 70605 DeQuincy Library - 102 N. Pine Street, DeQuincy, LA 70633 Epps Memorial Library - 1619 Cessford St. (temp location), North Lake Charles, LA 70601
It was originally founded in 1909, called the Louisiana State Library Association, after a call for a statewide library group from the New Orleans Library Club. [3] [4] An initial meeting of thirty people was held at Tulane University in 1909 with the goal of increasing the number of trained librarians in the state and drafting library legislation.
This list of museums in Louisiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.