Middleton Library will be closed this Saturday, November 14, for the home football game against Louisiana Tech.  The library will reopen Sunday at 12 PM. Hill Memorial Library will be open Saturday, November 14, from 9AM to 1PM.

This Fall, Middleton Library will close for every Saturday home football game.  Hill Memorial Library will close for every Saturday home football game that begins earlier than 4PM.

Because of suspended shipping by LSU and most major universities during the Christmas holiday period, December 21, 2009, to January 4, 2010, Interlibrary Borrowing is advising patrons to place ILLiad requests as early as possible before the holidays.  Loans requested after December 7, 2009, may not be shipped before January 4, 2010.  Articles requested after December 18, 2009, may not be delivered before January 4, 2010.

We will resume processing all ILLiad requests on January 4, 2010.

Middleton Library will be closed this Saturday, October 31, for the home football game against Tulane.  The library will reopen Sunday at 12 PM. Hill Memorial Library will be open Saturday, October 31, from 9AM to 1PM.

This Fall, Middleton Library will close for every Saturday home football game.  Hill Memorial Library will close for every Saturday home football game that begins earlier than 4PM.

Middleton Library will be closed this Saturday, October 24, for the home football game against Auburn.  The library will reopen Monday at 7:15 AM. Hill Memorial Library will be open Saturday, October 24, from 9AM to 1PM.

This Fall, Middleton Library will close for every Saturday home football game.  Hill Memorial Library will close for every Saturday home football game that begins earlier than 4PM.

Open Access Week 2009, organized by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) of the Association of Research Libraries, is a week-long event held during the week of October 19-23, 2009. Participants at locations around the world have scheduled activities that will help to publicize open access as the principle of free access to knowledge and information generated by publicly-funded research. In observance of International Open Access Week, the LSU Libraries is scheduling several events to promote awareness and understanding of Open Access.

There will be information available for in the Middleton Library and Librarians will answer questions and engage discussions about open access. OnTuesday, October 20 there will be a short video showing of “Open Access – 101″ at 1:00 p.m. in Room 241A of the Middleton Library. On Wednesday, October 21 there will be a panel discussion at 1:00 p.m. in Room 241A of the Middleton Library featuring distinguished speakers from the LSU campus addressing the issue of open access at LSU. On Friday, October 23 there will be a presentation at 1:00 p.m. in Room 241A, Middleton Library, featuring openly accessible databases and resources that are freely available to anyone through the Library’s webpage.

These events are open to everyone and everyone is invited.  Open Access is important and it is our desire that everyone has unfettered access to public information.

There will be extended hours from Sunday, October 11 until Thursday, October 15 for Middleton Library. The first floor of Middleton Library will remain until 2:00 am, allowing extended access to the reference department, circulation, the current periodicals room and the computer lab.

Other floors and areas will close at their regularly scheduled close time.

For more information on library hours, visit our hours page.

“Energy and persistence conquer all things”
Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)

Middleton Library will be closed this Saturday, October 10, for the home football game against UL-Lafayette.  The library will reopen Monday at 7:15 AM. Hill Memorial Library will be open Saturday, October 10, from 9AM to 1PM.

This Fall, Middleton Library will close for every Saturday home football game.  Hill Memorial Library will close for every Saturday home football game that begins earlier than 4PM.

It is with much excitement that we announce the opening of the Center for Academic Success Tutorial Center in 141 Middleton Library.  The space in Middleton Library has been renovated in order to accommodate a 36-seat Tutorial Center which will offer multi-disciplinary tutoring at a convenient and high traffic location.

Tutoring services will be available in 141 Middleton Library during the following hours:

Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays:            9:30 am – 5:30 pm

Wednesdays:                                                    9:30 am – 9:00 pm

Fridays:                                                                9:30 am – 3:00 pm

Sundays:                                                              2 pm – 6 pm

Please join us as we host a Grand Opening Ceremony on October 14^th to unveil this new Tutorial Center!  In providing easier access to tutoring, the expectation is for students to take advantage of this valuable resource in order to improve academic performance.

For further information about the Center for Academic Success, please contact 225.578.2872 or visit their website at cas.lsu.edu

LSU libraries will have special hours for fall break.  Middleton Library will be open from 7:15AM to 10PM on Wednesday, September 30 and 7:15AM to 6PM on Thursday, October 1, and Friday October 2.  Hill Memorial Library will be open 9AM to 5PM Wednesday, September 30, through Friday, October 2.

For the complete fall break schedule for LSU Libraries visit our Hours Page.

Are you at student at LSU?  If so, then you are eligible to offer LSU Libraries the feedback we need to find the best ways of providing access to the resources YOU need.

The survey, which should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete, is available via PAWS.  The following link will take you directly to the survey:

http://appl027.lsu.edu/comp/surveyapp.nsf/survey?OpenAgent&id=onlineparti

We thank you in advance for assisting LSU Libraries in determining the best methods for supporting the LSU community.