Libraries in Baton Rouge, LA

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Specializing in: - Libraries

"The East Baton Rouge Parish Library (EBRPL) was established in 1939 with a collection of second-hand donated books. During its first three years, the library established eight additional library branches to service the Baton Rouge area. Today, EBRPL is comprised of a Main Library and 13 community or regional branch libraries, and several bookmobiles. With a staff of more than 540 employees, the Library is open a cumulative total of 958 hours weekly. Additional outreach service is provided on a regular basis to area schools, day care centers, retirement centers, and various community centers."

LSU Libraries is a library system that provides instruction and research collections that include more than 3 million volumes, over 4 million microform holdings and nearly 12 million manuscripts. Its libraries also offer electronic databases, books and serials. The system s libraries house study materials in the areas of agriculture, petroleum engineering, plant pathology, natural history, and sugar culture and technology. LSU Libraries libraries also feature books on various aspects of aquaculture, including crawfish, wetlands research and marine biology. Its Hill Memorial Library provides research materials in humanities, social sciences and fine arts. The system s libraries operate circulation, interlibrary loan and special collections departments. LSU Libraries is a part of the Association of Research Libraries, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries and Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium.