Calcasieu Parish Public Library

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Calcasieu Parish Public Library
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Location Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Established1901
Branches13
Collection
Size900,000 titles in collection [1]
Access and use
Population served202,418
Other information
Director Marjorie Harrison
Employees120+
Website https://calcasieulibrary.org

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library serves citizens in all of Calcasieu Parish. This system has thirteen locations and is governed by a nine-member board. The largest location is the Central Library, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and the library system is a member of the Libraries Southwest consortia.

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History

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library began in 1944. On April 4, 1973, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury passed Ordinance #1442 consolidating the Calcasieu Parish Public Library and the Lake Charles Public Library, which was established in 1901. The consolidation went into effect on January 1, 1974. On August 1, 1973, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury entered into a joint services agreement with the City of Lake Charles. This agreement gave the mayor of Lake Charles the power to nominate five members of the Library Board of Control. The other four seats of this board are named by the President of the Police Jury. [2] All nine members are confirmed by the Police Jury. Two ex officio members are the Police Jury President, or their representative, and the Mayor of Lake Charles. [4]

Branches

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library has 13 locations, including the main location, Central Library. [5] This also includes Express Libraries opened at three branch locations that were closed due to heavy damage from Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta in 2020. [6] The Express Libraries were made possible by a $20,000 grant from the American Library Association. [7] [8]

Other Services

In 2013 the Calcasieu Parish Public Library launched a free home delivery service known as “Library-to-Go.” This service is intended to serve home bound library patrons such as those at nursing homes, group homes, and daycare centers. For additional information, visit this webpage - https://calcasieulibrary.org/library-to-go [9]

Awards

In 2010 the Calcasieu Parish Public Library received the Highsmith Library Innovation Award that year for a Summer Reading Program Yard Sign project. Yard signs were used to encourage students to read during the summer. [10]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana</span> Parish in Louisiana, United States

Calcasieu Parish is a parish located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 216,785. The parish seat is Lake Charles.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Charles, Louisiana</span> City in Louisiana, United States

Lake Charles is the fifth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the southwest region of the state. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Lake Charles's population was 84,872.

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Mossville is a small, predominantly African American unincorporated community on the outskirts of Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area and is sandwiched between the much larger and predominantly white towns of Sulphur to the west and Westlake to the east.

Hayes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 780. It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The Southwest Daily News is an American tri-weekly newspaper published Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Sulphur, Louisiana. Previously owned by GateHouse Media, it was sold to the owners of the Lake Charles American Press in 2016. Boone Newspapers acquired the American Press and the Daily News in 2020.

St. Eugene Catholic Church was a Roman Catholic church in Grand Chenier, Louisiana. It was established in 1961 by the Most Reverend Maurice Schexnayder, Bishop of Lafayette. It was one of the most isolated of Louisiana church parishes, in the southernmost reaches of the Gulf Coast. Due to total destruction from hurricanes in 2020, it was closed.

Westlake High School is a high school in Westlake, Louisiana. It is a part of Calcasieu Parish Public Schools and was established in 1914.

Iowa High School is a junior and senior high school in Iowa, Louisiana. It is a part of Calcasieu Parish Public Schools.

References

  1. ↑ "Calcasieu Parish Public Library : History of CPPL". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  2. ↑ "History of CPPL". Calcasieu Parish Public Library. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Library Board of Control - Calcasieu Parish Public Library". Calcasieu Parish Public Library. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ Learn more about the history of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library by visiting this webpage - https://calcasieulibrary.libnet.info/history-of-cppl [3]
  5. ↑ "Contact Your Library". Calcasieu Parish Public Library. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ Deaville, Patrick (March 8, 2021). "Calcasieu Parish Public Library opens "Express Libraries" at damaged branches". KPLC 7 News. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ "ALA's $20,000 Donation Helps Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries Re-open to Communities in Need". American Library Association. December 15, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ Harding, Marlisa (December 22, 2020). "Turning the page on storm recovery". American Press. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  9. ↑ Bivens, Erica (October 30, 2013). "Library materials delivered to you". KPLC 7 News. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Calcasieu Parish Public Library Wins National Award". KPLC 7 News. February 4, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
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