Ascension Parish Library
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Founded in 1960, Ascension Parish Library Ascension Parish Library strives to meet the life-long learning needs and interests of its residents. The library offers an extensive series of programs to adults in Ascension Parish and parishes in the surrounding area focusing on humanities, literacy and the arts throughout the year. The Ascension Parish Library was established for the purpose of making available to all citizens of the parish books and other library materials for education, information and recreation. The Library strives to maintain a program of service to locate information, guide reading, and promote the most effective use of these materials. The aim of the Ascension Parish Library is service to all people. This encompasses individuals and groups of every age, education, philosophy, occupation, economic level, ethnic origin, and human condition. Fulfilling the educational, informational, and recreational needs of these people is the broad purpose of the Ascension Parish Library. More specifically the Library helps people to adapt to change in all areas, to educate themselves continually, to become better members of their family and community, to become socially and politically aware, to be more capable in their occupations, to develop their creative abilities and spiritual capacities, to appreciate and enjoy literature and art, to contribute to the overall expanse of knowledge, and to stimulate their own personal and social well-being.
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The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. Members include public libraries, academic libraries, museums, and archives from arcross the state.
Currently, there are 25 participating institutions in the LDL. Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections.
- Calcasieu Parish Public Library
- Delgado Community College
- East Baton Rouge Parish Library
- Law Library of Louisiana
- Louisiana State Archives
- Louisiana State Museum
- Louisiana State University
- Louisiana State University at Alexandria
- Louisiana State University at Shreveport
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- State Library Of Louisiana
- The Historic New Orleans Collection
- Tulane University
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- University of Louisiana at Monroe
- University of New Orleans
- Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park
- Webster Parish Library
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