Hurricane Ike Closings

UPDATED 9:30 AM Friday Posted By Sona


CLOSED - FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Lafayette Public Library - all locations - will be CLOSED due to Hurricane Ike all day Friday, September 12th and Saturday, September 13th.
Essential personnel (maintenance, IT, managers) should be on standby concerning Friday, Saturday, Sunday.


CANCELLED: Regrettably the Friends of the Library book sale is CANCELLED for Friday and Saturday. Author's Alley set for Saturday afternoon is also cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as possible.


REOPENING PLANS: We tentatively plan to reopen the Main Library and Southside Libraries ONLY on Sunday from 1:00 - 5:00 should our facilities have power/Internet/no damage.


EMPLOYEES: Non-essential Library employees are officially on Civil Leave - at this time for Friday only (see the LCG website or the Library Blog for details) and are expected to check in with their supervisor regarding their scheduled Sunday or Monday shifts.



LIBRARY PATRONS: please hold your library materials until we reopen. All items due during this time are now due September 15th. Items on hold waiting for pickup have been extended to September 16th.


ACCESS TO ONLINE: We are leaving up our web page and our online catalog. However, if the Library loses power, these systems will not be available until power is restored and we can safely restart them.


Staff and Public: please monitor Library Director's blog and the LCG website for updates during Ike.



We apologize for this necessary inconvenience.