Welcome to LSU Libraries

This website uses cookies to ensure site visitors get the best experience on our website. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies and Privacy Statement. To learn more, please visit LSU Privacy Statement.

2186 services found

Services

expand

Become a Member

For $25, you and your family will have an annual membership to Friends of the LSU Libraries!

expand

Bibliometrics Support

Our bibliometric services help users make sense of research metrics and indicators.

expand

Borrowing Books from Other Louisiana Libraries

LOUIS provides a service that allows college students and faculty to borrow from member libraries.

Link copied

Borrowing Books from Other Louisiana Libraries

https://lib.lsu.edu/borrowing#frnode14274

LOUIS is a consortium of public and private college and university libraries in the state of Louisiana. It enables students and faculty of Louisiana colleges and universities to borrow materials from member libraries.

Eligibility: Each library determines its level of participation. LSU Libraries issues LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Cards to LSU faculty, staff, and students for use at other LOUIS institutions. It honors cards from other institutions issued to faculty, staff, and students.

To request a LOUIS Reciprocal Borrowing card

The LSU affiliates may request a LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card using the onlineLOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card application form.
TThe LSU Libraries' Access Services Department verifies that the person has current privileges. If so, prepares and mails the LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card.
Present the LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card at the circulation desk of the LOUIS library that they wish to use.
Each LOUIS library determines the local procedure for using the LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card, so each has a unique procedure for checking out materials. Some issue a temporary checkout card, valid for the semester. Some hold the LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card while reserve materials are being used Card users must abide by the policies and procedures of each participating library.
The level of LOUIS library privileges is set by individual libraries, so privileges vary from library to library. Detailed information about LOUIS privileges can be found on the LOUIS Resource Sharing information page.
If neither the site library nor the LSU Libraries owns needed material, LSU faculty, staff, and students can request it through Interlibrary loan (ILL).

Services for LSU Online holders of LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower’s Cards vary by library because each participating library has unique For the best service, please keep in mind:

When requesting assistance, always identify yourself as an LSU Online student and a LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower.
Check out materials using your LOUIS Reciprocal Borrowing card.
When Interlibrary Loan services are needed from the library, ask for directions for submitting a request. You will be required to show your LOUIS Reciprocal Borrower's Card and a picture ID. If your local LOUIS Library does not permit interlibrary loan, place your interlibrary loan request online through LSU Libraries.

Associated with

University

Available to

Undergraduate students

Graduate Students

Faculty

Cardholder Agreement Form

expand

Braille Keyboard

Braille and Largeprint PC Nero Keyboard.

expand

Orbit Reader 40 – Braille Display, Book Reader and Note-taker

Braille Reader

The Orbit Reader 40 is a braille display, reader and note-taker.

expand

Can I access an "unprocessed" collection?

FAQ

It depends! This is a curator-level decision and will vary for each case. All requests for access to unprocessed collections require the Williams Center director's authorization. Any duplications of unprocessed interviews are not allowed beyond "Fair Use" unless this restriction is cleared by the director upon staff review of the item. Please note that the review process may take at least 1-2 business days, depending on the size of the collection.

Answered by: Jennifer Cramer

News & Notes

LSU Libraries Dean Elected to Board of Association of Research Libraries

Stanley Wilder, the Kathleen and Joel Ory Dean of LSU Libraries, has been elected to serve on the board of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) from 2025-2027. ARL is a nonprofit organization of 127 research libraries in Canada and the United States, 69 of which are members of the Association

three women and a man pose with a red stick award

LSU Libraries Wins Two Awards for Outstanding Communications Campaign

LSU Libraries has earned not one, but two notable awards for their recent strategic update to the main library’s navigational signage. The Public Relations Association of Louisiana (PRAL) first recognized this effort earlier this year with a Red Stick Award. These awards honor outstanding local

two costumed individuals outdoors in the LSU quad

Reflections on a Decade of LSU Libraries’ Open Houses

In honor of the tenth anniversary of LSU Libraries’ first open house, the current and previous committee co-chairs recall memories from the event’s origins up to the present. The creation of LSU Libraries’ open house, an event that began modestly and has now grown into one of our largest annual

expand

Ask Us

Check our FAQs, submit a question using our form, or launch the chat widget to find help.

Student Scholars’ Summer Research Shines in Special Collections
February 7, 2025
#SubjectLibrarianSaturday: Larissa Elliott
March 1, 2025
#SubjectLibrarianSaturday: Marty Miller
February 22, 2025
#SubjectLibrarianSaturday: Kendall Caple
February 15, 2025
#SubjectLibrarianSaturday: Mike Holt
February 8, 2025
#SubjectLibrarianSaturday: Sarah Simms
February 1, 2025