The LSU Libraries supports the university’s academic mission by fostering teaching, learning, and research. Through its commitment to excellence in collections, services, and spaces, the Libraries serves as an indispensable intellectual resource for Louisiana and communities worldwide.

LSU Library is the main library. Centrally located on the quad, it is an active and energetic part of academic life at LSU. Subject librarians are available to students and faculty for personalized research consultations, copyright support, and help navigating our world-class collections and resources. The library facilities include individual and group study areas, a graduate reading room, a math lab, the Shell Tutorial Center, computers, wireless access, and a coffee shop. Additionally, LSU Libraries administers equipment checkouts for students and interlibrary borrowing services. Hundreds of thousands of books and journals are also available online through the library website, including textbooks for many LSU courses.

The Special Collections division in Hill Memorial Library provides access to historical, cultural, and artistic treasures and research materials in fields ranging from the humanities and social sciences to the natural sciences, agriculture, aquaculture, the fine arts, and design. Special Collections includes the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC), the Rare Book Collection, and the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection, in addition to more than a dozen smaller specialized collections. The LLMVC contains rare and early imprints pertaining to the exploration and colonization of the region; books on Louisiana subjects and Louisiana authors from all eras; Louisiana newspapers on microfilm; the papers of Louisiana political figures; and more than 5,000 manuscript collections. Special strengths in other collections include natural history, especially ornithology and botany; 18th-century British literature and history; and modern fine printing and book arts. Special Collections has contributed more than 50 collections of primary source materials to the Louisiana Digital Library and more than 200,000 pages of historical Louisiana newspapers to Chronicling America, both of which are freely available to the public. 

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Services for Users with Disabilities

LSU Libraries is committed to providing services to users with disabilities.  Staff members are available to assist users with their informational needs during University operating hours (typically 8:00 am to 5:00 pm). Facilities for users with disabilities are on the first floor of LSU Library and are provided by both the LSU Libraries and Information Technology Services. If you are unable to access an electronic resource, contact the libraries at https://askus.lib.lsu.edu.

LSU Library Computer Lab, First Floor

• A dedicated computer workstation with 20” monitor equipped with the following adaptive hardware and software:

  • Large print keyboard with Braille keys
  • Trackball mouse
  • FS Reader: screen reader for DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) books
  • JAWS for Windows (screen reading software)
  • MAGic (screen magnification software)
  • Note: This workstation does not have speakers. Users will need personal earbuds or headphones

• Desktop electronic video magnifier (CCTV) for document magnification

For questions regarding adaptive technology in the ITS computer lab in LSU Library, contact Disability Services at (225)578-5919 or disability@lsu.edu.

Web Resources

Information and Technical Assistance on the American with Disabilities Act
http://www.ada.gov/

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS)
https://www.loc.gov/nls

About

The General Syed Ali Zamin Memorial Scholarship was established in the fall of 2014 by means of a gift from the Zamin family. The scholarship seeks to recognize an undergraduate student employee within a department of the LSU Libraries who demonstrates the same work ethic and love for LSU that made General Zamin so outstanding.  The scholarship is in the amount of $1000. Recipients are selected by the Dean of the LSU Libraries or someone designated by the dean, and awarded in accordance with LSU policies and procedures.

Zamin was a career officer of the Pakistan army beginning in World War II. He fought many battles with courage and success, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. After retirement, he was appointed as a Pakistani ambassador to four countries. Upon his retirement, he moved to Baton Rouge, where began yet another career at LSU Library, where he worked for fourteen years. During his time at the LSU Libraries, General Zamin was known for his commitment to serving a custodian of the collection and for his extraordinary customer service orientation.

Apply

Applicants must be currently employed by LSU Libraries and submit an application form including a 500-word essay explaining how they have shown leadership qualities based upon the eligibility requirements listed on the application. Special circumstances may be included in the essay but will not be the determining factor when a decision is made. Contact LSU Libraries HR department for more information.

Recipients

• Calla Harper, 2022
• Christine Gambino, 2021
• Corinna Dean, 2020
• Sarah Mahler, Fall 2017-Spring 2018
• Cynthea Corfah, Spring 2017
• Rachel Shirley, Fall 2016
• Alantra Jackson, Fall 2015-Spring 2016
• Rachel Shirley, Spring 2015
• Moises Chirinos Aleman
• Mallarie Bishop