Southeastern's Sims Library to celebrate 50th anniversary
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Sims Memorial Library will celebrate
its 50th anniversary as a Federal Depository Library at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April
6. The celebration will take place in the Library’s first floor lobby. Door prizes
will be given and light refreshments will be served.
In January of 1966, Congressman James H. Morrison sponsored the library’s designation
as a Federal Depository. Since then, the library has received and made available selected
publications from all three branches of the Federal government. These publications
are accessible by the general public, and the full text of many recent titles can
be seen online via links in the library’s catalog.
The April 6 celebration will focus on the beginning of each decade of the library’s
tenure in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP): 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006,
and 2016. Well-known local historian C. Howard Nichols will speak about historic
events during those years, and Southeastern Communication Professor Joe Burns will
provide an overview of the popular music from each year.
A display of books and government documents highlighting events from those years
will be available for viewing throughout April, as will the commemorative plaque awarded
to the library by the U.S. Government Publishing Office in recognition of this milestone
anniversary.
