International Coalition of Library Consortia

Louisiana Library Network
LOUIS
Website: http://www.louislibraries.org

200 Frey Computing Services Center
Tower Dr. at S. Stadium
LSU
Baton Rouge, LA
rjb@lsu.edu

Phone 225 578 3700
Fax 225 578 6400

Sara G Zimmerman'
ExecutiveDirector
(Chief administrative contact and chief contact for library inquiries)
sara@lsu.edu

Cathy M Sicard
Technical Consultant
(Chief contact for vendors and chief technological contact)
cathy@lsu.edu

Number of office staff: 7

 

Brief description

The Louisiana Library Network combines the resources of Louisiana's public and private academic libraries, along with a centralized support staff located on LSU campus, to produce a dynamic library consortium. The central support staff, commonly referred to as simply "LOUIS", provides many services to consoritum members such as library automation, a union catalog, electronic resources, autentication, training, consulting, and hosting related listserves and websites. Established in 1992 by the Board of Regents, LOUIS has 33 members and receives approximately $3.5 M annually in contracts and membership fees to support consortium members.

Legal structure

Member-supported

Primary functions

Number and type of member libraries

47, Academic
Last updated October 2010
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