Library News

The Early Literacy Stations is a groundbreaking educational tool for children ages 2 through 10 that includes fifty educational software programs spanning seven curricular areas that are top rated by Children's Technology Review.
The ELS makes learning FUN! Try one out ...

The State Library of Louisiana launches HomeworkLouisiana, an online tool that connects Louisiana K-12 students, adults preparing for the GED and college students to a live tutor online for one on one help with homework. The State Library is able to offer this resource ...

It's National Library Card Signup month. Do you have the smartest card of all? The Library wants to make sure that all Calcasieu Parish citizens have the smartest card of all--a library card. Getting a library card is easy. They are free to anyone who lives, works, owns ...

As a new shrimping season opens in the Gulf today, many people have serious concerns about the safety of the seafood that has been harvested since the oil spill.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is charged with monitoring the safety of food products and they have ...

Do you walk, run, or bike? Calcasieu Parish and The City of Lake Charles needs your opinion. They are inviting you, and your neighbors, to a public input session on the creation of future bicycle and pedestrian pathways.
Monday, August 16th @ 5:45 p.m. at Central Library ...

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library is hosting a series of free technology training classes.
Intended audience for the classes includes  job seekers, people employed in small businesses and local governments, career changers, community college students, vocational school ...

Hey, library card holders! Download DRM free music! Browse Sony Music tracks in the MP3 format. Use your library card, pin#, and agree to the Sony user agreement and you are on your way. The download limit is 3 per person per week with a system-wide limit of 235 weekly.

Fall story time begins the week of August 15, 2010 and ends the last week in April of 2011.
Check out the calendar of events to view all of the story time dates and branch locations.
Mark your calendars and make that daily/weekly visit to your Library.

In February, The Calcasieu Parish Public Library received the news that it was the winner of the Highsmith Library Innovation Award for 2010. On June 27, at the American Library Association Conference in Washington, D.C., Library Director Michael Sawyer received the ...

Are you registered to vote? If not, complete the Louisiana Mail Voter Registration application. Visit your local library or print this Voter Registration form
Check out the Library's newest resource, LegalForms to access additional online forms.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has commissioned an art project for children across the United States to create images depicting their interpretation of the theme, “We are America.” Children (ages 5-12) are asked to draw pictures that answer the ...

Your Library has games to check out! Games for Wii, Xbox, and PlayStation 3. Check out the Titles.

Do you want to master the most popular computer applications? Become computer savvy with LearningExpress, a resource provided by the State Library of Louisiana. The Computer Skills category covers basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of the most popular software ...

Are you wondering if the oil will have any effect on a hurricane? Will the oil hurt or help a storm development in the Gulf? Where will the oil go if a storm develops? NOAA has the answers.
Prepare for a hurricane

“U.S. public libraries are on the front lines of connecting people with essential government resources in the wake of both natural and economic disaster. As unemployment has climbed in 2008 and 2009, public library staff members have noted increased use of library ...

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library Board of Control is pleased to announce the winners of the recent library logo contest.
First place was won by Kristi Broussard, Marketing, Public Relations & Sales Supervisor for Cameron Communications.
Second Place was won

Calcasieu Parish's Anti-litter mascot will be visiting area library branches. Trashsquatch is a 7 foot tall statue made entirely out of litter collected in Calcasieu Parish. Trashsquatch began his library tour at the Starks Library from May 24th through June 1st. Future ...

Summer hours for McNeese Library will begin June 7 and run through July 20 on the following schedule:
Monday-Thursday: 7:15 am to 9:00 pm, Friday: 7:15 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday: CLOSED, Sunday: 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
For more information about the services of the McNeese Library ...

Visit the Summer Reading Program links to view reading goals, check out our special guests, plus register for the Online Reading Program as well as log your books, give us your book reviews, and create reading lists.

Reading Program (Kids)
Reading Program (Teens)
Reading ...

LPB launched a new program in two Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries on May 10th.

The Central and Sulphur Regional Libraries are provided with a database for 23 special learning games for children aged 2 to 8 years. The interactive reading activities are related to the ...

Join us on Friday, May 28th from 4:00 to 7:00pm at Prien Lake Park in the Harbor's Edge building for fun, crafts, and performances. Our special guest is Geebo the Clown.

(CSLP copyright art/image)

Celebrate with your Library! Check out the Calendar of Events, view the Online Library Catalog for material, check out Tumblebooks (ebooks for kids), view titles in the Digital Library Collection, view the Just Kids Blog, view the Teen Scene Blog, and check out the

Overdrive Media Console is available for mobile devices. It's a free download!
Mobile devices include Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile.
More details......

CPPL has added 179 Marvel Adventure comic books in downloadable eBook format to our Overdrive Digital Library collection. Library users can re live the adventures of the Fantastic Four, Spider-man, Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men, and more in a new format. The list of available ...

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library has meeting and conference rooms available for public use. Some changes in policy regarding use of the rooms will become effective on May 1, 2010. This is the first change in meeting room policy since 1998. During a policy review, ...

Readers enrolled in Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (SBPH) department of the State Library of Louisiana will be sent new digital players. SBPH is recommending that readers keep their old, working cassette players in addition to the new digital players ...

In the "Next Steps" section of the American Libraries magazine, our very own Library Director, Michael Sawyer speaks about weeding library collections. Read the article in its entirety....."Weeding Grows the Garden"

April 11-17: Calendar of Events

Your Library, the American Library Association (ALA) and Woman's Day magazine want to hear your thoughts on why the library is important to your community. From now to May 9, 2010, women 18 and over are invited to tell their story in 700 words or less and send it to ...

A missing piece of Lake Charles history has come home. A copy of the first Directory of the City of Lake Charles, published in 1895, has recently been added to the genealogical collection of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library. Please visit the Lake Charles City Directory ...

The Highsmith Library Innovation Award honors a public library’s innovative or creative service program. This year’s recipient, the Calcasieu Parish (La.) Public Library, is recognized for its engaging and effective "A Library Champion Lives Here" yard sign campaign.

The public is invited to submit designs for a new library logo, one that is uniquely designed for ready recognition of the Library and of Calcasieu Parish.

The library will accept designs between February 1 and March 19, 2010 and will have them displayed in the DeBakey ...

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library reports a 17.5% increase in materials circulation for 2009, reaching a total of 1,008,157. Contributing factors to the increase were change in material checkout limits, implementation of strategic plan collection objectives, and an ...

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library  merged the Bell City and Hayes branches on December 28. The merger of the two branches, which are 1.2 miles apart, a two-minute trip by car, enables more enhanced service to the area.

Previously, the Bell City Branch was open 8 hours ...

October 4, 2009: New Library Service hours
Video: Calcasieu Parish Police Jury's website