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Since 1986, the library has been funded by a 10-year dedicated property tax. This tax, funded at 11.1 mills, provides funding for all library operations, improvements, and salaries. While the tax was lowered to 10.78 mills in the early 2000s, it was raised back to 11.1 mills in 2015. [ 5 ]
The current state library was not the first. The Louisiana State Library was created in 1838. It was originally located in New Orleans, which was the state capital at the time. In 1849 the capital was moved to Baton Rouge, and the library also moved. [2] During the Civil War the library was moved back to New Orleans to protect the collection ...
The three-story Italian Renaissance Revival style Sacramento Carnegie library opened on I street between 8th and 9th in 1918, replacing an earlier 1872 building one block to the west. The library was designed by Loring P. Rixford and was financed in large part by a $100,000 grant from Carnegie.
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Shenandoah is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,399 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 17,070 in 2000. Shenandoah consists of a number of residential subdivisions, including Shenandoah ...
In 2011, U.S. Congrsswoman Doris Matsui commented that, "The Sacramento Public Library continues to establish itself as a leader in the region, and as a model for other systems." [20] Later that year, Sacramento Public Library became one of 53 places in the world [21] to have an Espresso Book Machine. [22]
Anyone who buys a $25 e-gift card to a participating business online via the city’s Shop 916 website will get a $10 bonus gift card for free. Folks who buy a $50 gift card will get a $25 bonus ...
The Louisiana State Archives, established 1956, is the agency under the Secretary of State of Louisiana "designated to fulfill the function of directing a program of collecting, preserving, and making available for use the state's historical records" [1] Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the archives house records from the Spanish, French, and early American past of the state, including vital ...