NATCHITOCHES – University Libraries at Northwestern State University will hold a rededication ceremony to close a year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library on the school’s main campus in Natchitoches. The rededication will take place at 2 p.m. Monday, April 24. The public is invited.
The rededication is being presented as part of National Library Week April 23-29. This year’s theme is “There’s More to the Story.”
Watson Library opened in 1972 and was part of a large campus expansion under then President Dr. Arnold R. Kilpatrick. The building’s namesake was head librarian and professor of library science from 1940 until his death in 1964.
The rededication program will take place on the front steps of the library, 912 University Parkway, and include remarks from NSU President Dr. Marcus Jones, Director of Libraries Dr. Megan Lowe and Archivist Donna Baker. Afterwards, guests are invited to visit the Cammie G. Henry Research Center located on the library’s third floor.
Information on NSU Libraries is available at https://www.nsula.edu/library/.
