Dental Library

Emergency Dental Campus Closure 1/26/2024

January 26, 2024 – the Dental Campus (including the Dental Library) closed at noon today because of a water main break. Stay tuned to see if the Library can open on Sunday.

MLK Day Closure

January 12, 2024: The Libraries will be closed on Monday, January 15th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day. Both Libraries will be open our regular hours on Sunday, January 14th and Tuesday, January 16th.

LSUSD Faculty Publications | Q4-2023

Dec. 2023 | As an extension of the faculty publication provided by the Ische’ Library, each quarter the Dental Library presents the published work of the LSUHSC – School of Dentistry community. These articles and more found in the LSU Health Digital Scholar, are authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC – New Orleans research community. Current publications are stored digitally and can be accessed here:

Paper copies of the articles listed above are located on the “LSUSD Publications” shelf and can be read in the Dental Library. Publications are harvested weekly from a variety of sources, such as PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL. In addition to articles – books, book chapters, papers, editorials, letters to the editor, and meeting abstracts are included. All publications are authored by at least one member of the LSUSD community. If you have an article that you would like us to highlight or if you have any questions regarding the display or the database, you can contact our Librarians at reference@lsuhsc.edu.

Thanksgiving Week Hours

Vintage Turkey

The Libraries will be open regular hours through Tuesday, November, 21st. On Wednesday, November 22nd, the Dental Library will close at 5pm and the Isché Library will close at 6pm. Both Libraries will remain closed through Saturday, November 25th and reopen for regular hours on Sunday, November 26th. Happy Thanksgiving!

Join the Libraries in Celebrating International Open Access Week October 23-27, 2023!

The LSU Health New Orleans Division of Libraries invites the LSU Health New Orleans community to join the Libraries for all the information, fun, and festivities we are planning for International Open Access Week on October 23–27, 2023. Click here for our Open Access Week 2023 webpage.

Here is our schedule of events planned for the week of October 23-27, 2023: 

Monday, October 23: 

Open House 10AM-2PM, Isché Library Commons – 3rd Floor of Resource Center Building

Tuesday, October 24: 

Open House 11AM-1PM, Dental Campus Library – 3rd Floor of Administration Building

Open Access Presentations 3PM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Wednesday, October 25: 

Escape Room 10AM-2PM, Isché Library Commons – 3rd Floor of Resource Center Building

Thursday, October 26: 

Open Access Presentations 10AM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Open Access Presentations 2PM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Open Access Presentations 3PM, Isché Library Room 405 – 4th Floor of Resource Center Building, or join via Zoom

Friday, October 27:

Documentary Screening 12PM-1:30PM Isché Library Commons – 3rd Floor of Resource Center Building 

Developed resources reported in this post are supported by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH) under cooperative agreement number UG4LM012345. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Labor Day Closure

The Libraries will be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the Labor Day Holiday. The Library Commons will be open all weekend.

The Dental Library will close at 5pm on Friday, September 1st and reopen at 8am on Tuesday, September 4th. The Isché Library will close at 6pm on Friday and reopen at 7:30am on Tuesday.

Dental Library Hours Extended

The Dental Library will be extending its hours on Monday, May 8th. Our hours will be:

Monday – Thursday   8:00am – 8pm
Friday8:00am – 5pm
Sunday11:30am – 8pm

Mardi Gras Hours

The Libraries will be closed Carnival Weekend and on Mardi Gras.

Both the Isché and Dental Libraries will close at 5pm on Friday, February 17th. Libraries will also be closed on Saturday, February 18th and Sunday, February 19th.

On Monday, February 20th (Lundi Gras), the Isché Library will be open from 7:30am until 5:00pm. The Dental Library will be open from 8:00am until 5:00pm.

Both libraries will be closed all day on Mardi Gras, Tuesday, February 21st, and will return to regular hours on Wednesday, February 22nd.

Mardi Gras parade float from Res 2012 on Napoleon Ave.
Rex 2012 on Napoleon Avenue

Dental Library Re-Opening 9/19!

The Dental Library will re-open at 8:00am on Monday, 9/19. We will resume normal hours at that time.

Dental Library Temporarily Closed

The Dental Library closed today, August 25, 2022, at 10am due to the ongoing window remediation. We expect to re-open around September 7, 2022. The print collection will be unavailable during this time.
Please contact us at dentlib@lsuhsc.edu or use the chat service on our hompage if you need assistance.
Thank you for understanding and your cooperation.

New Headphones in Dental Library

The Dental Library has NEW HEADPHONES!

M360 | HP5500 Series

The UPGRADE includes:

  • Attractive modern design
  • Clearer sound
  • Noise canceling
  • Pause/play controls
  • Built-in microphone
  • Comfortable earpieces
  • Bluetooth pairing (aux cord available)

A library account is needed to borrow headphones. Headphones are considered reserve items and cannot leave the library.

Independence Day Hours

The Libraries will be closed on Monday, July 4th. In addition the Isché Library will be closed on Saturday, July 2nd and Sunday, July 3rd as well. The Dental Library is closed every weekend.

The Library Commons should be available all weekend for any studying needs.

Construction at the Dental Library

Starting Monday, 6/13/2022, contractors will begin repairing the exterior walls and windows in the Dental Library. The perimeter of the Library will be blocked off and there will be some noise, especially at the beginning of the project. Construction is expected to take 3-4 weeks.

We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. If you need a quiet place to study, please use the Isché Library on the downtown campus. It is on the 3rd floor of the Administration and Resource Building at 433 Bolivar St.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during this process.

Easter Hours

The Libraries will be closed Friday, April 15-17 for the University Easter Holiday. Both the Isché and Dental Libraries will close at 6pm on Thursday, April 14th. Both Libraries will re-open at 8am on Monday, April 18.