Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans was chartered in 1912, building on the history of the Jesuits’ involvement in Louisiana higher education that began in 1837. Loyola is comprised of five colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business, City College, Law, and Music. It is a medium-sized, comprehensive university with a total enrollment of over 5,900 students, including 3,800 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate, law, and other students.

In recent years, Loyola University New Orleans has consistently ranked among the top regional colleges and universities in the South and as one of the top 60 in the United States by U.S. News and World Report’s special issue “America’s Best Colleges.”

J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library

The J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library is a handsome, state-of-the-art facility that opened in January 1999. Loyola students and faculty benefit from three 24/7 microcomputer labs, four seminar rooms, two multimedia classrooms, and fourteen group study rooms. The Monroe Library also houses the Collins C. Diboll Gallery and Visual Arts Center and the Booth-Bricker Special Collections and Archives.

Holdings include 367,000 book and bound periodical volumes, while the library provides electronic access to 22,700 full-text journals and newspapers. Archival collections include the archives of the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus, the Cornet collection on the art of the Congo, the Walker Percy and his Circle Collection, and the Moon Landrieu Collection.

The Monroe Library received the 2003 Excellence in Academic Libraries award from the Association of College and Research Libraries.