Livingston Parish Library

Livingston Parish Library was legally established by the Police Jury in 1946 as a demonstration library of the Louisiana State Library. The first library was located in the Livingston Parish Courthouse and opened its doors December 16, 1946. The first Parish Librarian was Annie S. Cowart with Louise Risley as Assistant. Both were graduates of the Louisiana State University School of Library Science. Several Directors have served since 1946, including Mrs. Cowart, Willie Mae Seab, Odile Gill, Betty Dance, Marcia Perkins, Iva Ginn, J. G. Sibley, Austin Higginbotham, Eula Fontenot, Odelia Salassi, Allen Cunningham, and Wendy Bobo. Giovanni Tairov is the current director. The current Library Board of Control completed a major building program for the library system, authorizing the construction of four new facilities to serve as regional branches in 2005. Those new facilities, completed in 2007, continue to see a tremendous amount of usage. Some branches have up to 900 visitors on a b...