Size: 129,000 square feet on three floors

Opened: January 15, 2014

The Main Library houses more than 500,000 books, movies, electronic resources and circulating artwork in its collection.

East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council District: District 11
Architectural Firm: The Library Design Collaborative

The Main Library is also the location of the Career Center. Originally funded by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, the Career Center provides free services to assist clients in career transition to become their own career managers through self-help with professional guidance.

Beyond the many storytime, activity, study and meeting rooms, the facility also includes:
• Quiet reading room
• Meeting room with a capacity for 300
• Public rooftop terrace
• Public Plaza with water features, large chessboard, and giant LED screen
• 140 personal computers
• Technology Lab (plus free WiFi throughout)
• Donated stained glass windows designed by artist Jon Emerson
• Recycled paper waterfall spanning three floors
• LED light displays in the Children’s and Teen rooms
• Baton Rouge Room
• Genealogy Collection
• Career Center

The library will be closed on the following days:

• New Year’s Day Wednesday, January 1, 2025
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 20, 2025
• Mardi Gras Tuesday, March 4, 2025
• Good Friday Friday, April 18, 2025
• Easter Sunday Sunday, April 20, 2025
• Memorial Day Monday, May 26, 2025
• Juneteenth Thursday, June 19, 2025
• Independence Day Friday, July 4, 2025
• Labor Day Monday, September 1, 2025
• Veterans Day Tuesday, November 11, 2025
• Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 27, 2025
• Christmas Eve Wednesday, December 24, 2025
• Christmas Day Thursday, December 25, 2025

The Library will close at 6:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day and on New Year’s Eve.