Algiers Regional Branch
Algiers Regional is the other NOPL branch on New Orleans' west bank. It's located approximately 6 kilometers (4 miles) from the Hubbell Library.
Algiers Regional hours
(not to be confused with Hubbell Library hours)
10:00 am - 6:00 pm Monday
11:00 am - 7:00 pm Tuesday
11:00 am - 7:00 pm Wednesday
11:00 am - 7:00 pm Thursday
10:00 am - 6:00 pm Friday
Call 504-234-7563 to confirm hours. This page was last updated on 16 March 2009.
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Where is it?
3014 Holiday Drive, New Orleans LA 70131 US
504-234-7563
Other maps
- Google directions from Hubbell Library to Algiers Regional Library
- Yahoo! map of Hubbell, Algiers Regional, and Main libraries
Public transit
The Algiers Regional branch is located near the RTA's Algiers Local, General deGaulle, and Algiers Owl Loop bus routes.
Note that it may not be advisable to send young children by themselves to this location by bus. It is adjacent to a very busy shopping center parking lot, and near two very busy multi-lane intersections, lacking pedestrian crossing signals and sidewalks.
More info: RTA routes
Background
Before Hurricane Katrina, Algiers Regional was the larger of the two NOPL branches in Algiers. The building suffered major roof damage in the storm. Wind driven rain entered the building, ruining its contents. The gutted branch is currently being used as a holding and sorting space for book donations from around the world.
Meanwhile, Algiers Regional patrons are being served by a mobile library donated by Proquest Information & Learning. The ProQuest/IBM Internet & Homework Library trailer was formally presented to NOPL on 25 June 2006 during the American Library Association annual meeting in New Orleans.
In the near future, the AR trailer will be replaced by a larger modular building, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Gulf Coast Libraries Project.
