About the Library

The Anne & Walter Bladstrom Library located in the Mianatra Center for Lemur Studies opened in 2007 and serves as an on-site research facility for those visiting the Reserve and also as an online virtual library and electronic information resource for anyone interested in lemur studies. The Center and the Library support LCF staff, scientists, researchers, students and visitors in their efforts to better understand the nature, ecology and conservation of the primates of Madagascar.

The Library has a spacious reading/conference room equipped with the latest audio-visual and computer technology, and the lemur library made up of virtual, digital and physical collections about "all things lemur." Its goal is to be a one-stop globally accessible information resource about lemurs and to serve as a model for otherspecies specific resources worldwide.

In addition to researchers and professors, the Center will host select groups of students and adult visitors on an appointment-only basis who wish to learn more about lemurs and their place in the web of biological diversity.

The Mianatra Center for Lemur Studies was designed pro bono by architect Gregory Clement, a partner in Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF,) an internationally renowned architecture firm based in New York and London. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of KPF for the beautiful design and further acknowledge LCF Director Michael T. Martin for underwriting the technical development plan for the library.

For more information about the library, research questions or volunteer opportunitiescontact the librarian.