The Baton Rouge Satellite Library was created in 1981 under the direction of Judge E. Gordon West. It was located in the old Federal Building at 707 Florida Street, and was staffed on a part- time basis until 1982, when the Library received approval and funding for a full-time librarian. The library remained in that location until October 1994 when it was relocated to the Garden Level of the newly constructed Russell B. Long Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse at 777 Florida Street under the leadership of Chief Judge Frank J. Polozola.

The Library's primary mission is to provide research services to the judicial officers, their staffs and court personnel in the Middle District of Louisiana. The library provides excellent resources for primary and secondary research. The collection of legal material includes statutes, treatises, loose-leaf services, law reviews and other research sources. Only attorneys who are admitted to the Bar of the Middle District of Louisiana may use the library.

Maralena R. Murphy, the Baton Rouge Satellite Librarian, began her judicial career in 1979 with the Clerk's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana. Maralena was promoted in 1982 to the Fifth Circuit and assumed the full-time position as librarian. She attended Louisiana State University and received her Paralegal certificate in 1988. Maralena currently serves as the President of the Baton Rouge Paralegal Association.