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<h1><img align=top src="GIF/fondren_logo.gif">News From Fondren</h1>
 <h3>A Library Newsletter to the Rice University Community</h3><p><h4>
volume 3, number 2                                             Fall 1993</h4><p>



<hr><hr>



<h3>In this Issue</h3><ul>
<li><a href="#future">Into the Future -- Together</a>
<li><a href="#riceinfo">Remarkable Resource: RiceInfo</a>
<li><a href="#estuff">Electronic Journals and Newsletters</a>
<li><a href="#dyk">Did You Know...</a>
<li><a href="#maps">Seeing Information through Maps</a>
<li><a href="#exhibits">Library Exhibits Schedule</a>
<li><a href="#Reserve">Electronic Reserve Room</a>
<li><a href="#locations">Fondren Library Locations and Frequently Called Numbers</a>
</ul><p>



<hr><hr>



<a name="future"><h3>Into the Future -- Together</h3></a>
Beth Shapiro, 
  University Librarian
  shapiro@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
On behalf of the staff of the Fondren Library, I would like to welcome you back to campus.  Over the past several
months, library staff have continued their hard work to move library services  forward by developing our concept of
the Fondren Library of the future.  
<p>
Throughout the literature of higher education and many disciplines, "the library without walls" is a term that is
frequently used. This term is interpreted differently by many groups. At Rice University, we are calling our library
without walls the Virtual Fondren.  <p>

<img src="GIF/fondview.gif">

<h4>The Virtual Fondren</h4>

This past spring, a group of librarians and computing professionals prepared a planning document that describes
how the Virtual Fondren will contribute to the educational and research mission of Rice University. They also
proposed an implementation plan. Certain assumptions guided their work: 
<p><ul>
<li>The use of electronic resources by scholars will require more of a paradigm shift for those in the social sciences
  and humanities, requiring library staff to provide extensive support and training to library users.
<p><li>
Ultimately we will be providing images and video electronically, which will require the availability   of high-level
  workstations on campus. For now, multiple hardware platforms will be supported, since all faculty and students
  will not have access to high-level workstations. 
<p>
<li>To the extent possible, a single, seamless, well-developed and intuitive user interface will be employed.
<p>
<li> The Rice University campus will provide network connections in all buildings and most, if not all, classrooms and
  offices.  This is a high priority goal for the campus.  Significant progress will be made during the current
  academic year, which Tony Gorry (Vice President for Graduate Studies, Research, and Information Systems), has
  dubbed "The Year of the Network."

<p><li>Resources will be accessible in several formats including:  paper in the library; on CD-ROM at the library or on a
  network; through the network on local magnetic media; or by access to remote sites through the network. 
</ul>
<h4>Initiatives Underway</H4>

Several articles within this issue of <i>News From Fondren</I> will describe aspects of the Virtual Fondren that have been
implemented to date, including those resources and databases accessible via the <a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu">RiceInfo</a> system and at LIBRIS
terminals within the library, the geographic information system in Government Publications, and our new Electronic
Reserve service.  
<p>
As we move forward with implementing the Virtual Fondren, we will ask for your advice on future directions and
we will keep you informed. 

<h4>Fondren Library Objectives for 1993/1994</h4>

In our continuing effort to provide excellent service and support to the university community, our plans for the
upcoming year are described below.  These objectives were prepared by the Fondren Library staff and incorporate
feedback we have received from a variety of campus groups, faculty, and results from the user survey administered
in the spring of 1992.  
<p>
Please feel free to contact me if you have other concerns.  What follows are some of our objectives for FY94:

<h4>Access to Information</h4>

<ul><li>Refine and complete development of  the Virtual Fondren proposal and add new electronic resources as our
  budget permits.

<p><li> Continue to refine <a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu">RiceInfo</A>.

<p><Li> Continue to extend library local area networks so that electronic information resources are accessible from any
  library workstation.

<p><li> Continue active participation in campus electronic studio projects.

<p><li> Continue to review and process the gifts backlog and implement appropriate recommendations of the Gifts Task
  Force as budget permits.

<p><li> Evaluate the expedited interlibrary loan document delivery pilot project conducted in FY93 and implement an
  appropriate service that will improve the speed at which interlibrary loan materials are processed and received.
</ul>
<h4>Collection Management</h4>

<ul><li> Improve communication between faculty and students and collection  development librarians through scheduling
  annual orientations, individual meetings, and focus group discussions to consider budget, selection procedures,
  statistics, staffing and policies.

<p><li> Strengthen the faculty liaison program by outlining more specific roles and duties for the liaisons and improve
  communication with the liaisons by meeting with them more frequently.

<p><li> Clearly define selection policies and procedures for audiovisual and electronic information resources.

<p><li> Continue to process the serials binding backlog.
</ul>
<h4>Library Public Services</h4>

<ul><li> Plan and implement a regular schedule of library service evaluations.

<p><li> Develop a thorough training program for those who staff the front entrance.

<p><li> Work collaboratively with staff in CS  (Computing Services) and NS (Networking  Systems) to develop and staff a
  centralized telephone and electronic information/help center for the campus and implement appropriate staffing
  changes in the library.
</ul>
<h4>Library Facilities</h4>

<ul><li> Implement new security procedures at the front entrance insuring that adequate publicity and information is
  distributed in advance.

<p><li> Complete the program document for the expansion of library facilities at Rice University and, if approved, begin
  raising funds.
</ul>
<h4>Administrative Support Services</h4>

<ul><Li> Complete a development plan outlining sources of outside funding and strategies to raise funds to support the
  acquisition of library materials and new technologies.

<p><li> Implement a new performance planning and appraisal system for Fondren Library staff.

<P><li> Work with the publications staff in CS to develop cooperative publications and to market electronic information
  products and services.

<p><li> Publicize the Fondren Library Gifts and Memorials program with faculty and staff on campus.

<p><li> Implement joint training and development programs for staff in the library and CS.

<p><li> Review the library's organizational structure and implement appropriate changes that respond to current
  programmatic and operational needs.
<p></ul>



<hr>



<a name="riceinfo"><h3>Remarkable Resource:  RiceInfo</h3></a>
Kerry Keck,
   Coordinator of Collection Development & Electronic Information Resources,
   keckker@ricevm1.rice.edu,
and Jane Segal,
   Social Sciences Librarian,
   segal@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
<a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu">RiceInfo </A> has become a truly useful source for your day-to-day information needs.  This Campus Wide Information
System (CWIS), which you can access seven days a week from your home or office, provides information for
research and class preparation as well as for recreational interests.  The broad range of materials now available in
RiceInfo include library catalogs, indexes to scholarly and general literature, electronic books and journals, full text
information such as the U.S. Census,  and graphics.
<p>

<img alt=" "src="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/riceinfo.gif">

<p>
<h4>Library Catalogs</h4>

Library catalogs often are the first remote computer resource used by scholars in their research.  If LIBRIS does not
list a book or serial as owned by Fondren Library, RiceInfo now makes it easy to determine if other libraries in the
region, elsewhere in the country, or even the world, own the resource. 
<p>
<a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/LibCatalogs">Library catalogs</a> available on the Internet are listed in the RiceInfo main directory under "Library Services."  Some
catalogs, e.g. the University of Houston, the Library of Congress (LOCIS), and Texas A & M University, are
separate menu items under the heading  "Other library catalogs." 
<p>
Most catalogs, however, must be accessed via the Yale Collection of Online Catalogs which is an index of catalogs
on the Internet.  Resources in the Yale Collection are divided geographically and include catalogs from universities,
colleges, consortiums, and special libraries.  For example, to reach the catalog of Johns Hopkins University, it is
necessary to click and choose through several geographical headings until the list for the state of Maryland appears
on screen.
<p>
In addition, the Yale Collection provides a <a HREF="gopher://yaleinfo.yale.edu:4320/7linkdb%20yaleinfo.edu%">search-by-keyword</a> option  --   a helpful option used to locate a specific
library's catalog when the geographic location of the library is unknown.
<p>
Menu options for library catalogs contain an information document which can provide useful material about the
types of resources included, publication periods, hours, and search protocol.  When signing on to a catalog it is
important to read the brief introductory screen that will appear just before you access the catalog.  Most libraries
place information on guest passwords and exit commands on the introductory screen.

<h4>Literature Indexes</h4>

Journal indexes are among the fastest growing resources on RiceInfo. They make it possible to search for journal
articles from the convenience of your office, lab, residential college or home.  Furthermore, the indexes are
available through RiceInfo even when Fondren Library is closed.

<h4>Locally Maintained</h4>

The first journal index distributed electronically to the Rice University campus was the <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/CurrentContents"><i>Current Contents with
Abstracts</I></a>.  (Please see <I>News from Fondren</I> Vol. 3, No. 1 for more information.)  Fondren Library added three new
indexes to RiceInfo this summer. They are <I>Compendex</I>, the <I>Expanded Academic Index</I>, and the <I>Modern Language
Association Bibliography</I>. 
<p>
 <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/Compendex"><I>Compendex</I></a> is an electronic form of the <i>Engineering Index</I> and will allow you to identify journal articles and
conference proceedings published since 1986.   
<p>
The <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/EAI"><i>Expanded Academic Index (EAI)</I></a> is a general purpose index, covering a wide range of scholarly titles in the
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.  It includes general interest titles in computing, and current
awareness titles such as <i>Time</i>, the <i>New York Times Review of Books</i> and <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</I>.  The <i>EAI</I>
allows you to search as far back as 1980. 
<p>
The <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/MLA"><i>Modern Language Association (MLA) Bibliography</I></a> is the premier index for literature, languages and linguistics
research.  It indexes book chapters and dissertations as well as journal articles.  You may locate materials published
since 1988 on RiceInfo's <i>MLA Bibliography</I>.
<p>
When selecting one of these indexes, the system will prompt you to enter keyword(s).  You may search by author,
title or subject, or you may combine keywords using AND, OR, or NOT.

<h4>Resources from around the World</h4> 

RiceInfo allows you to retrieve material, via the university's Internet connections, from distant locations without any
special effort on your part.  The additional remote sources for journal articles on RiceInfo are <i>Uncover</I>, <i>FirstSearch</I>,
<i>ABI/Inform</i> and <i>Avery Index to Periodicals</i>. 
<p>
<a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/UnCover"><i>Uncover</i></a> indexes over 14,000 journals on a variety of subjects.  In addition, through the <i>Uncover</i> menu entitled
"CARL database services," you will have access to specialized databases such as book reviews and library catalogs,
including the Houston Public Library's catalog.  (Some of <i>Uncover's</I> services are only available to Colorado
residents -- <i>Uncover</i> is a product of the Colorado Association of Research Libraries).
<p>
<a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/FirstSearch"><i>FirstSearch</i></a> includes a variety of databases for your use.  The databases available on RiceInfo are:<p>
<ul>
<li>"WorldCat,"a central catalog for over 15,000 libraries worldwide, (if you have used a system known as OCLC,
  "WorldCat" is the same resource now available to you in your office);
<li>"ArticleFirst," an index of over 11,000 journals in all subjects;
<li>"ContentsFirst," a table of contents for those same 11,000 journals;
<li>"ERIC," an index of  journals and reports in education;
<li>"PAIS Decade," an index of reports, books and journals in public administration and policy for the last 10 years;
   and
<li>"SocioAbstracts," an index of journals in sociology that is an electronic version of Sociological Abstracts.
</ul><p>
As you peruse <i>FirstSearch</i> and <i>Uncover</i> you will discover that not all journal titles are in each database.  While all
disciplines are represented, both systems have the strongest collections of journals in the areas of science, medicine,
technology and some social sciences.  
<p>
Both <i>ABI/Inform</i> and <i>Avery Index to Periodicals</i> should be easy for Rice faculty and students to master because the
screens are very similar to our own LIBRIS library catalog. The <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/ABI"><i>ABI/Inform</i></a> allows you to locate business material
published since 1986; the <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/Avery"><i>Avery Index</i></a> includes architecture and arts materials published since 1977.

<h4>Collection Development </h4>

These packages of information services have been selected in order to provide remote access to basic information
for the widest range of the Rice community. Not all journal indexes are available in a format that can be distributed
across the Rice network, or at a price which Rice University can afford.
<p>
As new information resources enter the market, Fondren Library's staff will be evaluating them for inclusion on
RiceInfo. We welcome input from members of the university community on resources that you would like to see
included.
<p>
Fondren Library staff will be monitoring demand for the new resources.  If you are having difficulty accessing a
remote resource such as <i>FirstSearch</i>, please contact the Reference Desk at x5113 or x5119.

<h4>Obtaining Journal Articles</h4>

Just as there is a menu of options for searching the periodical literature, there is a menu of options for obtaining the
articles you need.  Rice faculty, staff, and graduate students may request articles and books by selecting the
RiceInfo "Library Services" menu and then selecting <a
HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/Fondren/Using/Forms/intro.html">"Request form for Fondren Library services."</a> RiceInfo will
ask you to identify yourself and provide your address for delivery. 
<p>
Fondren Library is committed to using the fastest means possible to obtain your request, including ordering articles
from commercial document services.  Rice faculty, graduate students and staff may request interlibrary loan service
without charge.  (Delivery service to faculty and staff offices may require a fee.<p>

Several of the systems maintained by other organizations will provide copies for a fee. <i>Uncover</i>, <i>ABI/Inform</I>, and
<i>FirstSearch</i> will provide copies via fax, overnight delivery and/or standard mail delivery.  If you order a copy this
way, the system will ask for your credit card number, your name and mailing address.
<p>
Before ordering materials, you may want to check LIBRIS. Often the material is in Fondren Library and you can be
spared unnecessary fees.  

<h4>Full Text Resources</h4>

Many full text sources are easily located in RiceInfo under the main directory option "Information by subject area." 
Then select the heading <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu/11/Subject/LitBooks">Literature, electronic books and journals</a> to provide access to a list of books and journals
on a variety of subjects.  Most books available on the Internet are no longer under copyright. They include such
classics as <a
HREF="gopher://spinaltap.micro.umn.edu/11/Ebooks/By%20Title/aesop"><i>Aesop's Fables</I></a>, the works of <a HREF="gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Library/Classic/Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, and  books by Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis
Carroll.
<p>
Texts of historical documents, including the Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta, are online as are older editions of
reference books such as <a HREF="gopher://gopher.uoregon.edu/77//Reference/.index/Roget"><i>Roget's Thesaurus</i></a> and the <a
HREF="gopher://uts.mcc.ac.uk/77/gopherservices/enquire.english"><i>American English Dictionary</i></a>.  The
 <a HREF="gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/11/113"><i>Koran</i></a>,
<a HREF="gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/11/49"><i>Bible</I></a>, and a few
other texts can be searched by keyword.  The <a
HREF="gopher://info.mcc.ac.uk/ll/miscellany/acronyms"><i>Acronym Dictionary</i></a> is a recently published reference source available
online.
<p>
Since they are in the public domain, U.S. government publications can be placed online.  Among those currently
available are the 1990 Census data, the <a
HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu/7waissrc%3a/OtherGophers/WAIS/w/world-factbook.src"><i>CIA World Fact Book</i></a>, and President Clinton's Inaugural Address.  For
comic relief or to find jokes to spice up presentations, try the 
<a HREF="gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Library"><i>Wiretap Online Library</I></a>. 

<h4>Graphics</h4>

Watching a detailed photograph or painting scroll onto your computer screen is exciting, but graphic files can be
difficult to access because of hardware and software limitations.  LIBRIS+ computers in the Fondren Library
reference area can display some graphics. 
<p>
Graphics that are accessible through RiceInfo currently include photographs from the Smithsonian (under the Arts
section in "Information by subject area," satellite images (under Astronomy and Astrophysics), children's art (under
Education), and <A href="gopher://wx.atmos.uiuc.edu:70/I9/Images/Surface%20Images/Wxmap%20United%20States/00LATEST.GIF">weather maps</a> (under "Weather" in the RiceInfo main menu).
<p>
If you have appropriate software on your personal computer, you may be able to access the graphics at your desk.
For information on what you need, contact the Consulting Center in the Mudd Building at x4983.

<h4>Assistance with the New Tools</h4>

The librarians at Fondren Library's Reference Desk are available to assist you with any of the new electronic tools. 
Call us (x5113) or use the Fondren Library Reference Question form (which is located within the "Requests form
for Fondren Library services" menu) to send us a message electronically.  Also user guides for the indexes are
available through RiceInfo, the Fondren Library and the Consulting Center.
<p>
You can  request other library services using RiceInfo.  The same menu ("Request form for Fondren Library
services") will offer you options to recall items currently checked out to another person, to place material on course
reserve, and to request information about and retrieval of material from storage.   The same menu contains an
interlibrary loan request form and the forms for Fondren Express, the campus document delivery service.
<p>
An audiovisual services form is located under the "About Fondren Library" menu.  Each of the services may reduce
the time and effort involved in acquiring the information you need.  
<p>
In conclusion, the Fondren Library staff encourages you to take a look at RiceInfo.  RiceInfo changes daily as new
resources are added locally and at institutions around the globe.  Fondren Library adds necessary standard, scholarly
resources while specialized information is added by groups on the Rice campus and at other college and university
locations
<p>
Please take a few minutes to explore RiceInfo.  You'll find the system to be an effective and efficient research tool. 
<p>
<img src="GIF/booksale.gif"><p>


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<a name="estuff"><h3>Electronic Journals and Newsletters</h3></a>

Electronic journals and newsletters of all types and in a wide variety of subjects are accessible via RiceInfo. 
Although they may be found through more than one directory, the most complete list is under the "Information by
subject area" menu. Select "Literature, electronic books and journals," then select "'Electronic serials." While there
are over 200 serials on the Internet, a small sample will give you an idea of their broad range of topics. 
<P>
<a HREF="gopher://dewey.lib.ncsu.edu/11/library/stacks/arch"><i>Architronic, The Electronic Journal of Architecture</i></a> is a vehicle for both research and dialogue. 
<p>
<a HREF="gopher://e-math.ams.com/11/publications/AMSPubl/bulletin"><i>The Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society</I></a> is an electronic version of an established print journal.  
<p>
<a HREF="gopher://orion.lib.virginia.edu/11/alpha/bmcr"><i>The Bryn Mawr Classical Review</i></a> was established to provide speedy dissemination of reviews of scholarly books
eliminating the two to four year wait between a book's publication and its review in the scholarly press.  It has been
such a success that the editors are planning to publish the <i>Bryn Mawr Medieval Studies Review</i> in the near future.  
<p>
<a HREF="gopher://gopher.cic.net/11/e-serials/alphabetic/p/psycoloquy"><i>Psycholoquy</i></a>, a now well-known refereed journal, includes announcements, preprints, discussions, and "skywriting",
a format through which scholars who are beginning a line of research can solicit reactions and ideas from people
with similar interests.  
<p>
<i>Satellite Journal</i>, a newsletter published by McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin, is published
on a biweekly basis to inform the general public about current events in the night sky.
<p>
<a HREF="gopher://gopher.cic.net/11/e-serials/general/art/leonardo"><i>Leonardo</i></a>  is a newsletter that includes reviews of art exhibitions as well as news items and a calendar of events in
the art world.  
<p>
Perhaps the electronic serial of the most interest to the general academic community is
 <a HREF="gopher://chronicle.merit.edu/1"><i>Academe This Week</I></a>, a
digest version of the <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</I> which includes news, job listings, fellowship and grant
information, and a calendar of meetings and events related to education in Washington, D.C.  
<p>



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<a name="dyk"><h3>Did You Know...</h3></a>

<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">
Fondren Library's entrance was redesigned this summer for greater security.  Anyone entering Fondren Library
without a Rice ID must identify themselves with a photo ID.

<p><img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">

Fondren Library recently received a significant donation of opera recordings from the family of Scott Heumann. 
The 500 compact disks and 1,000 LPs are being processed and will greatly enhance the audio collection of the
Brown Fine Arts Library.  
<p><p>

<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">
Fondren Library received a grant of $65,000 from the Council on Library Resources to support the development of
the Humanities Electronic Studio project.

<p><p>
<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">
A collection of curriculum materials (for grades K-12) has been moved from the Education Department to the
Fondren Library.  The materials, which include texts, workbooks, kits and periodicals, will be recorded in LIBRIS
and made available to the Rice community through CSI in the basement of Fondren Library.
<p><p>

<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">
The Business Information Center in Herring Hall underwent a renovation this summer.  A glass partition, installed
between the reference and stack areas of the BIC, will promote a quieter environment for students.
<p>



<hr>



<a name="maps"><h3>Seeing Information Through Maps</h3></a>
Kerry Keck
<p>
Students looking for a different way to explore information can point and click their way around electronic maps
using a new service in Fondren Library.  The geographic information system (GIS), allows the researcher to analyze
spatial data and to present the results of research in effective new ways.

<h4>Origin of the GIS Service</h4>

The GIS software is provided to Rice University through a program sponsored by the Association of Research
Libraries in conjunction with the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).  Fondren Library is one of 60
libraries experimenting with the development of GIS as an effective addition to the scholar's tool kit.
<p>
Each participant in the program receives ArcView software, world and regional data, as well as technical advice and
support from ESRI.  The U.S. data sets are drawn from the most recent population and economic censuses.  The
world data sets include demographic, economic and environmental information for the world's nations.

<h4>Use of the GIS Software</h4>

Rice students can use the ArcView software to support academic work.  Students are able to research a variety of
economic, social, or environmental data and analyze the relationships between these factors.  Students can generate
graphic presentations in support of their hypotheses and incorporate them into their assignments.
<p>
GIS systems allow for sophisticated analysis and representation of the data being scrutinized.  The scholar can direct
the system to display a factor only when it meets certain criteria or when it exists in combination with other data. 
Or the scholar may choose to display several factors in order to display relationships between them, or to vary the
measure applied to each of the factors.
<p>
Furthermore, the scholar can tailor the presentation of information.  The user may choose colors, fonts, type styles
and labeling  --  all in order to more fully convey the results of your data analysis.
<p>
Finally, exposure to the ArcView software provides experience with a current technology that students may
encounter in work settings.  

<h4>Where Can You Find the GIS?</h4>

The ArcView software is currently supported on a workstation located in the Government Publications department in
the basement of Fondren Library.  Because of the complexity of this tool, you are asked to contact Government
Publications (285-5483 or x2587) to schedule an appointment to use the GIS software.
<p>
<img src="GIF/arcview.gif"><p>
<b> Map produced using ArcView software.</b><p>


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<a name="exhibits"><h3>Library Exhibit Schedule - 1993-1994</h3></a>
<p>
<ul><li><i>August</I>
<ul><li>Fondren Library 1912-1993
</ul>
<li><i>October</I>
<ul><li>Rice University Presidents
</ul>
<li><i>December</i>
<ul><li>Toys
</ul>
<li><i>January</i>
<ul><li>Rice University Authors
</ul>
<li><i>February</I>
<ul><li>Black History
</ul>
<li><i>March</i>
<ul><li>National Library Week
</ul>
<li><i>April</I>
<ul><li> Graduation
</ul>
<li><i>Summer</i>
<ul><li>National Parks
</ul>
</ul><p>



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<a name="Reserve"><h3>Electronic Reserve Room</h3></a>
Kay Flowers,
   Asst. University Librarian & Head of Library Technology,
   flowers@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
This fall some Rice University students will be able to complete their reserve reading from selected computer
workstation connected to the campus network.   A pilot Electronic Reserve project has been developed over the
summer for five courses, MATH 211, BIOS 101, BIOS 210, SOCI 301 and SOCI 325.
<p>
The courses chosen for the pilot have had high reserve use in the past, and have included a variety of materials
placed on reserve. Additionally, faculty teaching the classes were willing to participate in the project.
<p>
The reserve materials that receive the heaviest use are homework and test solutions.  In the traditional reserve
setting, the materials are put in looseleaf binders and the answers are added throughout the semester.  In Electronic
Reserve, these materials will be scanned into "virtual" class notebooks.  The "virtual" notebooks will be available
within a few hours of the receipt of current answers or solutions.
<p>
One benefit of Electronic Reserve is that the reserve materials are available twenty-four hours a day on campus
workstations connected to the campus network.  Another benefit is that multiple students can use one copy of a
work simultaneously.  Students will be able to generate paper copies of  materials as well as view them online. 
<p>
The pilot project will explore the use of paper reserve in comparison with use of the electronic format.  Since some
copyrighted material is scanned into the "virtual" notebooks, project planners will analyze how best to comply with
copyright regulations as they apply in the electronic reserve environment. 
<p>
In the spring semester, additional classes will be added to Electronic Reserve. Eventually Fondren Library hopes to
offer this enhanced access to all courses and students using reserve materials.
<p>



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<a name="locations"><h3>Fondren Library Locations and Frequently Called Numbers</h3></a>
<ul>
<li>Reference  
<ul><li> 285-5113
<Li>(1st floor Fondren Library)
</ul>
<li>Brown Fine Arts Library
<ul><li>527-4832
<li>(3rd floor Fondren Library)
</ul>
<li>Business Info. Center                   
<ul><li>527-6062
<li>(1st floor Herring Hall)
</ul>
<li>Circulation                             
<ul><li>527-4021
<li>(1st floor Fondren Library)
</ul>
<li>Computer Ref. Area                      
<ul><li>527-4076
<li>(1st floor Mudd Laboratory)
</ul>
<li>Fondren Express                         
<ul><li>527-8101 ext. 2869
<li>(Basement Fondren Library)              
</ul>
<li>Government Pubs.                        
<ul><li>285-5483
<li>(Basement Fondren Library)
</ul>
<li>Interlibrary Loan                       
<ul><li>527-8101 ext.2284
<li>(Basement Fondren Library)              
</ul>
<li>Woodson Research Center                 
<ul><li>527-8101 ext.2586
<li>(1st floor Fondren Library)             
</ul></ul>
Semester and Holiday Library Hours
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For information about regular and holiday hours, call 527-4800 <p>

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<h2>News From Fondren</h2> <h3>Vol.3 no.3,                          Winter 1994
Fondren Library, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX, 77251-1892, 713-527-4022
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Published three times a year, in the Spring, Fall and Winter.
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Editor: Kerry Keck (keckker@rice.edu)
Newsletter committee: Barbara Halbert, Barbara Kile, Kay McStay, Jane Segal
Photographer: Kerry Keck
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Statements of fact and opinion appearing in <i>News From Fondren</i> are the responsibility of the authors and do
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