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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 4, number 1                                                Spring 1994</H4><p>
<hr><hr>

<h3>In this Issue</h3><ul>
<li><a href="#libris">LIBRIS Upgrade Planned for Summer</a>
<li><a href="#perspectives">Perspectives of Student Workers at Fondren Library</a>
<li><a href="#rice">Rice Publishing and Citation Patterns Examined</a>
<li><a href="#electronic">Electronic Publishing at Rice University</a>
<li><a href="#dyk">Did You Know...</a>
<li><a href="#new">New Services From Community Services</a>
<li><a href="#patent">Patent Collection a Valuable Technical Resource</a>
<li><a href="#locations">Fondren Library Locations and Frequently Called Numbers</a>
</ul>
<p>


<hr><hr>

<h3><a name="libris">LIBRIS Upgrade Planned for Summer</a></h3>
Barbara Halbert,       
Assistant to the Archivist,
bsh@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>

Access to Fondren Library's online catalog LIBRIS will be better than ever starting this summer.<p>  
NOTIS, Inc., the creator of our current online catalog system, has developed a new system that will have
many more benefits for the Rice community. The new system is called Horizon and it builds upon the
best features of the current system. Fondren Library plans to install the new software this summer and
have it functioning for the fall semester.<p>

Fondren Library's current online catalog software has served us well for nine years.  Computing
developments and increasing user expectations, however, mean that "old" LIBRIS can't do everything
we would like.  We anticipate the new system will have the ability to respond more individually to your
preferences for various library activities.
<p>


<a href="GIF/horizon.gif"><img src="GIF/horizon_big.gif"></a>
<p><b>Graphic courtesy of NOTIS, Inc.</b><p>


<p>
In addition, the Rice community will profit from Fondren Library's ability to integrate the new LIBRIS
into developing information networks.  As your information needs grow, we will be better able to grow
to satisfy them.
<p>
The new system will have several features that will benefit Fondren Library's users and staff immediately.
A key feature for many users will be the two new user interfaces:  ProPAC and TermPAC.
        
<h4>ProPAC: Graphical User Interface</h4>

One of the most visible improvements for users will be the graphical user interface or GUI.
<p>
The new GUI, called ProPAC, incorporates several features that will make it easier for faculty and
students to search the online catalog. Pull-down menus, icons, and graphic buttons allow you to
point-and-click through your search. 
<p>
The point-and-click method of searching is fast, and requires minimal training.  Remembering how to
move through a search on ProPAC is easy no matter how infrequently a user searches the online catalog.
Faculty and students will be better able to fully explore the resources and materials available at Fondren
Library.
<p>
 Some key features of ProPAC include:
<p>
<ul><li>Pull-down menus
 <li>Windowing for multiple simultaneous tasks
 <li>Full Boolean capabilities
 <li>Retention of entered search keys
 <li>Auto-executed repeat of search of 
        last term entered
 <li>Personalized tailoring of options                   (e.g. sorting of results)
 <li>Browse function
 <li>Related terms search option
 <li>Brief and long record display
        options
 <li>Help screens
</ul><p>
ProPAC offers all types of searching:  keyword (with Boolean limiters), subject, author, and title.
Browsing is available for any of these search types. 
<p>
Using the icons displayed across the top of the screen, a user clicks on the type of search to be entered
or pulls down the search menu, and types the search term(s) on the new screen. You may then add new
terms, or combine previous search terms.  All expanded searching can be accomplished using a pull-down
menu or a button on the screen.
<p>
In addition, the windowing capability of ProPAC will allow you to check a reference or open a text file
while LIBRIS is searching. This makes verification of the right resources easy and quick, while you
further refine search strategies. Bibliographies can be easily created through downloading information to
a word processor. 

<h4>TermPAC: Terminal-based User Interface</h4>

For those users accessing the online catalog via telnet or dial-in modem connection, Fondren Library will
be using TermPAC, a terminal-based approach to LIBRIS. TermPAC has the advantage of being
accessible to any networked computer that will emulate a VT100 terminal. TermPAC is menu-driven and
an improvement over the current, command-driven LIBRIS.
<p>
Some features included in the TermPAC interface are: 
<p>
<ul><li>Menu-based searching for novice
        searchers
<li>Fast path searching option for 
        experienced users 
<li>Full Boolean capabilities
<li>Browse function for headings list
<li>Retention of entered search keys
<li>Brief and long record display 
        options
<li>Context-sensitive help screens
<li>Printing/downloading
</ul><p>
ProPAC will be available from terminals in Fondren Library. Implementation for Owlnet workstations
is under development at this time. TermPAC will be accessible through any campus networked computer
or to users dialing into the campus via modems.

<h4>Client/Server Architecture</h4>

The user interfaces are the most obvious change for the user of the new system.  Horizon takes advantage
of many other new innovations in computer technology.  One of Horizon's other strengths is that it is
a client/server system.
<p>
The client/server approach to computing divides the work between a client, which processes data locally
and maintains a user interface, and a server, which handles database processing.  The client typically runs
on a relatively small computer, such as a microcomputer or workstation. The server computer is a more
powerful machine which provides services to a large number of clients.
<p>
Because it is based on client/server architecture, the new system is consistent with the computing direction
at Rice University and most other campus computing centers. Horizon supports distributed processing,
and the server component of the software runs on Sun Microsystems file servers like those currently used
for Owlnet. The client software will run on a variety of microcomputers. 
<p>
The system uses the Z39.50 Internet search protocol which will allow future integration with other
campus and Internet-wide information resources. 

<h4>Our Schedule</h4>

Testing of the Horizon software will take place during the summer of 1994.  Conversion of the
information in LIBRIS will occur after the testing has been completed. Once the new system has proved
to be reliable and stable, it will replace the old LIBRIS. The new system should be available by the
beginning of the fall semester. Orientation sessions and tutorials will be offered by Fondren Library staff
at that time.
<p>
The staff of Fondren Library looks forward to the arrival of the Horizon system as it will provide Rice
University with an excellent online library catalog system for the 1990's and beyond. 
<p>
<img src="GIF/dolls.gif">
<p>
<b>Exhibit detail commemorating Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poetry reading, part of the Cherry Poetry Reading Series sponsored by Fondren Library.</b>
<p>

<hr>




<h3><a name="perspectives">Perspectives of Student Workers at Fondren Library</a></h3>
Barbara Halbert, 
Assistant to the Archivist,
bsh@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
Like other places on campus, Fondren Library employs students to help the staff accomplish their many
tasks. Fondren Library employs 85 students in a variety of jobs with most students working 6 to 10 hours
a week per semester.
<p>
To convey what it's like to work as a student assistant, we asked three students to write their thoughts
on working in Fondren Library. The following are the students' accounts of their experience at Fondren
Library.
<p>
                      
<h4>John Martin, Senior, Sid Richardson College, Reference Department</h4>
<p>
"I've worked on and off at Fondren Library for all four years that I've been at Rice. In that time, I've
been in Government Publications and Special Resources, Circulation, and currently in the Reference
Department.
<p>
Although I began working here just as a way of earning extra money, the experience that I've gained has
proven extremely useful to me. Last summer, for example, I landed a paid internship at the Museum of
Fine Arts Hirsch Library, which gave me exposure not only to library work but to the museum and the
arts community as a whole. Besides this work experience, I've also grown very familiar with research
techniques and a variety of information systems -- something that is extremely important to me both as
a student and as a part of my future career (in academics).
<p>
I've sometimes joked that Fate seems to insist on my being in a library whether I like it or not, but I do
feel like my experience has been rewarding and practical."
<p>
                       
<h4>Jim Derr, Senior, Baker College, <a HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/Fondren/Collections/Woodson/wrc.html">Woodson Research Center</h4></a>
<p>
"I am a student assistant at the Woodson Research Center in Fondren.  When I first started working at
the Woodson, the friendliness of the regular staff amazed me. In my experience finding co-workers who
are genuinely interested in you, and genuinely care about you, is rare. In addition to the friendly working
environment, the work itself is interesting.
<p>
The Woodson Research Center is an archive, and one of its functions is the preservation of Rice history.
My work in the Woodson has led me through boxes of Rice press releases, the entire collection of Rice
Threshers, photograph collections of the university over the years , and countless other bits and pieces
of things which make up the Rice story.
<p>
My work in the Woodson has made me, a Math and English major, into a Rice historian of sorts -- a
quality I have used to my advantage socially, and in my classes as well. The Woodson's other collections
--manuscripts, rare books and historical memorabilia -- are of equal or greater interest, so that on a day
to day basis, I work with interesting material. And, simply by working with it, I soak some of it in."
<p>
                       
<h4>Dejan Kuzmanovic, PhD English Candidate, Grad House, Government Publications and Special
Resources </h4>
<p>
"When I came to Fondren for the first time to check out some books, I expected the procedure to be the
same as it is in all big libraries in my country: You look up the call numbers, fill and turn in the forms,
and then you have to spend a dull half hour or so waiting for the books to be found and brought to you. 
Surprise, Surprise!
<p>

<img src="GIF/dejan.gif">
<p>

Before I knew it, I found myself walking through a maze of narrow passages between high and wide
shelves overflowing with books of varied size, color, and accumulation of dust.  I was supposed to do
the quest all on my own, and trying to keep my wits about me, I braved it out successfully.  
<p>
I had the good luck to be spared having to find the mysterious sixth floor on that first visit, for that
would have overpowered my shaky spirit of adventure. Even without that, though, I felt tipsy and, books
being my profession, I was in two minds whether the sight of thousands of them before me was from my
sweetest dreams or my worst nightmares. 
<p>
Eventually, I decided I liked Fondren's open shelf policy. It enables you to glance through a book before
checking it out, to make sure if you really need it. You can also browse the shelves and maybe find
something useful that the computer failed to offer. Finally, you are humbled by realizing that you will
never be able to read all the books there are, even in your very narrow field.  
<p>
When you go to the microforms section, the awe you feel increases as you are confronted with millions
of documents in only one room the size of a tennis court. And if that is not enough for you (God bless
you!) computers will give you access to catalogues of many other libraries and to indexes of various
journals, and the interlibrary loan service will give you access to materials catalogued there. " 
<p>        
Thanks to these students for their candid comments!
<p>


<hr>



<h3><a name="rice">Rice Publishing and Citation Patterns Examined</a></h3>
Kerry Keck,
Coordinator, Collection Development & Electronic Information,
keckker@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
Does Fondren Library have the journals and books needed to support research on campus?  We've done
a comparison recently of our holdings with the titles used by the Rice community when publishing, and
the preliminary results are interesting.

<h4>How we analyzed the collection</h4>

Fondren Library approached the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and requested lists of a) the
journals used as publishing vehicles by the Rice community and b) the journals, books and proceedings
cited by members of the Rice community in their articles. ISI provides indexing for journals in the
humanities as well as in the sciences and social sciences.  They are the publishers of <i>Science Citation
Index</i>, <i>Social Sciences Citation Index</i>, and <i>Arts and Humanities Citation Index</i>.
<p>
ISI provided us with the requested data for journal articles published between 1981 and 1992 (inclusive).
The lists are lengthy and employ abbreviated titles for the journals, books and proceedings. The cited-title
list includes a significant number of titles with non-unique abbreviations for which multiple candidates
exist in the LIBRIS database.
<p>
Since receiving the lists, we have been comparing the published-titlesand cited-titles lists with Fondren
Library holdings.  We have been conservative:  for example, since the ISI list doesn't distinguish the date
of cited-article, we did not count the cited-title as "owned" unless our holdings of it are complete.

<h4>What we've discovered so far</h4>

Fondren Library's collection contains a significant percentage of the journals used as publishing vehicles
for Rice faculty (see Table 1).  
<p>

<img src="GIF/isi1.gif"><p>
<b>Table 1 - ownership of publishing vehicles</b><p>



Category 1 journals are those where a Rice article appears at least once a year -- we own 91% of these
journals. Category 2 journals include those where a Rice article appears at least twice (during the 11
years) -- we own 79% of these journals. Category 3 journals are all journals in which Rice articles have
appeared during the 11 years -- we own 76% of these journals.
<p>
Perhaps the more significant data is the analysis of what Rice faculty and students cite in their published
research (see Table 2 next page).  The percentage of cited-articles is significant here:  the higher figure
for cited-article than for cited-title availability reflects the fact that the more frequently cited journal titles
are more likely to be available.
<p>

<img src="GIF/isigraph.gif"><p>
<b>Table 2 - ownership of citations made is articles of Rice faculty and students (total-69,230)</b>
<p>

Category 1 cited-titles are those which a Rice article cites at least once per year -- we own 90% of these
titles, representing 96% of citations. Category 2 cited-titles are those which a Rice article cites at least
twice during the 11 years -- we own 79% of these titles, representing 87% of citations.
<p>
Category 3 cited-titles are all titles cited by members of the Rice community.  Analysis of those titles
cited only once is not complete due to volume (8605 titles or 67% of the cited-title list) and due to the
difficulty in identifying the abbreviated titles.

<h4>Uses for the data</h4>

The most obvious use for the study is to identify books and journals which need to be added to the
Fondren Library collection. Also, we are using the study to identify expensive research journals to which
access can be provided in a more cost-effective manner via document delivery (see article p. 6 for
additional information).
<p>
We will be continuing with our analysis of the ISI study data as we further refine the Fondren Library
collection.  If you would like additional information about our results, please call ext. 2926.
<p>



<hr>


<h3><a name="electronic">Electronic Publishing at Rice University</a></h3>
Jane Segal,
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarian,
segal@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
Don Johnson of Electrical and Computer Engineering tries to convince a colleague to submit a report
before publication; Religious Studies professor Anne Klein joins other Buddhist scholars on the advisory
board of a new journal; Fondren Library's Barbara Halbert posts <i>News From Fondren</i> onto the Internet.
<p>
These members of the Rice community are taking part in electronic publishing -- the use of computer
technology to share information.
<p>
Some electronic publishing duplicates traditional publishing in the production of electronic books and
journals.  

<h4>Dual formats</h4>

<a HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/"><i>RiceInfo</i></a> has made it easy for Rice faculty, staff, and students to make publications available electronically
which have traditionally been published in print.  Rice documents now released in dual versions include
the <a HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/projects/GSA-YP/"><i>Graduate Student Association Yellow Pages</i></a>, the <a HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/RiceInfo/RiceDirectory.html"><i>Faculty/Student/Staff Directory</i></a>, the <a HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.
edu/RiceInfo/Courses.html"><i>Course
Schedules</i></a>, <a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu/11/Computer/RCN"><i>Rice Computing News</i></a> and <i>News From Fondren</i>. While these are still available in good old
paper format, the electronic versions have the advantage of being searchable by keyword. 

<h4>Only in electronic form</h4>

<i>Gasho:  Electronic Journal of DharmaNet International and the Global Online Gangha</i> (ISSN 1072-2971),
published from Berkeley, includes editorials, letters to the editor, and articles, much like any print
journal.  Anne Klein anticipates her role as an advisory board member will be much the same as if the
newsletter were published in print.
<p>
The AIChE newsgroup for chemical engineering undergraduates and the GALOR (Gays And Lesbians
Of Rice) newsgroup are examples of newsgroups started by campus organizations as a way for members
to communicate.  While newsgroups may not seem like electronic publications, they may be seen as a
new kind of publishing.  Messages are often archived so that they can be searched; in some cases,
newsgroups have spawned electronic newsletters and journals. 
<p>
In addition to these online resources, we have seen a burgeoning of publications on diskette and compact
disc.  Ira Gruber's book on the history of warfare will be published simultaneously in print and CD
hypertext versions.  Material in the History professor's text will be augmented in the CD, and he predicts
that the CD will be used to supplement traditional assigned readings.

<h4>Databases</h4>

Several groups on campus are building databases which will provide information to colleagues around
the world. With the <a HREF="gopher://bellona.cs.rice.edu/11/SPIB">Signal Processing Information Base (SPIB)</a>, Don Johnson's goal is to provide for
dissemination of data, technical reports and software.  Johnson observes that a discipline's culture is tied
to the way it responds to electronic publishing.  He says physics and economics have adapted easily to
electronic publishing because of their tradition of disseminating technical reports. 
<p>
Meanwhile, staff at the Rice University Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI) have
compiled a database of prototype software codes for researchers called <a HREF="gopher://softlib.rice.edu/11/softlib">Softlib</a>.
<p>
No one expects electronic publishing to replace print anytime soon. Print is a highly evolved information
dissemination device: portable and reliable. But electronic publications also have many advantages. And
at Rice -- and in schools, companies, and homes around the world -- people are using their computers
to become editors and publishers.
<p>


<hr>


<h3><a name="dyk">Did You Know...</a></h3>
<p>
<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">Fondren Library's ranking in the 
survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) moved from 107
to 103 for 1993 (out of 108 libraires).
<p>
<p>


<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif"><i>Anthropological 
Literature</i>, an index to journals and books in anthropology, is being added to <i>RiceInfo</i>. 
<a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/AnthLit"><i>Anthropological Literature</i></a> also provides reviews of books, journals and media.
<p>
<p>


<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">The <i>Hispanic American 
Periodicals Index (HAPI)</i> is being added to <i>RiceInfo</i>. <a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/HAPI"><i>HAPI</i></a> provides coverage
for all areas of the humanities and social sciences, and indexes books, journals and research reports.
<p>
<p>


<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">A typographic error in the last 
issue of <i><a href="nff3no3.html#gift">NFF</i></a> went undetected.  The sentence, in the article "Gift Honors
Pioneer Educator" should have read:  "with a 'genius' award, formally known as a MacArthur
Fellowship..." not "formerly known" as appeared.  We regret the error--kak.
<p>
<p>


<img align=top src="GIF/fondren_bullet.gif">Vivian Gussin Paley, 
kindergarten teacher and MacArthur fellow, visited the Rice University campus on
April 10 and 11. Ms. Paley's visit inaugurated the Hazel G. Creekmore Memorial Curriculum Collection,
which is supported by a gift of the Houston Endowment Inc. to the Center for Education. Books and
other materials are being added to the Fondren Library with funding support from the Hazel Creekmore
Collection (chaired by Bernie Mathes of the Rice Center for Education).
<p>


<hr>


<h3><a name="new">New Services From Community Services</a></h3>
Una Gourlay,
Director, Community Services,
gourlay@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
Fondren Library's Community Services department has added a number of services recently which
increase your access to needed information. These services decrease the time needed to obtain specialized
resources not found in Fondren Library's collections.

<h4>What is Community Services?</h4>

Fondren Library's Community Services department includes the Interlibrary Loan group, an on-campus
document delivery service known as Fondren Express, and the Regional Information and Communication
Exchange (RiCE) which provides information services to the non-Rice community.

<h4>Interlibrary Loan</h4>

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) supports the research and teaching efforts of the Rice University community by
obtaining materials which are not in the Fondren Library collection for faculty, staff, graduate students,
and, in special circumstances, undergraduate students.  
<p>
ILL received supplemental funding this year to ensure that copies of recent journal articles would be
obtained expeditiously. This funding reflects Fondren Library's commitment to providing you needed
information in a timely manner. ILL chooses the most efficient document supplier, whether or not there
is a charge.
<p>
We receive requested articles routinely in three or four days, and for special requests, within 24 hours.
They come by overnight delivery, by fax, or as electronic images delivered over Internet to a workstation
in our office.
<p>
ILL users can request materials by completing an <a href="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/Fondren/Using/Forms/intro.html">electronic request form</a> on <i>RiceInfo</i>.  In addition, some
databases on <i>RiceInfo's <a HREF="gopher://riceinfo.rice.edu:1101/11/FirstSearch">FirstSearch</i></a> have a procedure to send a request for items found in the database. 
Of course, we recommend that the user first check to see if the item is in the Fondren Library collection. 

<h4>Sources</h4>

We are also utilizing commercial document suppliers who provide fax or overnight delivery in addition
to standard delivery. These suppliers are useful, however, only for post-1988 articles. For books and
other materials, we are still dependent on traditional reciprocal borrowing agreements with other libraries.
<p>
The ILL group uses a variety of services and resources to obtain needed materials. Along with many
other academic libraries, we have implemented the ARIEL software which allows for electronic image
transmission. 
<p>
In addition, Fondren Library is a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), an organization
that collects research materials which are rarely held in North American libraries. As a member, we can
borrow and obtain copies from a collection of over 3.6 million volumes and 1.1 million microforms.
Strengths include materials from the National Archives, state documents, foreign documents, dissertations
and newspapers. The most complete listing of CRL's collection is in their Handbook (copies are kept at
the Reference Desk and at Interlibrary Loan) but part of the collection now is available for browsing in
their <A HREF="telnet://guest@crlcatalog.uchicago.edu:23/">online catalog</a> on <i>RiceInfo</i>. 
 
<h4>Delivery to Your Desk</h4>

Fondren Express assists Rice faculty and administrators by providing a campus document delivery service
of materials from Fondren Library. Services include check-out and delivery of books, photocopies of
materials in the collection, and a table-of-contents service for journals.  A user may elect the option of
having a request filled automatically by ILL if the material is not in Fondren Library.
<p>
Fondren Express users also can request materials by completing <a href="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/Fondren/Using/Forms/intro.html">a form</a> on <i>RiceInfo</i>. The
Table-of-Contents service, which has been available to date in paper form, is now expanding to an
electronic version with 10,000 titles deliverable to the user's electronic mail address. We will continue
to provide the paper version from the Fondren Library collection. 
<p>
With the electronic version, a table-of-contents subscription cost for one copy of one title is $5.00 per
year. The subscription agreement states that the copy cannot be redistributed in paper or electronic form. 
<p>
Subscription cost for multiple use or redistribution of one title is $15.00 per year. This might be
appropriate for a department to send copies by e-mail to its members. A new user should consult the list
of titles at the Fondren Express desk, then complete a table-of-contents request form.  
<p>
For information about any of these services, contact Community Services at ext.2284
<p>

<hr>

<h3><a name="patent">Patent Collection a Valuable Technical Resources</a></h3>
Amy Spare,
Government Publications Librarian,
spare@ricevm1.rice.edu
<p>
Are you curious whether the family stories about your grandfather's patents are true? Are you interested
in new technologies or processes in engineering or chemistry? Would you like to see all the "better
mousetraps" that have been patented? 
<p>
You should explore the Patent Collection in Fondren Library. Fondren Library is one of 78 U.S. Patent
and Trademark Depository Libraries. Our collection includes a number of important patent research tools.
We have the <i>Official Gazette</i> beginning with the first issue in 1872 and the full text of patents since 1960.
A CD-ROM index for patents, <i>CASSIS</i>, may be searched by inventor, assignee, keyword in title, or by
the Patent Office's subject classification. 
<p>
The patent collection is a wealth of information on technological advances. It is estimated that 90 percent
of the information in patents is not available any other place.  You don't have to be interested in getting
a patent yourself to benefit from patent research.  Patent research can be used to uncover new
developments and to get inspiration for further improvements in technology.

<h4>History of Patents in the U.S.</h4>

The primary purpose of the patent system (set out in the United States Constitution) is to "promote the
progress of science and the useful arts."  The patent system encourages the exchange of ideas by granting
specific rights to inventors who agree to reveal their inventions.  A patent allows the holder to exclude
others from making, using, or selling the invention for a finite period. 
<p>
The U.S. Government grants three types of patents:  utility, design, and plant.  Utility patents are granted
in chemical, electrical, and mechanical fields.  Design patents protect the ornamental appearance of an
object.  Plant patents are issued for the invention or discovery and asexual reproduction of a new, distinct
variety of plant. 
<p>
Since the first patent was granted in 1790, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued over five
million patents. Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an "Improved method of lifting Vessels over
Shoals."  Mark Twain patented an "Adjustable and Detachable Strap for Garments."  The first woman
to receive a patent was Mary Kies of Connecticut for a device for weaving straw with silk or thread.

<h4>Rice Patents</h4>

Many Rice faculty, students, and alumni also have been granted patents.  Herbert Allen (Class of 1929
and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees) was awarded patents related to the oil industry and one
for the "Screwpull" corkscrew.  Sam Worden (Class of 1935) patented the Worden Gravity Meter.  Dr.
Norman H. Ricker (Class of 1916 and former faculty member) was granted several patents for inventions
related to electromagnetic exploration.  Just last year, Chemistry professor Richard Smalley and Robert
E. Haufler patented "Electric Arc Process for Making Fullerenes." 
<p>

<img src="GIF/patent.gif"><p>
 


Many new search tools are being developed to aid patent researchers.  The Patent and Trademark Office
(PTO) recently made available an electronic bulletin board which provides Official Gazette notices and
patent lists.  The PTO bulletin board has a dial up number and is accessible through the Internet using <A HREF="telnet://fedworld.doc.gov/">
FedWorld</a> (available on <a HREF="http://riceinfo.rice.edu/"><i>RiceInfo</i></a>). In addition, the Patent Office has plans to offer an online patent
database, APS, to Patent Depository Libraries later this year. Of particular interest to the university
community is APS's ability to search for references to published articles in the patent applications of
issued patents. 
<p>
The Patent collection is located in the basement of Fondren Library in the Government Publications and
Special Resources department. For further information please call ext. 2587. 
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<h3><a name="locations">Fondren Library Locations and Frequently Called Numbers</a></h3>
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Reference                                      285-5113
(1st floor Fondren Library)

Brown Fine Arts Library                        527-4382
(3rd floor Fondren Library)

Business Info. Center                          527-6062
(1st floor Herring Hall)

Circulation                                    527-4021
(1st floor Fondren Library)

Computer Ref. Area                             527-4076
(1st floor Mudd Laboratory)

Fondren Express                                527-8101
(Basement Fondren Library)                     ext.2869

Government Publications                        285-5483
(Basement Fondren Library)

Interlibrary Loan                              527-8101
(Basement Fondren Library)                     ext.2284

Woodson Research Center                        527-8101
(1st floor Fondren Library)                    ext.2586
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Semester and Holiday Library Hours
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For information about regular and holiday hours, call 527-4800.
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<h2>News From Fondren</h2>

<h3>Vol.4 no.1,                          Spring 1994
Fondren Library, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX, 77251-1892, 713-527-4022</h3>
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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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<i>News From Fondren</i> is a copyrighted publication of the Fondren Library, Rice University.  All or part of
<i>News From Fondren</i> may be redistributed, with appropriate credit.
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Statements of fact and opinion appearing in <i>News From Fondren</i> are the responsibility of the authors and do
not imply the endorsement of Rice University.

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