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America250@Fondren - Honoring America's Semiquincentennial Anniversary

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New Equipment: Calculators Available for Checkout

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Check Out Fondren's New Huddle Room, a Self-Checkout Room

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Free Access to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle and Financial TImes

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New Service: Key Free Study Rooms

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Study Room Reservations End at 1:30 AM

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Sep. 10 - BOOKS THAT SHAPED MY WORLD with Anne Chao ’05

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Fondren Library Construction Information

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Sep 15 - FoFL Annual Membership Celebration and Dinner

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Research Computing, Data & AI Office Hours

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Right Tool, Right Job: How Rice's Library Gets the Upside of AI Without the Downsides

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Ebook Downloads are changing July 15

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Film, Screenplay and Television Database Trials - Feedback Requested

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New Wireless Casting Displays

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