Services & Requests

Assistance

Accessibility Services

Fondren strives to make the library accessible to all its users. Check out our services.

Custom Map Design

The GDC can create custom map designs for classroom learning or for use in publication.

Digital Collections Accessible Format Request Form

If you need a more accessible version of a PDF, audio file, video file, or another format, please fill out the form below.

Digital Curation Lab Work Request

Please use this form to request digital curation assistance from DCL staff to work on special projects for teaching, research or those requiring attention to digital preservation.

DMC Assistance

The Digital Media Commons offers individual and work assistance by appointment.

DMC Request Appointment

Please fill out this form to request an appointment with a member of the DMC staff.

DMC Work Request

The DMC maintains a small staff that may be able to assist with your project.

Donor & Community Consultations

Woodson Research Center can provide expert advice on personal archiving, donating or selling items, donating A/V materials or appraising collections.

Duplication of Materials

This form is for patrons requesting Woodson assistance to duplicate and/or digitize Woodson materials.

Faculty Assistance

Fondren Library provides instructional and research services for Rice Faculty.

GDC Help Request Form

This form can be used to request help and/or schedule an appointment with GDC staff.

GDC Work Request

Use this form to request GIS work to be completed by the staff of the GDC.

GIS Assistance

The GIS/Data Center offers individual assistance by appointment.

GIS Consulting

The GDC can consult on your mapping project.

Off-Campus Access to Online Resources

Trying to access online resources while off-campus? You will be required to sign into the library's EZproxy service.

Office of Information Technology Student Computing Consultants

OIT has Student Computing Consultants located at the Reference Desk on the first floor of Fondren Library.

Preservation Services

Fondren does not provide preservation services to the public, but are some resources for taking care of your own private collection.

Request Consultation with Digital Scholarship Services

Please use this form to set up an appointment with DSS.

Rice Research Repository Accessible Format Request Form

This form is for requesting accessible versions of materials located in the Rice Research Repository (R-3)

SciFinder Scholar Registration Request

Patrons should use this form to request the registration link for the web version of SciFinder Scholar.

Student Assistance

Fondren Library is here to help Rice Graduate and Undergraduate Students with their research.

Woodson Scanning Assistance

Woodson Research Center can assist patrons with scanning items from the archives, rare book, or manuscript collections.

Borrowing

Alumni Services

Rice Alumni have access to selected Fondren Library resources through an agreement with the Association of Rice Alumni.

Borrower Application

Please use this form to register your Fondren Library borrowing account.

Borrowing Equipment

Fondren Library has a variety of equipment for checkout or use while in the building.

Borrowing Materials

Understand your borrowing responsibilities, loan periods and associated fines with a Rice ID.

Course Materials

Library books, articles, videos and other materials placed on hold for a university course at Fondren Library.

DMC Borrower's Agreement Form

DMC first time borrowers need to fill out this form.

Document Delivery

Rice Faculty and Senior University Administrators can get journal articles and books pulled from the stacks and put on hold.

Houston Institutional Borrowers

Even if you're not affiliated with Rice University directly, you may still be able to borrow items from Fondren Library. See if you're eligible...

Institutional External Borrowers

Please use this form at least 3 days before visiting Fondren Library

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

When an item you need is not owned by Fondren Library, or is unavailable, you may request to borrow the item from another library.

Library Membership Benefits

Not affiliated with Rice? Get borrowing privileges by joining the Friends of Fondren Library.

LSC Retrieval Request

Visitors without a Rice ID can use this form to request items from off-site storage.

Missing Item Search Request

If an item is not checked out, and does not appear in the correct call number location on the shelf, you may request a search for the missing item.

On-Site ILL Approval Request

Use this form to get approval for on-site borrowing.

Patron Notification - LSC Staff

LSC Staff can use this form to notify patrons of delivery.

Recall, Renew & Return Items

Want a book that's currently checked out? Did you receive an email that an item you have is recalled? Here's what to do...

Report an Item as Returned

If you have returned an item to Fondren Library and it still shows as checked-out in your library account, this form will initiate an investigation.

Reserve, Check out, and Return DMC Equipment

DMC has 77 different types of equipment available for checkout to Rice ID Holders.

Rush Processing of In-Process Item

Request an on-order/in-process/repair item to be rushed to be able to picked up.

Collections

Archival Objects

This form auto-populates from a link in the TARO website with digital objects that have viewing restrictions.

Consent to Publish Online in Rice University's Institutional Repository

This form facilitates the description of copyright status, any transfer of copyright, and the donor’s preferences regarding online publication in Rice University’s institutional repository, located at scholarship.rice.edu, for the archival materials speci

Draft - Materials Purchase

Fondren Library welcomes suggestions for the collection.

Draft - Suggest a Purchase

We welcome suggestions for purchase of library materials.

Leisure Reading & Audio Books

Entertaining contemporary fiction and non-fiction books compliment Fondren's large collection of research materials.

Microforms

Located in the basement of Fondren Library, the Kelley Center houses over 200 major microform collections

Rare Books

Woodson Research Center contains more than 35,000 volumes including a number of named collections.

Request for Permission to Publish Woodson Research Center (WRC) Materials

This form is an application and agreement for the use of WRC materials in a publication.

Request to Accession to LSC - WRC Staff

This form is for exclusive use by Woodson staff who wish to request accession of new materials to the Library Service Center.

Retired Faculty Services

Retired faculty may be able to access select electronic resources from off-campus.

Return Items to the LSC - WRC Staff

For WRC Staff - Login Required

Rice University Archives

The William Ward Watkin and Annie Ray Watkin University Archives contain the historical records of Rice University.

Rice University's Archived Websites - Archive-IT

Access dozens of Rice University's websites from the past. The Archive-IT service automatically archives past versions of campus websites.

Special Collections

There are more than 1,000 manuscript collections in the Woodson Research Center that focus on the history of Texas and the Greater Houston area, politics, entrepreneurship, oil and gas, architecture, women’s history, and fine and performing arts.

Subject Specialists / Librarians

Librarian specialists, who serve as liaisons to each academic department on campus, are available by e-mail, phone or appointment to assist you.

Suggest a Purchase

We welcome suggestions for purchase of library materials.

Trial Feedback

Please use this form to share your feedback on a Fondren Library trial resource.

Woodson Research Center Deed of Gift

This document transfers ownership of physical and digital materials to Rice University, and addresses donor’s preferences regarding intellectual property rights (copyright) and any restrictions on the use of the collections.

Woodson Research Center Oral History Interview Informed Consent

Used for granting consent

Employment

Apply to be a Library Student Ambassador

Join our student panel and have your voices heard on future renovations, spaces and services at Fondren.

Shapiro Library Staff Innovation Award Nomination Form

Have you been wowed by a Fondren Library staff member's innovative solutions to problems, exemplary service to the Rice community, can-do attitude, or all of the above? Here is your chance to honor them.

Student Jobs

Fondren Library has jobs available for students each semester.

Volunteering and Internships

Please use the summary field and keep it to one sentence if possible.

Research

Fondren Library Publishing Services

Publishing services at Fondren Library align with the library’s efforts to deepen the impact and visibility of Rice research.

Naxos Music Library Account

This form can be used by current Rice faculty members who would like to create listening playlists within the Naxos Music Library.

Request ArcGIS Desktop Software

A list of options for accessing Esri ArcGIS software.

Request Data Assistance

Contact the Research Data Services team to discuss your research data.

Rice Open Access Policy: Waiver Request

Use this form to opt out of Rice's Open Access Policy

Rice Research Repository Policies and Procedures

Rice Research Repository Policies and Procedures

Rice Research Repository Submission

Use this form to submit your scholarly work for inclusion in the Rice Research Repository (R-3).

Sharing Data

Data Repositories

Sharing Research Data via the Rice Research Repository

The Rice Research Repository (R-3) will host data associated with Rice research projects.

Spaces

Baby Changing Station

Fondren has a unisex bathroom with a changing table for your baby.

Digital Curation Lab

The Digital Curation Lab is a collaborative workspace for digitization, digital curation, and data management projects.

Locker Request Form

Faculty and students may request to rent a locker in the library.

Mothers' Room

A quiet room for nursing mothers for pumping and/or nursing.

Request Exhibit Space

Members of the Rice community may request to install an exhibit in Fondren Library.

Request Study Carrel

Faculty and graduate students may request to rent a study carrel.

Scanning & Printing

Fondren Library has printers and scanners available for all users.

Study Carrels & Lockers

Fondren offers reserved, personal study spaces in the library with convenient locations, ideal for heavy research.

Study Room Advance Reservations

Fondren Library offers a few study rooms that may be reserved more than 3 days in advance.

Study Room Reservations

Fondren Library has over 40 private study rooms available for checkout to Rice ID Holders.

Special

DMC IDT Charge Authorization

Please use this form to create an IDT charge authorization for services at the DMC.

DMC Poster Printing Request Form

Please make sure poster URL is accessible.

DMC Student Esther Account Charge Authorization

Please use this form to create a charge for students only.

High School Student Permission Form

Required for entry for any student under 18.

Memorial & Honor Gifts Program

The Friends of Fondren Library Memorial & Honor Gifts Program provides funds for the purchase of books, manuscripts and electronic materials that are needed to support teaching and research at Rice University.

Training & Education

Course Evaluation Form

Evaluate your recent short course.

Data @ Rice Workshop Series

Learn beginning to advanced data and programming skills at one of our Data @ Rice workshops.

Data @ Rice Workshop Series - Fall 2023