Collection Development Subject Librarians
Building and preserving the Fondren Library collections involves a group of more than fifteen subject and area specialists. These librarian specialists, who serve as liaisons to each academic department on campus, are available by e-mail, phone or appointment to assist you.
- Purchase materials upon your recommendation
- Answer reference questions or refer you to someone who can (also see the library research guides)
- Prepare printed and electronic library guides
- Teach our students how to use various electronic media
- Advise where and how to identify materials relevant to teaching and research
- Attend departmental meetings to discuss library resources, services, and off-site selection guidelines for materials in your discipline
- Librarian contacts for your research center or institute are listed after the academic departments.
| Research Center or Institute | Librarian |
|---|---|
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy | Abby Stovall |
Biomaterials Center | |
BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) | |
Boniuk Institute for the Study & Advancement of Religious Tolerance | |
Brine Chemistry Consortium | |
| Center for African and African American Studies | TBD |
Center for Computational Finance & Economic Systems | Sue Garrison |
Center for Education | Sue Garrison |
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy | |
Center for Multimedia Communication | |
Center for Plant Sciences | |
Center for Languages & Intercultural Communication | |
| Center for Latin American and LatinX Studies | K. Sarah Ostrach |
Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment | |
Center for Theoretical Biological Physics | |
China-U.S. Center for Environmental Remediation & Sustainable Dev’t | |
Doerr Institute for New Leaders | Sue Garrison |
Earth Science Center for Computing | |
Energy and Environment Initiative | |
| Environmental Studies Center | Joe Goetz |
| Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) | Anna Xiong |
Humanities Research Center | |
Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering | |
Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology | |
Kinder Institute for Urban Research | Anna Xiong |
Laboratory for Nanophotonics | |
| Medical Humanities Program | Joe Goetz |
| Moody Center for the Arts | K. Sarah Ostrach |
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship | TBD |
Rice Bioinformatics Group | |
Rice Center for Engineering Leadership | |
Rice Center for Neuroengineering | |
Rice Design Alliance | K. Sarah Ostrach |
Rice Electron Microscopy Center | |
Rice Space Institute | |
Rice 360º: Institute for Global Health | |
Richard Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity | TBD |
Smalley-Curl Institute | |
| Texas Policy Lab | Debra Kolah |