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FONDREN Volume 27, No. 2 • Spring 2018 Supports the Jain Studies Program at Rice

One of India’s oldest religions, tions in Jain studies at universities Fondren Library also recently Jainism (the teaching of the Jinas or nationwide. At , these hosted the exhibit “Structures of Striv- spiritual victors) speaks with timeless efforts culminated in 2016 with the ing” on Jain temple architecture. This relevance to the ethical dilemmas establishment of the Bhagwaan exhibit was assembled by the first of our modern world. Of particular Mahavir/Chao Family Foundation Bhagwaan Mahavir Fellow, Brianne importance is the concept of ahimsa, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jain Donaldson, and was on view on the or avoiding harm to everything that Studies. first floor of the library in early spring lives. While present in all indigenous 2018. traditions of India, ahimsa finds In response to the creation of its ultimate expression in the phi- the Jain studies program, Fondren Anna Shparberg losophy of Jainism. Two other Jain Library has stepped up its acquisi- Reference Librarian concepts of note are anekantavada tion of Jain studies materials. The (many-sided view), which teaches growth of the library’s Jain hold- that the ultimate truth is best under- ings was achieved both through an CHECK IT OUT! stood through approaching it from emphasis on purchasing more books many different angles, and apari- and periodicals and through receiv- graha (nonattachment to material ing significant gift collections from possessions). the community. Pg. 3 Fondren Collaborates to Capture Harvey Memories Historically, Jainism has attracted In spring 2017, Ravi and Sulekh far less public and scholarly attention Jain donated to Fondren Library Pg. 9 Catalog Librarian by Day, in the West than its related traditions, their private collection of more Actor by Night Hinduism and Buddhism. There than 400 book and periodical titles. are relatively few institutions in the These materials are in a mix of that offer courses in Western and Indian languages, such Pg. 13 Stravinsky Collection Jain studies, and only a handful of as Sanskrit, Hindi and Gujarati, and Arrives at Fondren academic libraries have significant include devotional and educational Jain studies collections. publications that are not commonly collected by libraries. Another In order to foster better aware- important recent acquisition is the ness of this tradition, the Jain complete library of the Jain Center community and academia have, in of , which should become the last few years, collaborated to accessible to scholars in fall 2018. create a number of academic posi- Fondren Library OUTREACH

Humanitarian Mapathon

Fondren Library was a co-sponsor of Rice’s first humanitarian Mapathon held on GIS Day, Nov. 15, 2017. Humanitarian Mapathons have been held around the world to support disaster management or recovery missions.

Undergraduate Sonia Torres ’19 asked for support from the GIS/ Data Center and Kelley Center for Government Information, Data and Geospatial Services in planning the Mapathon. Torres led the planning and invited speaker Farhan Majid, a fellow in health and technology policy at the Baker Institute, to speak. Fondren staff helped with marketing and refreshments as well Kathy Hart Weimer (far left) and Sonia Torres (far right) with student participants as during the event itself. This Mapathon supported the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by providing road maps in Uganda’s Rakia lake area. The mapping supports understanding of the location of communities and their road systems to support optimal location of HIV/ AIDS services. The mappers traced roads that were visible on satellite images and included them as roads in the street map database only through this project. Additional Mapathons are planned.

Kathy Hart Weimer Head, Kelley Center for Government Information, Data and Geospatial Services

Errata in the Fall 2017 Issue

On Page 9, in Kathy Weimer’s publications, the second sentence should read: With M. McGee and K. Durante, she co-authored “Toward a Linked Data Model for Describing Cartographic Resources,” Journal of Map & Geography Librar- ies, 13(1): 133–144, 2017.

On Page 10, in the right-hand photograph cap- tion, Sam Johnson was misidentified as Sam Spiro and Lucy Johnson was misidentified as Lucy Spiro. PEPFAR map of the Rakai district of Uganda Michael Duke should have appeared on the back cover in the list of photographers.

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Who Can Forget Harvey?

Members of Fondren Library are during the weather event and an areas following Harvey’s devastation. collaborating with libraries and estimated 40,000 were evacuated or The HERE committee, appointed archives in the area took refuge in shelters across by President and to build a digital archive housing and Louisiana. Marie Lynn Miranda, selected memories and ephemera related to recipients on the significance and the destruction caused by Hurricane Behind those statistics are potential impact of the projects as Harvey. thousands of stories of loss, trauma, well as their potential service to the recovery and resilience, as well as city. Between Aug. 17 and Sept. photos, amateur video and social 1, 2017, Tropical Storm Harvey media posts. In the aftermath of the While the HMP is still at an — which rapidly intensified into hurricane, a dialogue developed early stage of development, the Hurricane Harvey — crisscrossed among Rice, the University of project’s goal will be to collect the southeast shore of Texas. Houston Libraries, Harris County personal narratives, photos, audio, According to the National Oceanic Public Libraries and Houston Public video and other digital objects and Atmospheric Administration Libraries about how the libraries about the experience of Harvey. Its (NOAA), Harvey directly caused 68 and archives of the Greater Houston core values include a focus on the deaths in Texas, with 36 casualties in metropolitan area might build a community, diversity, compassion Harris County alone. These counts digital archive to help people share and sustainability. Questions make Harvey the deadliest American their Harvey stories. about the project and requests for hurricane in terms of direct deaths more information can be sent to since Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Meetings about the project — [email protected]. the deadliest hurricane overall to dubbed the Harvey Memories Project hit Texas since 1919. A January (HMP) — began in September Scott Carlson 2018 report by NOAA estimated the 2017. By December, the HMP team Metadata Coordinator damage from Harvey at $125 billion, was awarded a grant through the Lisa Spiro with over 300,000 structures and up Rice Houston Engagement and Executive Director, Digital Scholarship to 500,000 cars reported flooded in Recovery Effort (HERE), a project to Services southeastern Texas. In addition, more strengthen the sustainability of the than 300,000 customers lost power city of Houston and its surrounding

Photo: Members of South Carolina’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (SC-HART) perform rescue operations in Port Arthur, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017 (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez)

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Creating an Undergraduate Journal at Rice: Rice Historical Review In spring 2015, Mary Charlotte Carroll agreed. In addition, this collaboration that it is freely available and that its ’16 floated an idea to her friend seemed like a great opportunity content can be reused, provided that and fellow history major Rachel to advance the library’s goal of it is properly cited. They published Landsman ’16: what if they started supporting new approaches to the first issue in April 2016, releasing an undergraduate history journal at scholarly publishing. With the it at a launch party attended by Rice? They had received a number of support of the history calls for papers from undergraduate department, I decided history journals at other universities to offer a course to and wondered why Rice didn’t have help students learn a similar journal. Both were excited about core concepts by the opportunity to showcase the such as peer review work of their peers, demonstrate the and publishing ethics, excellence of the humanities at Rice give them a structure (particularly the history department) for developing the and take on a compelling challenge. journal and make them As Landsman recalled, “What drew us accountable. to the idea of Rice’s own journal was an interest in the editorial process: Beginning in fall creating a vision for an entire issue, 2015, I taught (and selecting papers for publication and continue to teach) a working with our peers to make it two-hour, credit/no happen …” credit history course focused on academic While Carroll and Landsman publishing. So that shared a strong vision and students understand commitment, they were a bit daunted best practices in by the challenge of creating a new publishing and get journal, especially since they wanted connected to the rich to release the first issue before they publishing community graduated in spring 2016. As Carroll at Rice, the class hosts noted, “Without any real blueprint guests such as journal after which to pattern ourselves, editors and marketing we would need to find funding experts. Students learn sources, design the journal’s layout, by doing — they decide on a name, create a website, create and circulate a solicit submissions, vote on pieces call for submissions; to publish, edit those pieces and review submissions; shepherd the journal through the communicate with printing process. Daunting.” Others authors and peer reviewers; copy history faculty, authors, donors and on campus were eager to help them edit articles; design, lay out and other supporters. navigate such challenges. After promote the journal. Seven students contact with Carroll and Landsman, participated in the founding editorial In reflecting on how they were Lisa Balabanlilar (then chair of board, taking on roles such as editor- able to create and publish a journal undergraduate studies) and Alida in-chief, managing editor and director in just two semesters, Carroll and Metcalf (then chair of the history of publishing. During the first Landsman credit the contributions of department) approached me about year, students faced the additional the student editorial board and the assisting with the journal. I had challenges of defining the journal’s support of faculty and staff at Rice. served as the managing editor of scope, securing funding, creating a Student board members both applied Postmodern Culture and had even design template and picking out a existing skills and developed new written a book chapter that examined name. The editorial board decided ones, taking responsibility for peer the benefits of involving students that Historical Review (RHR) review, copy editing, design, outreach in publishing, so I enthusiastically would be open access, which means and project management. Members

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of the history department not only board, the 2017–2018 board has no about the publishing process, how provided encouragement and advice, one from that initial group. But its to evaluate and improve academic but also reviewed submissions. members — now numbering nine essays, how to collaborate and how As Landsman said, “Working with — remain committed to the journal’s to manage complex projects. As professors on the journal was such founding vision even as they shape current editor-in-chief Daniel Russell great fun — my professors weren’t its continued evolution. This year, the commented, “Working on the RHR just teachers, but also became journal received 35 submissions for has given me a greater appreciation mentors and collaborators.” By only 6 spots, the most submissions for the process of academic consulting with editorial staff from to date. Beginning in spring 2017, publishing.” Landsman noted, journals such as Studies in English the journal created podcasts in “Working with my peers to make Literature, Journal of Southern which students and faculty discuss something from nothing was such a historical questions, thrill. We learned from each other, crafting episodes on the and everyone brought something “German SPD and Migrant different to the table.” Carroll added, Crisis” and “Themes “As the editorial board worked in Mughal Imperial together to get it off the ground, Identity,” with more in I developed both leadership and the works (episodes at organizational skills, and when we https://soundcloud.com/ began our first foray into the peer user-176468700). Next review process, I gained invaluable year the RHR plans to editing skills, which I continue to open up submissions to rely on as a law student and current students from across the member of the editorial board of world. The RHR is also the Yale Law and Policy Review. expanding its partnership The RHR helped me learn how to with the history seriously engage with academic department and helped scholarship and contributed to my to promote a lecture on decision to pursue graduate school women’s history. after leaving Rice.”

In April 2018, the Carroll and Landsman said that RHR plans to publish founding the RHR ranks as a special its third issue, with a part of their Rice experiences. As limited number of print Landsman noted, by looking at copies. The journal also is an issue of the journal, “You can available online at http:// see the diversity of both the topics www.ricehistoricalreview. and the students, you can see how org/. Fondren Library undergraduates are taking initiative archives print issues and taking charge of their own of the journal in the learning by choosing projects about which they are passionate and you and digital versions can see the incredible support the in the Rice Digital faculty provides (on the front end, Scholarship Archive by helping student authors develop History and Cultural Anthropology, (RDSA)(https://scholarship.rice. their papers, and on the back end, the student editorial board learned edu/handle/1911/92659). Through by helping journal editors with the how to run a high quality journal. the RDSA, Fondren also provides review process). I think now, if The Center for Civic Leadership, articles with digital object identifiers, someone asks me why I loved being the Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative which are stable web addresses that a history major at Rice, I can hand Grant and the history department facilitate citation. them a copy of the journal as an funded the journal. answer.” Through their work on the One of the goals of the founding journal, students not only get Lisa Spiro editorial board was to create an the satisfaction of producing a Executive Director, Digital Scholarship enduring legacy for the university. publication that showcases the Services While the 2016–2017 student editorial best historical writing by Rice board included several members undergraduates, but they also learn who were also part of the founding

NEWS from FONDREN • Spring 2018 5 OUTREACH Fondren in the News at Instruction Conference Fondren Library co-sponsored the annual LOEX Conference on library instruction and information literacy, held in Houston May 3–5, 2018. LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange) is a national organization for librarians to share practical guidance and research on instruction. The 2018 conference title, referring to NASA and the space program, was “New Frontiers: Exploring and Innovating in Uncharted Territory.”

At this conference, librarians delivered workshops and seminars on such topics as integrating library research skills into university curricula, using new software and games in library classes, big data and the spread of fake news. Rice’s own Mikki Hebl, the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Chair of Psychology and professor of psychology and management, delivered a plenary talk on interpersonal discrimination and subtle bias, and how they can be reduced through strategies and awareness. As librarians play an important role in providing needed information, understanding how bias may influence our interactions with students and other patrons is essential. I served on the conference planning committee; access services associate DaVian Smith also attended the conference. For many, LOEX is an essential conduit for the latest discussions and findings on concerns specific to library instruction. By supporting this conference, Fondren aided in the dissemination of new research and best practices for this important aspect of our mission.

Joe Goetz Information Literacy Librarian Fondren Launches Data and Donuts Training Series According to research by former Fondren Fellow Eslam Communication and the Digital Media Commons, the Elshahat, Rice graduate students need to know more Data and Donuts series also features workshops on data about how to manage their research data. Rice’s Research visualization and the visualization software Tableau. Data Services team developed a new training series to In addition to developing new skills and knowledge, meet this need: Data and Donuts. participants enjoy the sweet reward of free donuts.

Modeled after similar programs at the University For future offerings, please check the library’s website of Texas and Colorado State University, the Data and at https://library.rice.edu/news/data-donuts-workshop- Donuts series offers hands-on workshops on topics such series. as organizing and sharing data, cleaning data with Open Refine and managing research using the Open Science Lisa Spiro Framework. Through partnerships with the Digital Media Executive Director, Digital Scholarship Services Commons and the Center for Written, Oral and Visual

6 library.rice.edu TECHNOLOGY Fondren Digital Object Identifier Services In fall 2017, Fondren Library became a member of Two recent projects have helped Fondren’s Digital DataCite, an international non-profit organization that Scholarship Services navigate the workflows of DOI provides digital object identifiers (DOIs) for research data assignment both in-house and through a nonlibrary and other publications. platform. The first DOIs in the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive were assigned to the first two issues of the Rice A DOI is a unique alphanumeric identifier assigned Historical Review, an undergraduate history journal at to digital content. Unlike a standard URL, a DOI is not https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/92659. The associated with the publication’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research has location online. Rather, it is associated partnered with Fondren to assign DOIs with the publication’s content. As a to some public datasets on its new result, the DOI can remain stable even Urban Data Platform at https://kinder. if the publication’s URL or metadata rice.edu/UrbanData/. changes. This convention helps promote citation of online content and To learn more about Fondren’s helps readers locate publications. DOIs DOI services, visit http://bit.ly/ are widely used in scholarly publishing; FondrenDOI and visit DataCite at over 120 million DOIs have been https://www.datacite.org/index.html. assigned worldwide. Shannon Kipphut-Smith As a DataCite member, Fondren Scholarly Communications Liaison can facilitate DOI assignment to content in library-managed repositories (e.g., Rice Digital Scholarship Archive) and other university-managed platforms that are committed to long-term preservation and access.

Increased Visibility for Reporting E-resources Problems In the university’s 2017 Survey of All Students, we asked students how they would prefer to report issues with an electronic resource. Undergraduate and graduate students’ first preference was email, with an online form as the second alternative.

Knowing this, how could we better serve student needs?

With the help of Jeff Koffler, web developer/graphic Example of EbscoHost interface designer, and support of Scott Vieira, electronic resources librarian, links to either email the e-resources mailing list for problem-solving or use our Contact Us form were added to EbscoHost, Proquest, the A-Z Databases page and the Bento Box search results page.

Late semester, formal usability testing should determine whether these new links make a difference in reporting behavior.

Amanda Thomas User Experience/Public Services Librarian A-Z Databases landing page

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New and Improved Services Fondren Library continually works with the Fondren Library Student Ambassadors and departments across campus to get ideas for new services in the library. Additionally, student feedback from the annual Survey of All Students provides guidance on areas to improve.

Office Supplies Student surveys always mention the need for office supplies. In fall 2017, the Fondren UX Office, in collaboration with access services, created an office supply area on the first floor near the printers. Stocked daily, this area provides paper clips and scratch paper as well as library Fondren Owl pens, markers, highlighters, staplers, scissors and paper cutters.

Perks Guide Color Printing at the First-Floor Computers For many years, Fondren Library has offered color printing in the The Fondren Owl Perks Guide is Digital Media Commons, located in the basement of the library. Color part of a larger online effort through printing is now also available on the first floor of the library, extending which the university’s human the hours available to students. A Rice University netID is needed to use resources department will highlight this service, which is primarily intended for students. A feature of this discounts and other benefits for new service is the ability to have a resumé printed out on professional Rice employees. The guide provides paper by selecting the resumé/thesis printer. access to library resources and services of interest to this broader community of Rice ID holders. Increased Wi-Fi Coverage In fall 2017, Rice’s Office of Information Technology strengthened Designed by Fondren’s Fondren Library’s Wi-Fi coverage. The following areas were included: Committee on Marketing and First-floor reading rooms, Second-floor balcony, Third floor, Sixth-floor Customer Service (CMACS), the guide Rice only study. provides user-friendly access to the valuable library resources available Diane Butler, associate vice president for the Office of Technology, online and in the library itself. Users shared, “As a result of feedback from students, the Office of Information will learn about Fondren’s streaming Technology is pleased to partner with Fondren Library to improve the film and music collections, current Wi-Fi experience in the library by adding more access points and moving fiction and leisure reading books, the color printers from Mudd to Fondren so they will be more readily online periodicals, and research and available.” homework help, plus information about classes and equipment. A slide Diaper Changing Area show of unique spaces also helps A diaper changing table has been installed in the all gender bathroom to promote the library as a beautiful on the first floor of Fondren, near Room 156. “Fondren Library is open place to work, relax and enjoy not only to the Rice community, many of whom are balancing work everything Fondren has to offer. The and/or school with raising children, but also to the general public,” said guide can be accessed directly at Amanda Thomas, Fondren’s user experience librarian. “I saw families http://libguides.rice.edu/OwlPerks. with young children passing through the library each week and, having recently had my own child, I thought carefully about how to make them Jeanette Sewell more comfortable while using our space.” In addition to the Mothers’ Database and Metadata Management Room, located on the fourth floor of Fondren, the changing area helps Coordinator meet the needs of visitors with infants.

Debra Kolah Head of User Experience

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Behind the Scenes and in Front of the Curtain Alice Rhoades spends her days at of plays with Baker Shakespeare. Since Houston has a tight-knit theater Fondren, cataloging the library’s Working on these productions community, Rhoades has often continuing resources, but she and others at Rice has generated encountered former students who spends her nights chasing younger respect for the commitment and have continued with their passion men, dabbling in black magic and professionalism that students on for the theater: “It’s fun to act with providing comic relief in between campus have for the theater. “Many former students who are now adults murders. All these activities require students in these productions aren’t and see how they’ve grown.” substantial effort and practice, but necessarily theater majors,” explained such are the sacrifices for her art. Rhoades, “and it always impresses Houston’s diverse theater scene A professionally trained actress, me that they can juggle so many is another attraction and Rhoades has Rhoades graduated from Baylor rigorous activities and still manage to participated in events ranging from University with a degree in acting be involved in a play. Rice students community productions of Gilbert and pursued theater as a career are pretty amazing.” Her positive and Sullivan to staged readings for in New York before turning to experiences with Baker Shakespeare local playwrights. She most recently librarianship. Since coming to work led to her becoming an associate at appeared in March 2018 in an all- at Fondren in 1999, she has remained the , where she assists with female version of Shakespeare’s “The engaged with Houston’s vibrant theater activities both behind the Merry Wives of Windsor” with the theater scene, performing in more scenes and on stage. Boiling Point Players. While Rhoades than two dozen area productions. has also done some writing and “While I am not trying to make a Mentoring and collaborating directing, acting remains her main living in the theater,” said Rhoades, with students is a major attraction for love: “I’d like to perform more than “it is nice to remain active in my Rhoades in on-campus productions. I am currently doing, but it’s hard field, much as subject librarians keep While an intern at the Alley Theatre working all day and then rehearsing current in their areas of expertise.” during the 1970s, she learned the all night.” value of working with seasoned Shakespeare is a specialty, and professionals and enjoys sharing David M. Bynog Rhoades has appeared in a number her knowledge with younger actors. Assistant Head of Acquisitions

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Elka Has Left the Building

Elka Tenner retired from Fondren Tenner participated on numerous Her enthusiasm was pervasive, based Library in December 2017. She came Fondren Library committees and on the sounds of hilarity coming to Fondren in September 2001 as the special projects. Last year, along with from the conference room during collection development coordinator Amanda Thomas, user experience/ vendor visits. The reference office and humanities/social sciences public services librarian, Tenner area is noticeably quieter following librarian after work experiences conducted ethnographic interviews to her retirement. at Texas A&M University Libraries, examine the religious studies faculty’s Loyola Law School’s Law Library and research techniques and behaviors. Kathy Hart Weimer the University of Texas at El Paso. The information gathered from Rice Head, Kelley Center for Government faculty was folded into a larger Ithaka Information, Data and Geospatial Services Over the years, she coordinated S+R report that resulted in a greater special projects for the purchase of understanding of religious studies library materials and worked with research behavior and needs as well YBP, EBSCO, ProQuest and other as deepening relationships between vendors to expand the Fondren the religious studies department and Library collections. She also librarians. To read the report, go to coordinated Fondren’s call to fill gaps https://bit.ly/2ko5ftp. in its serial holdings included in the Greater Western Library Alliance’s To her colleagues, Tenner was WEST project. Along with selection always a team player, integral to the of materials and coordination of cohesion of the department. She collection development, Tenner willingly traded or picked up desk interacted with many faculty hours when needed and supported and students through her subject her colleagues during their ups and assignments over the years, downs. But, to really know Tenner including those in classics, Jewish was to know her sense of humor studies, library science, philosophy, expressed through her legendary psychology, religious studies and laugh. Everyone within earshot Elka Tenner and Bob Sabin sociology. experienced her trademark laughter.

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Digital Media New DMC A Familiar Commons Role for Face Comeback Mario Norton

Northwest Houston native Jonathan Mario Norton started as Digital Mira Greene returned to Fondren Rivera ’15 is delighted to return Media Commons (DMC) supervisor Library this past fall. After working to Fondren Library’s Digital Media in June 2017 after serving as DMC’s as assistant head of cataloging Commons (DMC) as a digital media digital media support specialist and metadata services here under support specialist. since Sept. 2016. His new duties Jiun Kuo 2007–2009, she left to include supervising the DMC’s many pursue opportunities elsewhere. Rivera graduated from Rice with a student workers, managing supplies But a chance to be head of her double major in anthropology and and equipment, teaching numerous old department lured her back to visual and dramatic arts. When he classes (Adobe suite, video editing Houston. wasn’t singing with his campus and CampusPress) and developing a cappella group the Apollos, new classes, including several on 3-D “I definitely had a bit of déjà vu during his sophomore and senior modeling/animation software. walking into the department,” she years, Rivera worked in the DMC. said. “The physical aspects of the After graduating, Rivera spent two Norton is also the staff sponsor of department have not changed. years with BWA Video, a company a new student club, RU Animating. However, it has been wonderful specializing in videography for Mengjia Liu ’18 said, “I really getting reacquainted with colleagues law firms and legal services, where appreciate all the effort he has put and friends still here as well as he contributed to a documentary into helping our club get started getting to meet new library staff.” about the Houston Young Lawyers and keeping it running. I’m sure we Association. could not have found a better club When asked about what the sponsor.” biggest challenges might be for the However, a chance encounter with department over the coming years, a familiar face from the DMC led to RU Animating was a natural fit for Greene said: “As the use of ebooks his return. He now assists members Norton, as he has always been an and other electronic resources of the Rice community with digital artist — from his earliest memories of continues to grow, our challenge media projects and runs workshops his mother encouraging his drawing, is providing description and access on topics such as Adobe’s Premiere to classes at the Glassell School of Art to all of the resources (print and Pro video-editing software. Rivera at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston electronic) Fondren Library acquires. says his undergraduate experience and even to graphic design and 3-D The medium might change, but the at the DMC laid the foundation for a modeling work in the oil and gas need to manage material stays the job helping people get excited about industry. Jane Zhao, director of the same.” their own projects. DMC, explains, “Mario is our in- house expert for Illustrator, InDesign, Melinda Reagor Flannery, assistant In his off time, Rivera still works Photoshop and the 3-D modeling university librarian for technical in video production and enjoys a software Blender.” services, noted, “Mira’s experience hobby in photography. However, his between her two Rice positions has true passion is gaming, an interest Amanda Thomas only enriched her understanding of that has crossed into video game User Experience Librarian the area of cataloging and metadata development projects with his as well as technical services as a friends. whole.”

Scott Carlson Amanda Thomas Metadata Coordinator User Experience/Public Services Librarian

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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Archive at Fondren Library

The Woodson Research Center CAMH’s website at https://camh.org company of other Houston fine and recently acquired the extensive currently lists the entire history of its performing arts collections at Rice. and fascinating archive of the exhibitions and provides a link to the Such collections include the Rice Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Woodson Research Center for those Gallery records, Houston Arts and (CAMH). who wish to delve deeper into the Media Oral Histories, Ann Holmes history of CAMH, specific exhibitions Fine Arts Archive, Marion Kessel The collection documents and artists. Performing Arts collection, Grace the history of the CAMH since its Spaulding John papers and the founding in 1948. The collection Archivists are currently William Camfield papers.” includes a variety of media: processing the 300-plus box photographs, videos, correspondence, collection, digitizing over 700 audio- The collection will continue to exhibit planning documents, board visual recordings and preparing the grow as additional materials from records, publications, architectural collection for researchers. “We are CAMH will be added annually. drawings and audio files. Many delighted at the Woodson Research Research access will be announced renowned contemporary artists Center to provide public access to once the collection is fully processed exhibited at CAMH early in their the archives of the Contemporary later in 2018. careers, including Alexander Calder Arts Museum Houston,” said Amanda and Joan Miró (1951), Max Ernst Focke, assistant head of special Rebecca Russell (1952), Robert Rauschenberg (1965), collections at Fondren. “The Woodson Archivist Librarian John Chamberlain (1975), Cindy Research Center at Rice and CAMH Sherman (1980), Bill Viola (1988), have enjoyed strong connections over Ann Hamilton (1997), Shirin Neshat the years, and the CAMH archives (2003) and Clifford Owens (2011). will serve researchers well in the

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Welcome to the Stravinsky Collection

Fondren Library recently acquired Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) first The majority of the proofs in an important archive of annotated achieved international fame with the collection contain significant proofs, autograph and copyist three ballets premiered in Paris corrections, alterations and manuscripts, and associated material by Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes annotations in Stravinsky’s hand, relating to over 48 works by the between 1910 and 1913. He remains including extensive autograph revolutionary Russian-born composer one of the most widely performed musical manuscript additions and Igor Stravinsky. Among the works and influential composers of the 20th textual notes. Some proofs are represented are some of his most century. His period of productivity present in successive iterations, all famous, the ballets “The Firebird,” lasted well over 60 years and his evidencing important evolutionary “Petruchka” and “The Rite of Spring.” compositions are notable for their stages in Stravinsky’s compositional The archive is from the collection of stylistic diversity. To study Stravinsky process. The meticulous nature of Soulima Stravinsky, the composer’s is to study almost every important Stravinsky’s corrections demonstrates son, and has been unavailable for musical development in the century, his care to ensure that the final scholarly research until now. It will from the neonationalism of his early published edition faithfully be housed in Fondren’s Woodson ballets to the neoclassic style of his represented his intentions. Research Center. middle period and the serialism of his later years. Mary Brower Music Librarian

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Making Friends at Fondren Rice Authors President Leebron’s Book List Friends of Fondren Library (FoFL) Childhood: celebrates Rice authors, editors, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back – Dr. composers and artists at an annual Seuss reception to honor them for their Dictionary; Thesaurus; Atlas; Encyclopedia accomplishments. Peter (Carl) The Way Things Work – An Illustrated Caldwell, the Samuel G. McCann Encyclopedia of Technology Professor and Friends of Fondren Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe Library board member, hosted this Abuse and Oppression: year’s program and reception in the Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens Ley Student Center’s Farnsworth Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written Pavilion Jan. 31, 2018. by Herself – Harriet Ann Jacobs Night – Elie Wiesel The evening’s program featured a lively panel discussion titled, Reading in a Foreign Language: “Varieties of Change: Environmental The Metamorphosis – Franz Kafka Destruction, Political Transformation, Science: Cultural Creation.” Three members of The Copernican Revolution – Thomas S. President David W. Leebron and Ping Sun the Rice faculty who published books Kuhn in 2017 constituted the panel. The Life of Galileo – Bertolt Brecht What to Read in Paris: •Jim Blackburn, professor in the Books That Down and Out in Paris and London – practice in environmental law and George Orwell author of “A Texan Plan for the Texas Shaped My World Le Miserables – Victor Hugo Coast” Eiffel’s Tower – Jill Jonnes •Tony Brandt, professor of Rice University President David W. Problems of the Mind: composition and theory and co- Leebron was the featured speaker at Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer author of “The Runaway Species: the fall Books That Shaped My World An Unquiet Mind – Kay Redfield Jamison lecture. This lecture was presented on How Human Creativity Remakes the Human Rights: Feb. 20, 2018 by Friends of Fondren World” The Age of Rights – Louis Henkin Library and co-chaired by Jeff Ross Political Theory and International Relations ’75 and Amy and Robert Taylor ’74. •, the Radoslav A. – Charles R. Beitz Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs Black Panther – the recent movie and professor of political science Leebron spoke to a capacity and co-author of “The American crowd in the library’s Kyle Morrow Fighting for Justice: Nonvoter” Room. From a story of using “The Michael Kohlhaas – Heinrich Von Kleist Cat in the Hat Comes Back” in a Ragtime – E.L. Doctorow Please contact Friends of Fondren law-school lecture to his poignant Family Matters: with names of authors for next year’s reflection on “Night” by Elie Wiesel, In the Middle of All This – Fred G. Leebron event. Leebron shared many examples of books that shaped his perspectives Everyone’s World: and outlook. Silent Spring – Rachel Carson The Sixth Extinction – Elizabeth Kolbert Please join us for future lectures; Crime, Guilt, Punishment & the they will be featured on our website Obligatory Russian Novel: at www.library.rice.edu/friends. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky An American Tragedy – Theodore Dreiser Books That Shaped Me (Literally): Michelin Guide to France Zagat Survey New York City Restaurants Rice University Books: and the Creation of L to R: Jim Blackburn, Lyn Ragsdale, Rice University – Edgar Odell Lovett Tony Brandt and Peter (Carl) Caldwell University Builder – John B. Boles

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Meet the Author Friends of Fondren Library is pleased to team up with the Association of Rice Alumni to showcase a Rice author each semester. In spring 2018, our featured author was Diana Strassmann, founding editor of the journal . This event was co-chaired for the Friends by Mindy Vanderford ’84 and Kristin Necessary Brookhart ’01.

Strassmann’s talk covered not only the important work of the journal but also discussed the challenges she and other women academics faced in their careers, which inspired her to found the journal to provide a forum for research and discussion on feminist approaches to L to R: Honorees Jim and Molly Crownover, FoFL President Jack Pendergrast and Gala economic questions. Given the Chairs Catherine and Brian James pervasive current discussions in our society about women’s continued experiences of barriers 2018 Gala Success to advancement and promotion in nearly every field of endeavor, the The Friends of Fonden Library Molly has been long involved with event was quite timely. Gala is an annual event that brings the Shepherd Society and currently together friends and supporters to serves as its president. Both Molly Brookhart reflected, “The celebrate the library and benefit its and Jim are tireless advocates for Rice particular subjects highlighted in her future. Catherine and Brian James University. talk were fascinating, and I found ’78 chaired this beautiful event at the myself hungry to find copies of these River Oaks Country Club March 23, This gala also recognized the 50th articles and learn more. I particularly 2018. Guests enjoyed the live and anniversary of the Woodson Research enjoyed the idea of reframing silent auctions and a delicious dinner. Center. This extraordinary center economic questions around the idea collects, organizes and preserves Rice of improved well-being rather than During its 38th gala, Friends of University archives, rare books and quantifying everything in monetary Fondren Library honored Molly and manuscripts to support the research terms. This was so refreshing and Jim Crownover ’65 for their ongoing goals of the university. This year’s a much more meaningful way of dedication to Rice University. Jim “Paddles Up” portion of the auction addressing the outcomes found by studied chemical engineering at Rice supported digitizing recordings the researchers.” and went on to a successful 30-year of career at McKinsey and Company, performances, preserving them for Inc. Rice launched its Centennial future study and research. Campaign during his second term as chairman of the Rice Board of We extend our thanks to Trustees and the student population everyone who supported the annual increased by 37 percent and $800 gala, and we invite you to join us for million was invested in campus our 39th annual gala next spring. improvement during his tenure. In addition to her involvement in Mary Lowery many community organizations, Executive Director Friends of Fondren Library

L to R: Kristin Necessary Brookhart and Diana Strassmann

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For information, contact Melinda Reagor Flannery Rice University Fondren Library–MS 44 P.O. Box 1892 The Kelley Center for Government Information, Data and Geospatial Services Houston, TX 77251-1892 welcomed a special visitor recently, former U.S. Secretary of State 713-348-3773 [email protected] III. He was viewing microfilm of his personal papers, which are part of a collection housed in the Woodson Research Center. Fondren Library website: library.rice.edu L to R Katherine Hart Weimer, Ann Bazile, James Baker III, Siu Min Yu twitter: @fondrenlibrary