Fondren Library Staff News | Archives | 2016

Update on the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive

Posted on March 29, 2016 by lspiro 0

The Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (RDSA) team (Lisa Spiro, Monica Rivero, Shannon Kipphut-Smith, Sid Byrd and Ying Jin) has been working on a range of exciting projects, often in collaboration with others in Fondren or across campus.

These include:

soon-to-debut collections such as the Rice Teaching Archive and undergraduate theses (focusing initially on history)
support for the Rice Historical Review, an undergraduate journal set to publish its first issue in April
assisting with the implementation of Converis, the new faculty information system. We are developing a workflow to make it easier for faculty to contribute their articles to the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive under the Rice open access policy.
collaborating with the Jones School’s Business Wisdom on an initiative to raise the visibility of faculty research and make available underlying publications
working with Public Affairs to develop a workflow for providing access to publications mentioned in press releases
experimenting with using social media to promote RDSA collections
helping to address link rot (essentially, the disappearance of web pages) by becoming a registrar for perma.cc
improving search in RDSA
supporting the representation of math equations using MathML
providing access to Rice-sponsored publications such as Sarmatian Review
making improvements to our Electronic Theses and Dissertations collection, including digitizing around 1400 masters theses previously missing from our collections (soon to be added to RDSA)
working on implementing Vireo 3, the newest version of the software used by Rice graduate students to submit their theses and dissertations
preserving content in RDSA using DuraSpace
customizing the user interface for RDSA
experimenting with OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) to link up audio/video recordings and transcripts or keywords
developing a plugin to enable content to be harvested from RDSA and presented in Omeka, which offers a flexible user interface and rich plugins

Please see the attached slides from today’s Brown Bag for more information. Feel free to contact us at cds@rice.edu or lspiro@rice.edu with any questions or ideas for potential projects.

Rare books and anniversaries commemorated with Fondren Exhibits

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Rebecca 0

Several new exhibits are currently on display in Fondren Library and in the RMC. In the RMC Trophy Case, an exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first black undergraduates enrolled at Rice University.

1973 Campanile

On the first floor of Fondren Library, “Rare Books: Curiosities in a Digital Age” highlights the importance of rare books as physical objects. The exhibit was created by Woodson Research Center’s graduate student intern Trevor McNally.

Also on display on the first floor Information Commons area are examples of medieval manuscript facsimiles.

Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles ©Jeff Fitlow

On the third floor Lovett Lounge, Woodson Research Center student worker Camille Chenevert (Baker ’19) created an exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first graduating class from Rice.

Dance cards from 1916 commencement ball

First graduates 1916

ORCID Resources

Posted on March 21, 2016 by sk60 0

Interested in learning more about ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)? Want to keep up with Fondren ORCID-related events and outreach programs? A new collection of ORCID resources is now available on the Fondren wiki [simply visit https://wiki.rice.edu/ and search for “ORCID”]. On this page, you can find a wide range of information, including ORCID articles, outreach material, information about using the ORCID API, and ORCID users group minutes.

If you come across any ORCID publications or resources you think might be of interest to library staff, feel free to add it to the collection.