The Fondren Library Ambassadors were featured in the latest issue of News from Fondren: http://library.rice.edu/sites/default/files/library-news-images/NFF-Fall2016.pdf on page 2. There are several opportunities for you or your department to become involved with the ambassadors! Every Tuesday we send out a newsletter to the ambassadors. You are very welcome to suggest items for that newsletter, or provide photographs, etc. Past newsletters are available online: http://ow.ly/JPx7307YpcJ
Additionally, every Wednesday, we have folders that they pick up with flyers. Bring your flyers to the UX Office and we will make sure it gets distributed. This week’s folders included flyers and bookmarks about the upcoming Fondren 101 classes, and bookmarks about Interlibrary Loan. The students are enthusiastic about sharing the great services of Fondren!
We wanted to let you know about a project the Ambassadors are working on over the next couple of weeks. They are creating a photo diary from some supplied prompts, such as:
- Your favorite study area in Fondren library.
- Your favorite place at Rice University.
- Something you can’t imagine the library without.
- Your favorite place to study with a group.
So, you may see the Ambassadors taking photographs, and you might even get asked to be photographed by a student! We will be sharing these photo diaries with stakeholders, and working with them to develop services and spaces.
The Ambassadors will continue to have a monthly lunch meeting, and the spring will have them learning more about collection development, binding, e-resources, and remote access to Fondren.
We will send out the call for next year’s Ambassadors in the next couple of weeks. The webpage is currently at: https://library.rice.edu/ambassador
We are especially looking for representation from Duncan, Martell, Wiess, Hanszen, Baker, McMurtry. Please let us know if you have any student workers from those colleges, or serve as an associate. Encourage students you encounter to apply to be an Ambassador!
Please contact Debra Kolah, Norie Guthrie, or Amanda Thomas for questions, suggestions, or to submit material for the newsletter or folders!
Fondren Ambassadors, 2016-2017. (pictured from left to right: Pauline Chen, Meghana Gaur, Debra Kolah, Reagan Hahn, Rakesh Vijayakumar, Anirudh Kunaparaju, Kseniya Anishchenko) (photo by Jeff Fitlow)