{ Fondren Library Town Meeting April 3, 2013 Kyle Morrow Room Planning Document—Sara LibQual Update—Sandi Usability Studies—Debra Training and Security—Diane Public Software—Diane and Kerry SFX Migration—Kerry ETD update —Geneva Unicode project update —Melinda and Jiun

Sara Lowman Planning Document

Our Mission Fondren Library supports Rice University’s research and teaching aspirations by providing innovative research and information services, access to scholarly resources, and inviting physical and virtual spaces.

 Collaborate  Innovate  Inspire trust  Embrace diversity  Provide excellent service  Support University priorities Our Values

 Research  Teaching and Learning  Resources  Outreach Strategic Initiatives

 Enrich the research experience through improved discovery and access  Support the lifecycle of data and scholarly content Research

 Provide instruction that fosters academic success  Support faculty resource use and curricular design Teaching and Learning

 Build and preserve collections that support research, pedagogy and creative expression  Develop a staff with the expertise to support the diverse information needs of the University  Enhance library spaces to meet evolving teaching and research needs Resources

 Partner with other regional, national and global institutions to maximize access to resources and services Outreach

Planning for post-Centennial  Collaborations with MFAH, TMC  New programs in Neuroscience, Latin American Studies, Jewish Studies, etc.  Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCS)—Coursera, EdX Update on Campus Initiatives

Questions??

Sandi Edwards LibQual Update

 Jean Aroom  David Bynog  Sandi Edwards  Norie Guthrie  Jeff Koffler  Debra Kolah, chair Committee for Marketing And Customer Service (C-MACS)

Undergraduates Graduates Faculty Staff TOTAL Comments LibQUAL+ Survey

Debra Kolah Usability Studies

Diane Butler Training & Security

Training and Security

Diane and Kerry Public Software – CASSIE

Public Software aka CASSIE  Launched February 28  On all public Reference machines on 1 st floor and in GovDocs (not on the kiosk computers)  Patrons receive access code at Front Desk  Code good for 1 hour of computer time  Codes expire at midnight  Students can have as many codes as they want (also obtainable at Circ for Rice patrons)

Kerry Keck SFX Migration

Geneva Henry ETD Update

ETD Submissions  Rice piloted ETDs in Spring 2012  Students had option of submitting print or ETD  Vireo submission system configured to meet needs of Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies  ETDs mandatory starting Fall 2012  System seems to be working very well  Grad Studies publishing out to repository at end of academic year  Will start publishing to IR as soon as final version is submitted and approved.

2011 and 2012 Digitization  Project to digitize print theses from 2011 and 2012, managed by Monica Rivero  Students scanned theses during Summer and Fall 2012  Metadata retrieved from ProQuest and imported with theses  Project underway for thesis QC  Identify missing ETDs and scan them  TS to identify theses that library never received  Case of the newly-discovered Architecture theses

EMBARGOESEMBARGOESEMBARGOESEMBARGOES  Graduate Council agreed to 1 year, renewable embargo  Must be approved by advisor and Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies  Student must proactively request a renewal, which will be granted, “under very unusual circumstances.”

Ongoing ETD Work  Create catalog records for all ETDs  ETD metadata vs. Catalog description  Will automatically generate records this summer, working with TS  Clean up metadata  Names  Subjects, misspellings

Melinda and Jiun Unicode Project Update

Before Unicode

After Unicode

 Library Town Meeting 8:30am  Elliot Shore, Exec. Director of ARL  President Leebron Town 9:30  Shepherd School of Music, Stude Hall Tomorrow, April 4th