1. Fondren Library Town Meeting
March 6, 2012

2. Agenda Canopy Update—Sara Lowman
Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication—Sara Lowman
Electronic Theses and Dissertations—Geneva Henry
E-Science/Research—Geneva Henry
Horizon Group update—David Bynog
Strategic Plan—Melinda Flannery and Leah Krevit
Senior Administrative Retreat update—Sara Lowman

3. West Side Canopy Project
Goals of the project—cover from elements, lighting, signage
Timeline—construction in mid-May

7. Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication
Overview of Program—new curricular writing requirement
Collaboration with the library
Space

11. Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
Geneva Henry

12. ETD Update
ETDs are currently being accepted from students, but they are not yet required.
The 2011/12 academic year will have both electronic and print submissions.
Fees are lower for ETDs ($100 vs. $128 for print).
Theses are still being submitted to ProQuest/UMI; will be submitted at end of academic year.
Working with Central IT to include administrative forms from the student record in OnBase.

13. E-Science/Research
Geneva Henry

14. E-Research Update ARL E-Science/E-Research webinars concluded
Esther and Geneva attended capstone event in Phoenix to develop an E-Research strategic agenda
Collaborating with IT’s research computing and Office of Sponsored Research
Rice is a contributing institution to DMPTool for defining data management plans for grants (
Hosting a brown-bag series of talks on e-science; next ones are 7 March, 4 April and 25 April

15. Horizon Report Update
David Bynog

16. Melinda Flannery and Leah Krevit
Strategic Plan
Melinda Flannery and Leah Krevit

17. Contact Melinda or Leah for assistance!
Fondranet
Library Admin Workspace
High Level Goals
Contact Melinda or Leah for assistance!

18. Senior Administrative Retreat Update
Sara Lowman