Faculty Assistance

Let us work collaboratively with you to design and implement instructional services aimed at developing skills needed by undergraduate and graduate students to excel in their work at Rice University and after graduation. We are committed to user outreach and excellent customer service to provide an effective instruction program that meets the needs of our library users.

Service Desk Assistance

• ILL/Document Delivery
• Course Materials (Leganto in Canvas)
• Missing items
• Renewals
• Proxy Forms
• LSC requests

Research Assistance

• There are subject librarians assigned to work with one or more academic disciplines.
• Collection support for teaching and research
• Library research instruction
• Check out our Research Guides - Can be customized for your class
• Rush processing
• Suggesting materials to purchase
• Electronic resources access troubleshooting
• Guidance and referral for preservation of personal materials 

Digital Media Commons Assistance

• Custom Workshops
• Faculty Work Request
• Poster printing
• A/V equipment
• Media editing and converting
• Document/film/slide scanning
• Audio Studio or Video/Photography Studio

GIS/Data Center Assistance

• Request GIS data
• Request custom GIS instruction
• Request one-on-one GIS project training
• Request custom map design for publication
• Request GIS consulting services
• Hire a GIS student

Digital Scholarship Services Assistance

•  Research Assistance
  • Provide assistance in identifying and using digital research tools
  • Assist researchers in managing their data and in developing data management plans
• Scholarly Communications Assistance
  • Facilitate deposits of articles in the Rice Research Repository in support of Rice’s open access policy
  • Support compliance with federal open access mandates, such as the NIH Public Access Policy
  • Offer consulting and support for developing an online scholarly identity, including through ORCID identifiers
  • Provide publishing support
• Digital Scholarship Assistance
  • Help to develop scholarly digital projects
  • Provide access to digitization, digital curation, and digital preservation facilities & expertise
  • Create digital collections in the Rice Research Repository (for publications, data, video, audio and other materials) and JSTOR Forum (for images).

Kelley Center for Government Information Resources and Civic Engagement

• Specialized research assistance
• Visit Kelley Center GovDocs A-Z Guides
• Register for Kelley Center specialized training workshops – overview of government information resources, introduction to Census data and data tools, legal research resources at Fondren, map collections and microform collections at Fondren, civic engagement resources and support services at Fondren, vote 101, media literacy, Microsoft Excel training, and more
• Request class visit
• Request custom instruction design: Collaborate to integrate Kelley Center specialized information resources into curriculum, co-design library research assignments using the materials
• Provide microform viewer/scanner
• Schedule a tour
• Browse an extensive collection of over 65,000 official federal publications from all three branches in print format, more than 50,000 printed maps, and over 350,000 microform materials
• Exhibits throughout the year
• Certified Harris County voter registrar available to register you to vote
• Borrow tangible voter registration event toolkit
• Stay informed and involved with Rice voter registration events and opportunities by joining vdvr@rice.edu administered by Head of Kelley Center

Woodson Research Center Assistance

• Research Assistance
• Scanning and Duplication of Woodson Materials
• Departmental and Teaching Support Consultations
• Support Digital and Campus-Wide Projects
• Deposit Materials for Classroom Instruction
• Build Collections Based on Faculty Research Interest