Overview
Working with other library staff, the Technical Services division provides essential services that sustain the research mission of the University. This division acquires resources for the library’s collection and organizes and maintains them according to local and national standards. These functions enable discovery of library resources and permit access to them for the entire user community.
The Technical Services division of Fondren Library consists of three departments:
- Acquisitions
- Cataloging and Metadata Services
- Preservation Services
Services
- Purchasing and receiving materials selected by Collection Development librarians
- Adding records to the catalog when materials are ordered
- Cataloging items when they arrive
- Maintaining the online catalog
- Receiving and binding of periodicals
- Maintaining electronic resources
- Maintaining the collection
- Preserving the entire collection
- Participating in digital library projects
- Licensing materials
Technical Services is not open to the general public.
Email:
eresources@rice.edu
Telephone numbers:
713-348-5219, Main
713-348-4811, Acquisitions
713-348-2568, Cataloging & Metadata
713-348-2602, Preservation Services
Fax:
713-348-5862
Mailing Addresses:
Technical Services
Fondren Library MS 44
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
Acquisitions
Fondren Library MS 230
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
Serials
Fondren Library MS 235
Rice University
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892