The flyleaf, 1998

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by  Fondren Library. Friends

The
Flyleaf
Friends of Fondren Library Vol. 48, No. 2 Spring 1998
The Friends of Fondren Library
honoring
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Baker,
III
A
L ETTER TO THE FRIENDS
Dear Friends of Fondren Library,
Good things are happening for most successful ever, raising over
Fondren Library. With Chuck Henry, $110,000 for the Friends Endowment,
our Librarian and Vice Provost leading; now grown to over $2 million. With
with the work of the the Library such success it seems likely that a new
Strategic Planning Committee Friends Endowment, designated to
completed; with the announcement that sustain and preserve Special Collections
the Hobby Foundation gifts, grown over (that now include the Baker papers
the years to over 20 million, will go to along with other papers and books in
the library; and with the appointment of the Woodson Research Center) will soon
the highly respected firm of Shepley, be possible.
Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott to Thus, good news abounds. I invite
design a master plan for a library that you to hear more at our Annual Meeting
will meet the needs of the entire Rice on May 26 at the Cohen House when
community, Fondren Library is poised Professor John B. Boles, a member of the
to become a true center of intellectual Strategic Planning Committee and a
endeavor in Houston. In fact, the long supporter of the library, will talk to
excitement about the future of Fondren us about its future.
is almost palpable.
And at no time more so than at the
Cordially,
Eighteenth Annual Fondren Saturday
Night. The evening, honoring Susan and
Jim Baker, and ably orchestrated by Lew
Elizabeth W. Kidd
Eatherton and his committee, was our
FONDREN LIBRARY THE FRIENDS THE FLYLEAF
Founded under the charter The Friends of Fondren Founded October 1950
of the university dated May Library was founded in 1950 as and published by the
18, 1891, the library was an association of library Friends of Fondren Library,
MS
established in 1913. Its supporters interested in - 225, Rice University,
present building was increasing and making better P.O. Box 1892, Houston,
dedicated November 4, 1949, known the resources of Fondren Texas 77251-1892,
and rededicated in 1969 after Library at Rice University. The The Flyleafis a record of
a substantial addition, both Friends, through members' Fondren Library's and
made possible by gifts of Ella contributions and sponsorship Friends activities, and of
F. Fondren, her children, and of a program of memorials and the generosity of the
the Fondren Foundation and honor gifts, secure gifts and library's supporters.
Trust as a tribute to Walter bequests, and provide funds for The Flyleaf's publication
William Fondren. The library the purchase of rare books, schedule corresponds to the
celebrated its half-millionth manuscripts, and other academic calendar year.
volume in 1965 and its one- materials that are needed to
millionth volume on April 22, support teaching and research
1979. at the university.
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Navigating the Electronic Library Page 4 Welcome to Bookmark Page 16
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Upcoming Events Page 7 Friends of Fondren Library Page 17
Friends Honor 1997 Rice Authors Page 8 Gifts to Fondren Library Page 18
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Schubertiad Page 10 Book Sale Date Set Page 22
Fondren Saturday Night XVIII Page 12 News from Fondren Page 24
Coverphoto courtesyofRiceUniversityPublications.
Editorial Board: TexasAnderson, WalterS. Baker,Jr., Mary Bixby, GrahamGlass, G. Anthony Gorry, SusanMcintosh,
RobertPatten, KarenRogers, SamVerhovek, andCharlesWheeler
Photographs:TexasAnderson,JeffFitlovv, and RobertGeorge. SusanSontagphoto courtesy ofRoyceCarlton, Inc.
Layout: RobertGeorge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1997-98
OFFICERS
Elizabeth W. Kidd, President Peggy Barnett
Mrs. William H. Merriman, VicePresident, Membership David S. Elder
Kathryn V. Smyser, Vice President, Programs Lucas T. Elliot
Texas Anderson Kyle Allen Frazier
Walter S. Baker, Jr. Mrs. Pamela S. Giraud
VicePresidents, Publications Susanne M. Glasscock
Lew Eatherton Diana P. Hobby
Lee Chatham Seureau Edward H. Koehler,
Jr.
Charles B. Wheeler Charles D. Maynard,
Jr.
VicePresidents, Special Events Mary Catherine Miller
Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton, Secretary David Minter, Ph.D.
Shirley L. Hamner, Treasurer Mrs. J.D. Ragan, Jr.
Sally K. Reynolds, ImmediatePast President Steve Shaper
Roxanne K. Shaw
Phoebe Tudor
Wellington Yu
EX-OFFICIO
David H. Auston, Ph.D., Provost FrancesJeter, Director, Principal Gifts
G. Anthony Gorry, Ph.D., Vice Presidentfor G. King Walters, Ph.D.,
Information Technology Chairofthe University
Charles Henry, Ph.D., ViceProvostand Committeeon the Library
University Librarian Mary Bixby, Executive Director
Spring '98
Navigating the Electronic Library
by Kerry A. Keck
Coordinator, Collection Development & Electronic Resources
'ou are probably not sur- During the last century these paper-based
Ylprised to learn that our collections have been supplemented by other
library's staff frequently media; first microfilm, then audio and visual
hears that the new electronic recordings and, finally, machine-readable media.
environment is "frustrating" or Even as these new media were incorporated into the
"confusing." Our staff world's libraries, however, the old conventions for
empathizes with these arranging and accessing the contents of a library
concerns, as effective use of the remained fairly constant. A library's collection was
new electronic resources also recorded at the title-level in an inventory listing,
requires each ofus to master a most commonly a card catalog (though in some
broader vision ofhow information is stored, where settings the earlier form of a book-based catalog still
it is located, and the many ways it can be used. persists). This primary research tool was
supplemented by printed indexes ofjournals,
Background
bibliographies, printed lists ofother libraries'
For generations, the model for the transmission collections on a given subject, etc. After mastering
of research, the recording of the cultural record, and the tools and the conventions oforganization, a
the skills necessary to identify research and literary researcher could move freely through any library
work have been fairly constant. The researcher with the same facility and in largely the same
collaborated with others as he strove to add to the manner in the 1970s as in the 1870s or 1770s.
base of knowledge. Then as research bore fruit, as a The first major change in traditional library
theory achieved a state of sufficient maturity, or as research came with the introduction in the late
the literary work reached completion, this work was 1970s ofon-line library catalogs. Fondren Library
transmitted to the larger community through had its first fully integrated catalog in the NOTIS
recognized publications such as novels, journal system, utilized from 1985 until 1995. In addition to
articles, scholarly monographs, or technical reports. cataloging the holdings of the Fondren Library,
These publications represent a paper record of the NOTIS tracked circulation ofthe collection,
cultural views of the time. managed ourbudget and purchasing, filed claims
The library catalog then. .ami the library catalog noio.
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for missing journal issues, and provided needed D Netscape:[WebCatlUnicomTestGateway
efficiency. Library users could use the computer BKfc Lii & Jt "*• Pannt ft "
system to search the contents of the library I JMir-.
collections in more powerful and efficientways j*]j N»tStwdi~]|*ppl*C«T»u!.:-rjl^flv^ir-;-,rt"]jA^l?SaftJ^
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than the card catalog had permitted (e.g. identifying
essays in collected works, retrieving only German GoBact Help jt EmXIT
editions ofGoethe, etc.). In 1986, the on-line catalog
became the exclusive record ofour library's current tr jq
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collection as the card catalog was retired.
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The library catalog, as the first tool to utilize the
Txtsnmets.
new technology, continues as the most important =3tiruUuria; futi--
one to master and the most visible sign of the
revolution affecting library and information
technologies. The card catalog had remained I—Ctti*ilot—) m „,>mll, i, ^ ^
virtually unchanged over the life of Fondren
Library, however the NOTIS catalog system was
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based NOTIS obsolete, leading Fondren Library to «tlj
replace it with our current system, UNICORN from sj£; uWliluriL-fliVlfe?:.iritclmli'L^l.jt^'al_lLiVrl,-..bji»0*Tao.tl*'db£yt
SIRSI Inc. As with all software, the conventions ^K. HF
used by SIRSI are individual to themselves; in
addition, the new system introduces the additional
workstations offered a series of menus, the new
novelty (and utility) of the option to use a graphical workstations rely on symbols, known as icons, to
interface known as Webcat.
represent information options. Instead ofselecting
In 1993 the Internet, a steadily developing system
an item from a numbered menu, one uses the
of communication networks used primarily by
computer mouse to drag the pointer to the icon,
government and academic institutions, burst onto
double-clicking quickly to activate the option.
the awareness of the larger community. The first The on-line catalog offers great flexibility and
version ofweb software, Mosaic, joined by Netscape,
power in searching for available resources. Whether
Explorer, and many others, permitted a popular
you prefer the traditional interface using the
revolution in electronic communication and
keyboard or the Webcat interface using the mouse,
publishing. Those with minimal training and
you can search for an item under the "Browse"
resources can "publish" on any conceivable topic
option, or under the "Keyword" option. With both
and disseminate that "publication" around the
world. Similarly, anyone with a routinely-equipped
computer can access these resources from anywhere Tlie on-line catalog offers great
on the globe for the cost ofa monthly service flexibility and power in searchingfor
contract with an Internet service provider. Libraries
and their users have benefited from the increased available resources.
flow of information and the speed and convenience
of this form of delivery. On the flip side, however, options, you can choose to identify your material by
are the very real challenges posed in navigating or author, title, or subject. Additionally, you may
locating the desired information, in determining its browse a call number range (in lieu of climbing the
credibility, and in achieving access.
stairs and scanning the shelves) or use combinations
How to Use the New Tools ofauthor, title and subject under the keyword
Fondren Library recently upgraded the option.
building's public workstations to faster computers The Webcat interface offers additional research
and to the Windows™ NT operating system. This flexibility which may motivate you to practice your
newest version ofthe leading PC graphic operating "point and click" skills. Options to limit your search
system (Windows™) allows maximum networking by language, media, location, and year of
efficiency and flexibility. Where previously the publication are more prominently displayed and
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Netscape:RiceInfo:FondrenLibrary,RiceUniversity As each ofthese reference tools is cataloged in
Back jg gj the on-line catalog, their location is easily
determined. Additional reference tools and text
]»J| fit'S«irch |j-y>plLgCampul*I-1|*ppl>BSupper11R\^f\t5oAflwir(.|RY collections are made available through the
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Internet these, too, are identified through the on-
line catalog. The Internet-accessible resources may
also be found on the Fondren Library's web page
Shortcut v3iSi»'
(http:/ /www.rice.edu/Fondren). Using the
MBit«'i0&lu«i;.nb( Internet as a distribution mechanism for these
U42illPE£L PttliMtowrffJ'***"*FUttCTsn library resources provides a number ofbenefits not
r^u-1t°» ;;,_ possible with more traditional media. Just as the on-
line catalog offers greater flexibility in searching the
descriptions of the book collection, an on-line
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!!»«*« journal index provides the ability to combine
''.'.r.'-hjL.'_'..B:.
'—-- '"----' various elements of the journal literature
(e.g. author and subject) and to canvass a large
I range of that literature more rapidly than by using
,.....,fiiaw| Find j the traditional printed index. The power that
LIBRARY R1CILINIO INTFRMT SEARCH networking brings is perhaps the most potent
benefit, as these resources are sent out of the
Library to the offices, classrooms, colleges, and
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homes where the students and faculty need them.
Even at 2 a.m. on a Saturday when the library
more easily achieved using Webcat than when building is closed, a student or faculty member can
using the traditional interface. In addition our read articles from Physical Review B or Proceedings of
library routinely adds records into the on-line the American Political Science Association from the
catalog for electronic resources, including those that convenience ofhis office or college.
are available through the Internet. In the traditional Unfortunately, because of the restrictions ofthe
catalog, this information reveals itselfsimply as an licenses under which we acquire these resources,
Internet address. With Webcat, you have an active we can provide off-campus access to these resources
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link when you locate a record for an on-line only to current Rice students and staff. However
journal or Encyclopedia Britannica Online, you can these resources are available whenyou visit the
click on the address link and be connected library.
immediately to the information resource you seek.
Webcat may serve, therefore, as a highly effective
Tlie Internet-accessible resources
entree to some of the most useful resources
available through the Internet...the electronic may also befound on the
version oftraditional reference tools and text Fondren Library's web page
collections licensed by Fondren Library for use by www.
the Rice University community. (http:lI rice.edu/Fondren).
Fondren Library currently provides electronic
access to a broad variety ofjournal indexes and Beyond the suite of materials owned by Fondren
other reference tools, textual collections, and Library lies the immense, ever-changing bulk of the
scholarly journals. At present, the "Digital Fondren Internet. It provides access to domestic and
collection" includes several dozen journal indexes international newspapers; data from local, state,
(both general and specialized subject over a dozen and international governmental bodies; health
),
major collections of literary texts, and information from the National Library ofMedicine;
approximately 1550 full-text scholarlyjournals. A airline schedules and bookings; mortgage rates;
number of these resources are acquired on book and music stores...the variety is practically
CD-ROM and are housed at the Reference Desk, infinite. As a first step to locating resources, click
Business Information Center, Brown Fine Arts on the word "Navigation" located at the foot of
Library, or Electronic Text Center. most of the Library's web pages. The collection of
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options includes most of the most widely-used users. Finally, as technologies develop, we plan to
Internet navigation or resource location tools (also make it possible to move directly from ajournal
known as search engines). index reference to the full text, whenever we have
The primary issue for Internetusers to consider is an on-line subscription to thatjournal.
the authority of the information. Younger users, in A question we hear more and more is, "Will the
particular, tend to prefer using computerized digital library completely replace the traditional
resources over other types and to accept verbatim library?" During the earliest stages of digital
the information displayed on their screens. libraries in the 1970s, many people answered the
Information in this medium mustbe evaluatedjust question with a resounding "YES. " Publishers and
as researchers evaluated the quality of traditional libraries would disappear. There would be direct
printed resources. The popularized Internet contactbetween the author and the reader. This
contains a large amount of chaff accompanying the revolution should be fully completeby now,
wheat. according to those early visionaries. However, the
world's production of traditional printed materials
Plans for the Future
has also grown at a rapid rate during this period. It
Fondren Library will continue to enhance our seems more likely that the digital library will
digital library. Our objective is to build a basic continue to expand and that printed books and
collection of reference tools, including
journals will continue, for the foreseeable future, to
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and journal indexes
occupy our personal bookshelves and to enlarge the
with the convenience ofremote access. We plan to ^
world's library collections.
provide this access so thathow the library acquires
the information source is transparent to the library
Upcoming
Events
Tuesday, May 26
Annual Meeting
ProgrambyJohn Boles, Ph.D., William P. Hobby Professor ofHistory
Cohen House, 6 p.m.
Sunday, October 18
Distinguished Guest Lecture
Program by Susan Sontag, Fiction Writer, Essayist,
and Cultural Critic.
"The Art ofFiction: A Reading"
Stude Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, 5 p.m.
Friday, October 30 Sunday, November 1
Friends ofFondren Book Sale
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Members'Preview Friday, 6 p.m.
Book Sale—Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Spring '98
Friends Honor 1997 Rice Authors
by David Elder
On
January 25, 1998 the Friends of Fondren
Library hosted its annual Author's
Reception in the Kyle Morrow Room of rP V-j —~.
Fondren Library. We honored all Rice-affiliated 9*"" !*''! (
authors who, in 1997, published books, edited i v\^ 11 aI m™r>S
journals, and who composed and published major Hi 8^ ft
musical works. The reception also included Rice-
affiliated artists who had mounted one-person art &
shows during the past year.
The event featured a panel discussion among 1\M - ' i
several authors and one artist. The discussion was
moderated by Sam Howe Verhovek, Texas bureau «Mti-:Mti ~ ^M
Walter Baker, Pam Smith, and Beverly Baker
chief for The New York Times. Other panelists were
Rice faculty members Dr. C. Sidney Burrus,
Dr. Harold M. Hyman, Ms. Darra Keeton, and
Dr. Mark Scheid. They were joined by Dr. Michael
Winkelman, Rice alumnus and faculty member at
Arizona State University.
Contrasting his work with The New York Times,
Sam Verhoveknoted that newspapers have been
called the first draft ofhistory. Because writers and
artists have far more time to research, refine and
polish their work, far greater quality and accuracy
is expected in the finished product. The members of
the panel reflected on how they had structured (or Elizabeth Hayes Turner, Harold Hyman, and Lisa Verhovek
tried to structure) time that they spent on their
respective projects. Each author and artist had
different views on the creative process and how to
determine when their work was finally completed.
The Friends of Fondren Library is planning to
hold its next annual Author's Reception inJanuary,
1999. Ifyou are aware ofa member of the Friends, a
Rice alumni, or Rice faculty member who should be
honored, please contact Mary Bixby at the Friends
ofFondren office (713-285-5157 or
M
[email protected]).
Mark Scheid, Sam Verhovek, andMichael W'inkelmann
Darra Keaton Sam VerhovekandMylene Dressier AlbertandElizabethKiddwithPhoebeandBobbyTudor
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The honoreesandtheir most recent works areasfollows:
Edward Applebaum From Now(Music)
Marion Barthelme Women in theTexasPopulistMovement: Letters to the SouthernMercury
Rajiv Bhadra HairyRoots:CultureandApplication
John B. Boles The UniversitySo Conceived, rev. ed.
Logan Browning Ed., Studies in English Literature
C. Sidney Burrus Introduction to WaveletsandWaveletTransforms
PeterC. Caldwell PopularSovereigntyand theCrisisofGerman Constitutional Law: The TheoryandPracticeof
German Constitutionalism
Douglas M. Coldwell RadiologicInterventions: Embolotherapy
RobertL. Dipboye TrainingforaRapidlyChangingWorkplace:ApplicationsofPsychologicalResearch
Mylene Dressier TheMedusa Tree
MatthiasFelleisen A LittleJava, aPewPatterns
TheLittleMLer
Talya Fishman Shaking thePillarsofExile: VoiceofaFool's EarlyModernJewish CritiqueofRabbinicCulture
Thomas M. Flynn CryogenicEngineering
ArthurW. Gottschalk FunctionalHearing:A ContextualMethodforEarTraining
Thomas L. Harman AdvancedEngineeringMathematics UsingMATLAB V$
Charles Henry& Information Technology/ in Humanities Scholarship:Achievements, Prospects, and
Pamela Pavliskak Challenges: The UnitedStatesFocus
Marian Hillar TheCaseofMichaelServetus
Harold M. Hyman TheReconstructionJusticeofSalmon P. Chase
PierreJalbert Shock-Waves
KKruegerJones Ed., Studies in English Literature
Darra Keeton Soloexhibitionsat SallySproutGalleryandCarta StellwegGallery
David A. Kravitz AffirmativeAction:AReviewofPsychologicalandBehavioralResearch
David Lane TrainingforaRapidlyChanging Workplace: ApplicationsofPsychologicalResearch
Elizabeth Long Ed.,From Sociology to Cultural Studies: NewPerspectives
Susan Lurie UnsettledSubjects
MichaelTomasekManson TheCalvinistRootsoftheModern Era
John L. Margrave Ed., High TemperatureandMaterials Science
Gerald McKenny ToRelievetheHuman Condition: Bioethics, Technology, and theBody
Elsworth Milburn MusicComposedby ElsworthMilburnon Compact Disc
David Minter William Faulkner, HisLifeand Work, 2nd ed.
Douglas Mitchell "AnyOld Passion"and"AllWrapped Up" (Plays)
RobertPatten Ed., Studies in English Literature
Lisa Sandlin Message to theNurseofDreams
Barrie Scardino Ed., Cite
Mark Scheid Darknessinto Light: SemanaSanta, SanMiguel(Film)
Anne Schnoebelen Ed.,Seventeenth-Centun/Italian SacredMusic, Vols. 6, 7
George Sher Bei/ondNeutralityandApproximateJustice
WalterSpitz LostCauses: MorphologicalCausitiveConstructions in TwoPhilippineLanguages
Gale Stokes ThreeErasofPoliticalChangein Eastern Europe
EwaThompson Ed., TheSarmatian Review
James R.Thompson & EntrepeneurshipandProductivity
EdwardWilliams
JeffreyThurston 1000 Questionsabout YourPregnancy
Elizabeth HayesTurner Women, Culture, andCommunity
Mary Wade Homesteadingon thePlains: DailyLifein theLandofLauraIngalls Wilder
TheRoad toSanJacinto
I'm Goingto California/Yo VoyaCalifornia
Daniel S. Ward Ed., StatePartyProfiles:A50-StateGuidetoDevelopment, OrganizationandResources
MichaelWebster CarmenRhapsody
KentonWhitmire Ed., Organometallics
MichaelWinkelmann EthnicRelations in the U.S.
GeoffWinningham In theEyeoftheSun:MexicanFiestas
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