Fondren Library is relaunching the digital platform it uses to make accessible and preserve Rice University research under a new name and with new features.
The Rice Research Repository (R-3) features an updated user interface and a renewed focus on research created by members of the Rice community.
“This is a major upgrade, and it reimagines how the user interface works,” said Lisa Spiro, assistant university librarian for digital scholarship and organizational development. “We now have a new, more flexible and customizable user interface. The platform also has improved search engine optimization, which makes it easier for Rice research to be discovered through tools like Google Scholar.”
The repository is home to a wide range of scholarship created by the Rice community, including:
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All Rice theses and dissertations (1916-present)
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Journal articles and book chapters authored by Rice faculty
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Institute and center publications such as those from the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Spiro said the platform allows for increased overall flexibility when dealing with more types of content, making it easier for the repository to achieve its long-standing mission of providing accessibility to preserved research.
“This repository has been around since the early 2000s, and it was established to reflect the library’s goals of promoting access to knowledge and preserving that knowledge,” she said. “So it’s about making sure that people around the world, including those who don’t have the benefits of being at a research university, can get access to scholarly information over the long term.”
For more information on R-3, click here.