Rice, coalition of Texas universities ink historic library agreement with research publisher Elsevier
December 2, 2022
The Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA), a coalition of 44 Texas university libraries chaired by Rice University Vice Provost and University Librarian Sara Lowman, recently reached an agreement with leading science research publisher Elsevier to receive a significant discount on journal subscriptions and to revamp policies around open access and copyright ownership of research.
Reading to beat the ban
October 10, 2022
Multiple Rice organizations hosted a Banned Books Read Out Oct. 6 in response to the resurgent national movement to ban books deemed by some political activists as controversial from school libraries.