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Fondren Library, located at the center of Rice University's academic quad, is a key center of learning in our educational community, providing access to scholarly information, research support, library instruction, and computing and study facilities.

🦉⚽️Fondy is ready for FIFA! If you’re not, come check out one of these books. Ollie likes The Keeper most. You can also ...
05/29/2026

🦉⚽️Fondy is ready for FIFA! If you’re not, come check out one of these books. Ollie likes The Keeper most. You can also see the online collection on One Search. 🏟️

😎🍓It’s summer and that means shorter hours at Fondy. We just… don’t have enough students around 😭🥺
05/27/2026

😎🍓It’s summer and that means shorter hours at Fondy. We just… don’t have enough students around 😭🥺

05/26/2026

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🇺🇸 In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, we will be closed Saturday through Monday, May 23-25. Remember and honor. ...
05/22/2026

🇺🇸 In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, we will be closed Saturday through Monday, May 23-25. Remember and honor. 🇺🇸

That’s right, when our chat is available, it’s a real, live librarian there answering your questions. Summer hours are 9...
05/20/2026

That’s right, when our chat is available, it’s a real, live librarian there answering your questions. Summer hours are 9am to 3pm, Monday through Friday.

05/18/2026

Now that you've seen how it happens, come tell us all about how you use ebooks! There are changes coming this summer...

05/11/2026

💙🎓 Recent graduates, we miss you already🥺. Come back to study or do research in Fondy or access select Fondy online services through the Rice portal! If you’d like a little bit more, say, checking out our physical items, join Friends of Fondren Library. Recent grads (2022-2026) can join FoFL for only $25! Just $15 extra gets you an access card from RUPD. FoFL helps fund everything we do, so if you loved us while you were here, help us keep going after you’re gone.

05/08/2026

🤷 Not everyone is ready to handle that time of year… we should only let the seasoned Access Services people handle it. 😅

*Vinicio is fine after a small moment of hysteria followed by a little quiet time.

Sometimes, the archives archive the archivers! 🎞️📷These were all taken at the 1974 Commencement, and the Woodson Researc...
05/07/2026

Sometimes, the archives archive the archivers! 🎞️📷These were all taken at the 1974 Commencement, and the Woodson Research Center has them organized along with other commencement records. When celebrating your graduates, don’t forget to take some photos of the photographers so we know what that was like in the future. The person in the third photo is making a home movie, and most of us wouldn’t recognize that as a 70s camcorder! 🎥

🙇🧑‍🎓You can tell it’s been finals season… Happy students! We loved having you study with us this semester. Good luck a...
05/06/2026

🙇🧑‍🎓You can tell it’s been finals season… Happy students! We loved having you study with us this semester. Good luck as you leave us and we hope to see you soon 🥹🎓

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6100 Main Street (Center Of Rice University Campus)
Houston, TX
77005

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+17133485698

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