ERC (Electronic Resources Center) - The ERC, part of the Fondren Library, supports the creation and use of digital resources for teaching, learning, and research by providing Rice students, faculty, and staff access to electronic texts and scholarly databases, development tools, and expert consultation.
LESTER (Learning Science and Technology Repository) - An online community and database focused on innovations in learning science and technology (LST), profiles innovative research projects and researchers. Registered users can add, update, or modify records about their projects and organization, thereby keeping the information accurate and up-to-date.
ETRAC (Educational Technology Research and Assessment Cooperative) - ETRAC provides an informed understanding of how information technology can support the mission and goals of the university. ETRAC also facilitates better strategic planning, foster improvements to teaching, learning, and research, and stimulate innovation.
D-Lib Magazine - D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues. The primary goal of the magazine is timely and efficient information exchange for the digital library community.
Knowledge Lost in Information - Digital libraries are transforming research, scholarship, and education at all levels. Vast quantities of information are being collected and stored online, and organized to be accessible to everyone. This report details the nature of the federal investment required to sustain the pace of progress.
Transforming Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure - Scientific and engineering research has been crucial in both the creation and the advanced application of the amazing products of the digital revolution begun some sixty years ago. We have the opportunity and responsibility to integrate and extend the products of the digital revolution to serve the next generation of science and engineering research and education.
The American Council for Learned Societies: Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences - This commission carries out research, hearings, and consultations to gather information and develop perspective, completing its work within the calendar year 2004 and issuing its report in early 2005.
