Q. Is smoking (including e-cigarettes) allowed in the library?

Rice has a tobacco-free campus policy that applies to both traditional and e-cigarettes.  Smoking is prohibited on campus except in designated tobacco use zones:

http://professor.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/Professor/Independent_Pages/Policies/Policy839_Tobacco-free_Campus.pdf

Based on this policy, smoking any type of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is not allowed in Fondren Library.