Inside "The Laughing Room"
“The Laughing Room,” an interactive art installation by author, illustrator, and MIT graduate student Jonathan "Jonny" Sun, looks like a typical living room: couches, armchairs, coffee table, soft...
View ArticleMIT Press to co-publish new open-access Quantitative Science Studies journal
The International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI) has announced the launch of a new journal, Quantitative Science Studies (QSS). QSS is owned by ISSI, the primary scholarly and...
View ArticleHayden Library to undergo renovation in 2020
The MIT Libraries has announced plans to partially renovate Hayden Library next year, with a goal of beginning construction in January 2020 and reopening a renovated Hayden in the fall term of 2020....
View ArticleOpen access task force releases draft recommendations
The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research has released a set of draft recommendations that aim to support and increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software, and educational...
View ArticleCandid conversation about race
Candid discussions about race relations are vital at a time of “pushback” against social diversity in the U.S., said Beverly Daniel Tatum, the former president of Spelman College, in a talk at MIT on...
View ArticleFelice Frankel donates image collection to the MIT Libraries
Felice Frankel, an award-winning photographer and a research scientist in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has donated nearly 600 images to the MIT Libraries. The images will be housed in...
View ArticleMIT Libraries staff honored with 2019 Infinite Mile Awards
The MIT Libraries honored the outstanding contributions of its employees June 11 with its Infinite Mile Awards. The theme of this year’s festivities was “Treat Yo’ Self: Rest, Renew, Relax.” An awards...
View ArticleThe MIT Press releases a comprehensive report on open-source publishing software
The MIT Press has announced the release of a comprehensive report on the current state of all available open-source software for publishing. “Mind the Gap,” funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon...
View ArticleOpen access task force releases final recommendations
The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research has released its final recommendations, which aim to support and increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software, and educational...
View ArticleMIT announces framework to guide negotiations with publishers
The MIT Libraries, together with the MIT Committee on the Library System and the Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research, announced that it has developed a principle-based framework to guide...
View ArticleDesign for the Hayden Library renovation takes shape
The MIT Libraries, working with Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA), have developed the design for the upcoming Hayden Library renovation. As seen in architectural concept renderings, the new...
View ArticleBringing artificial intelligence into the classroom, research lab, and beyond
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we live, learn, and work, and this past fall, MIT undergraduates got to explore and build on some of the tools coming out of research labs at MIT. Through the...
View ArticleIn a suddenly remote spring, library support services carry on
While the MIT Libraries’ physical spaces and tangible collections are currently inaccessible, its network of people, services, and resources has mobilized behind the scenes to ensure that Institute...
View ArticleMIT, guided by open access principles, ends Elsevier negotiations
Standing by its commitment to provide equitable and open access to scholarship, MIT has ended negotiations with Elsevier for a new journals contract. Elsevier was not able to present a proposal that...
View ArticleTeam 2020 charts a course for MIT
In late March, as part of the Institute’s response to the evolving Covid-19 pandemic, the Team 2020 working group was charged with rigorously evaluating options for the upcoming academic year, to...
View ArticleMIT Libraries staff honored with 2020 Infinite Mile Awards
The MIT Libraries honored the outstanding contributions of its employees June 18 with a virtual Infinite Mile Awards ceremony. The circus-themed program, titled “The Greatest Staff on Earth,” featured...
View ArticleBuilding 14 courtyard to undergo renovation
The courtyard at the center of Building 14 is being renovated concurrently with Hayden Library, the MIT Libraries announced today. Longtime hopes for renovating this underutilized outdoor space have...
View ArticleMoving forward by moving
Nine months ago, the MIT gym stood silent. Campus had gone into lockdown and the gym that had been a hub for working off stress between classes, a place where students danced their hearts out to Zumba,...
View ArticleDædalus, journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, becomes open...
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the MIT Press recently announced that Dædalus, the Journal of the American Academy, will now be an open-access publication. The MIT Press has published...
View ArticleResearchers virtually open and read sealed historic letters
An international team of scholars has read an unopened letter from early modern Europe — without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way — using an automated computational flattening algorithm. The...
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