Q&A: Phillip Sharp and Amy Brand on the future of open-access publishing
An MIT-based white paper identifies leading questions in the quest to make open-access publications sustainable.
Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
MIT Press opens full list of 2022 monographs via Direct to Open
Eighty scholarly monographs and edited collections partially funded by libraries participating in MIT Press’s Direct to Open model will publish openly this year.
Summer 2022 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
Summer 2021 recommended reading from MIT
Enjoy these recent titles from Institute faculty and staff.
3 Questions: How MIT experienced the 1918-19 flu pandemic
MIT Libraries archivist Nora Murphy shares materials from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, and suggests ways to document the Covid-19 crisis.
MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts yields new open-access model
The MIT Libraries and three universities negotiate innovative agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery.
Q&A: Heather Paxson on a new model for open-access publishing in anthropology
Interim head of MIT Anthropology explains the plan's vision and challenges, plus progress made at an historic MIT workshop.
Spreading kindness for four years and counting
MIT community celebrates Random Acts of Kindness Week by participating in lively events, connecting with campus resources, and practicing generosity.
The task of history
At community dialogue, MIT historians discuss the power of historical knowledge to make a better world.
3 Questions: Melissa Nobles and Craig Steven Wilder on the MIT and Legacy of Slavery project
MIT Community Dialogue series is underway as multi-year research continues.
Garden of ideas
With a new multimedia website, landscape architecture professor Anne Whiston Spirn makes a secret garden public and explores how ideas create form.
Event explores initial findings from “MIT and Slavery” class
Students bring the Institute into national conversation about universities and the institution of slavery in the United States.
Digital archive showcases work from the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
The collection features groundbreaking projects from pioneers working at the intersection of art, science, and technology.
Remembering Christine Moulen, library systems manager at the MIT Libraries
Alumna leaves legacy of kindness and passionate dedication to her work and her communities.