Making landmark texts in architecture and urban studies accessible to the world
National Endowment for the Humanties-Mellon Foundation Open Book Program grant will support the digitization and open accessibility of key MIT Press titles.
MIT Libraries host Grand Challenges Summit
Experts in information science and scholarly communication convene at MIT to set research agenda.
“Art teaches us how to disrupt”
Why MIT’s Gediminas Urbonas helped produce a new book about art and public space.
!["Something I’ve recommended is for the Tour de France to have [recumbent bicycles] start prior to the regular upright bicycles," says Professor Emeritus David Gordon Wilson. "It would be very exciting to add this element, since recumbents are not only faster, but safer, so you wouldn’t see the domino-style pile-ups that often occur."](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201707/emeritus-professor-bike-bible-author-David-Gordon-Wilson-MIT-00.jpg?itok=JOTGCye6)
David Gordon Wilson's lifelong love of the bicycle
MIT emeritus professor, designer, and inventor, is set to release the fourth edition of his popular book, "Bicycling Science," known as the "bike bible."
MIT convenes ad hoc task force on open access to Institute’s research
Group will explore opportunities to disseminate MIT knowledge as widely as possible.
MIT Press teams with Internet Archive and Arcadia to provide access to hundreds of backlist titles
Press' first major digitization endeavor ushers in a new era of access.
MIT Press Bookstore launches new author series
Authors@MIT series features speakers on the cutting edge of timely topics.
"Hidden Figures" screening, discussion addresses the history of black women at NASA
Author and executive producer Margot Lee Shetterly explores inspiration for the film; MIT guest speakers provide additional historical context.
MIT Press Bookstore celebrates new home
New location hopes to further engage the MIT and Cambridge communities.
Libraries launch Institute-wide reading program
MIT Reads invites the entire community for common reading and discussion.
MIT Media Lab and MIT Press launch Journal of Design and Science
Journal will offer a new, open-access alternative for academic publishing.
Sharing best practices for getting published in science
Panel at MIT brings together editors, students, and faculty to discuss diverse aspects of publishing research.
Amy Brand named new director of the MIT Press
Executive and MIT alumna has a deep background in academic publishing and communications.