Category: Archives & MIT history
Overview & Display of Archival Collections at the Aga Khan Documentation Center
Find out more about the materials in the archive and how you can use them for your work
Would you like to see what physical archives the Aga Khan Documentation Center (AKDC) has acquired in the five years since...
MIT Rare Books Edit-a-thon
Interested in rare books? Interested in Wikipedia? Come to this edit-a-thon to learn about rare books at MIT and edit Wikipedia....
Engineering librarians convene and celebrate
Serving the needs of engineers in a digital age
Much of the world knows the strength of the MIT Libraries engineering resources, but did you know the librarians who work...
Mens et manus in MIT History workshop
Students examine works in the Rare Books Collection and build a printing press in hands-on humanities class
MIT News recently profiled the humanities class Making Books: The Renaissance and Today, which combines classroom learning with unique hands-on opportunities in the...
Rare Books Program launches Big Names on Campus
Blog looks at the scientists featured -- and not featured -- on Killian Court buildings
In conjunction with the Institute’s celebration of a century in Cambridge, the Rare Books Program in MIT’s Institute Archives and Special...
Chatting with Nora Murphy about MIT’s big move
Archivist joins the MIT Alumni Association for Q&A on Twitter
Nora Murphy, the archivist for reference, outreach, and instruction in the Institute Archives and Special Collections, joined the MIT Alumni Association on May...
A look back at Moving Day
The Libraries join the MIT community in recreating the Institute's historic move and the party of the century
Investigating MIT history
Students uncover the Institute’s past in the Archives
For Deborah Douglas’ History of MIT class, in which students examine the Institute’s past, the Institute Archives and Special Collections serves...