Category: Preservation & conservation

Digitizing Haitian Newspaper Libète

Digitizing Haitian Newspaper Libète

MIT Libraries contributes to the digitization of Libète newspaper published in Kreyòl

Founded by Father Jean-Yves Urfié in 1990, Haiti’s weekly newspaper Libète aimed to fill a linguistic and cultural void as it was published in...

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Emilie Songolo Leads Distinctive Collections

Emilie Songolo Leads Distinctive Collections

Emilie Songolo joined the MIT Libraries in July as head of the Department of Distinctive Collections (DDC). In this role, Songolo will work across...

 Bibliotech
What’s New

What’s New

Spring 2022

  Oral history project and exhibit trace the history of South Asian students at MIT Distinctive Collections will partner with Sana Aiyar, associate professor...

 Bibliotech