Category: Social sciences
MIT Libraries support open scholarship in the social sciences through SocArXiv
Platform created by sociologists, librarians, and open access advocates
The MIT Libraries are pleased to announce our support of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences that launched in beta version in...
Coming to Stata: “Black Lives Matter” bookmobile
The Libraries celebrate Black History Month
To celebrate, honor, and learn about the complexities and richness of black voices and experiences, the MIT Libraries have curated a list of titles to...
Program on Information Science awarded $10,000 by Amazon, Inc. for open data research
Project will develop a prototype system to automatically collect and archive data related to U.S. elections
The Amazon Corporation awarded $10,000 through The AWS Cloud Computing for Research program to support a joint project between the University of Florida and...
OA research in the news: Mass voters say no to charter school increase
One of the most contentious issues facing Massachusetts voters on November 8 was in ballot question 2: whether to approve an annual increase of...
A Conversation with Janet Mock
The author of "Redefining Realness" comes to MIT
Read the book, and join the conversation! Author Janet Mock will be at MIT, prepared to talk about her book, her life, popular culture,...
MIT Reads evening book discussion
Join the conversation about Janet Mock's "Redefining Realness"
Read the book, and join the conversation! This is your chance to talk with others who have read the MIT Reads fall selection, Redefining...
Come Together Right Now: An Introduction to the Open Access Network
A Brown Bag with Rebecca Kennison
Officially launched just over a year ago, the Open Access Network (OAN) offers a transformative, sustainable, and scalable model of open access (OA) publishing...
The Allure of the Digital Humanities in Times of Crisis
AKDC@MIT program head speaks at Western University
Sharon C. Smith, PhD, program head of the Aga Khan Documentation Center, is the invited lecturer at Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) where...
authors@MIT: Matthew Claudel
Co-author of The City of Tomorrow
Please join us as we celebrate the publication of The City of Tomorrow (Yale University Press), an exciting new book from Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel which...