MIT Faculty Boycott Elsevier Journals
Nearly twenty members of the MIT community have already signed a newly posted pledge to boycott Elsevier journals by refusing to publish, referee, or...
Everybody else loves LibX 2.0. Do you?
Thousands of MIT students, staff, and researchers have downloaded LibX. 6,303 of you, to be exact. And we’re betting that thousands more will download...
MIT Press First to Distance Itself from Publisher Association over Research Works Act
MIT Press was the first publisher to publicly disavow the Association of American Publishers’ support of the Research Works Act, a bill which would...
Jazz in MIT oral history interviews, March 2
Come hear interview excerpts of Herb Pomeroy, founding director of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble (FJE), talking about the early days of the FJE,...
A Professor’s Personal Open Access Policy
Kai von Fintel, Professor of Linguistics and Associate Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences has announced a personal open access...
Altman joins MIT Libraries as Director of Research
Director of Libraries, Ann Wolpert, recently announced the appointment of Dr. Micah Altman to the position of Director of Research, Head/Scientist, Program for Information...
Notice something different? Homepage search box redesign
Have you noticed something different about the MIT Libraries homepage lately? We recently changed a few things about the search box, based on usability...
Music author event Monday, Feb.13, noon
Come help celebrate the release of Dr. Frederick Harris’ new book, Seeking the Infinite: The Musical Life of Stanisław Skrowaczewski. The author will read...
Wikipedia announces 24-hour blackout to protest SOPA
Wikipedia and other websites are going dark Wednesday January 18th to protest the legislation known as SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA, H.R....