{"id":14,"date":"2019-09-05T14:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:45:42","slug":"policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-bottom: 2em;\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/09\/policies_image-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rotch Library\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/09\/policies_image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/09\/policies_image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/09\/policies_image.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Guidelines for library use<\/h2>\n<p>MIT is an independent, private university. Institute facilities, including the Libraries, have the primary purpose of supporting MIT\u2019s educational and research programs.<\/p>\n<p>The MIT Libraries may also serve the local community, the nation, and the world through the use of Libraries facilities, particularly when there is a compelling need or interest that can be met without detriment to the Institute\u2019s primary purpose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full <a href=\"\/about\/policies\/library-use-policy\/\">library use policy<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Physical spaces policies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/food-and-beverage-policy\/\">Food and beverage policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/pets-policy\/\">Pets policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.mit.edu\/facilities\/transportation\/pw\/index.html\">Personal wheels policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/photo-policy\/\">Photo policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events policies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/in-library-events-policy\/\">In-Library events policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/policies\/building-14-courtyard-use-policy\/\">Building 14 Courtyard use policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/policies\/nexus-use-policy\/\">The Nexus use policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/code-of-conduct\/\">Code of conduct for events<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/policies\/financial-support-for-student-group-events\/\">Funding for student group events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other policies<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/sso-attribute-release-policy\/\">Attribute Release Policy for Single Sign On (SSO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/about\/policies\/copyright-permissions-policy\/\">Copyright permissions policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/scholarly\/mit-open-access\/\">Open access policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/policies\/open-metadata-policy\/\">Open metadata policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guidelines for library use MIT is an independent, private university. Institute facilities, including the Libraries, have the primary purpose of supporting MIT\u2019s educational and research programs. The MIT Libraries may also serve the local community, the nation, and the world through the use of Libraries facilities, particularly when there is a compelling need or interest that can be met without detriment to the Institute\u2019s primary purpose. Read the full library use policy. Physical spaces policies Food and beverage policy Pets policy Personal wheels policy Photo policy Events policies In-Library events policy Building 14 Courtyard use policy The Nexus use policy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}