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Particle physics on path to open access
Six years of global negotiation have paid off for the consortium that has a vision: to make the scholarly literature of high energy physics...
Your ideas at work: survey results & user studies
Did you respond to the MIT Libraries survey last October? Have you ever participated in a library usability test? What ever happened to your...
FRED App—Take the economy with you wherever you go
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), the St. Louis Fed’s economic database, has now developed the FRED App – available free for iOS and Android...
Fall hours begin Wednesday, September 5
The MIT Libraries fall hours begin this Wednesday, September 5. Barker, Hayden (Humanities & Science), Rotch Monday-Thursday: 9am-12am Friday: 9am-8pm / Barker Library closes...
Hayden Library closes early on Tuesday, September 4
Hayden Library will close at 4pm on Tuesday, September 4, due to a previously scheduled special event. Reference services will remain available online through Ask Us! All...
We’ve got a ticket to ride!
Boston’s MBTA celebrates its 115th birthday this Saturday, September 1. Check out the article from the August 28, 1897 issue of Western Electrician describing the...
Libraries closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 3
All MIT libraries will follow regular Saturday and Sunday schedules this Labor Day weekend, but all libraries will be closed on Labor Day, Monday,...
MIT Press publishes new book on open access by Peter Suber
The MIT press has just published a new book by Peter Suber which offers a concise introduction to open access. Suber, the key chronicler...
New events-driven analysis from EIU
Do you rely on the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Intelligence (libraries.mit.edu/get/eiu) for frequent forecasts of economic and political conditions? Have you used their...