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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...

Scholarly communication

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...

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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...

Social sciences

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...

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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...

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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...

Preservation & conservation

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,...

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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...

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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...

Social sciences