From the Director
Spring 2020
After years of imagining a redesigned Hayden Library, seeing our plans finally take shape is thrilling. We’re seeing our bold ideas for libraries realized...
Designing the Hayden Experience
Libraries staff plan for life after renovation
While the architectural vision for the Hayden Library renovation took shape, another, equally important design process also has been playing out. The MIT Libraries...
Sharing Knowledge for the Benefit of All
A Q&A with Roger Levy, chair of MIT’s Committee on the Library System
Roger Levy is an associate professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and director of the MIT Computational Psycholinguistics Laboratory. Bibliotech asked...
MIT Receives Personal Papers of Artist Otto Piene
The personal papers of the late Otto Piene, a leading figure in kinetic and technology-based art, have been donated to MIT’s Institute Archives, part...
News from the MIT Press
Spring 2020
The MIT Press is committed to reimagining what a university press can be. This spring, the Press is delighted to announce several exciting projects...
Remembering Elda Chisholm
Elda Digiuni Chisholm (1919-2019) was offered a job at the MIT Libraries the very day she applied in 1945. “Other women were afraid to...
What’s New
Spring 2020
Chris Bourg Speaks on Open Science at the UN Libraries Director Chris Bourg participated in the first United Nations Open Science Conference in New...
From the Director
Fall 2019
Here at MIT, we are always looking to the future, with an eye toward doing our part to build a better world. This...
A New Vision for Hayden
Libraries reveal designs for upcoming renovation
The Libraries have been developing designs for the upcoming Hayden Library renovation with Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA). The new design will support the...