Meet Amy Brand
When Amy Brand PhD ’89 first arrived in Cambridge for graduate studies in cognitive science, Kendall Square was “a bleak place,” she said, with...
What’s New?
Results are in from the most recent MIT Libraries survey, conducted January-February 2015. More than 5,400 MIT community members responded. Key findings include: Students...
Featured Special Collection: Hidden Gems
MIT’s Rotch Library is home to a small but growing collection of contemporary artists’ books — a type of art object that defies simple...
The Great Stride
2016 marks the 100th anniversary of MIT’s move across the Charles River from Boston’s Back Bay to its current location in Cambridge. In honor...
Bold New Vision
A new task force has begun engaging the MIT community in a discussion about the future of libraries. At the request of Provost Martin...
Staff Profile: Greg Eow
In academic libraries, preservation, general collections, and special collections don’t typically fall under the same organizational umbrella. This is one of the reasons Greg...
Spy-proof Letters
Long before the digital age, safeguarding correspondence and important documents from prying eyes was a concern. Research by Jana Dambrogio, MIT Libraries Thomas F....
From the Archives: Tomes
As the Libraries’ rare book collections grow, they become an increasingly rich teaching resource. This year, for the first time, the Libraries allocated funds...
From the Director
One of my favorite things about working on a college campus is the annual sense of renewal that arrives every fall along with the...