Preserving Place
Images of the destruction of cultural treasures in the Middle East have dominated the media: propaganda videos of extremists attacking artifacts, photos of ancient...
What’s New?
Libraries to host postdoctoral fellow in software curation Software plays a dynamic and growing role in scholarship —it is both a research method and...
Ripple Effect
More than one billion years ago, two massive black holes collided and merged, releasing energy in the form of gravitational waves, or ripples in...
Investigating MIT history
For Deborah Douglas’ History of MIT class, in which students examine the Institute’s past, the Institute Archives and Special Collections serves as a vital...
Finding Balance, Promoting Respect
The MIT Libraries have long been a highly utilized and trusted source of support for the Institute community, but you may be surprised to...
New Faces in the Libraries
Nicholas Albaugh Management and Social Sciences Librarian for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Joined the MIT Libraries: January 2016 What do you do? I am the...
From the Director
When MIT moved to Cambridge a century ago, our leaders envisioned a bold future. The new campus would not only provide more space, but...
The Great Stride: MIT Moves to Cambridge
MIT was one of the initial occupants of Boston’s Back Bay in the 1860s, but within 40 years there was little vacant acreage for...