Category: Art & architecture & planning

Summer 2025 MIT recommended reading
Borrow these titles recommended by MIT News
MIT News is featuring recent books published by MIT faculty and staff in its 2025 summer reading list. The following titles from this year’s list...

Discover the art of books
MIT Libraries launches comprehensive book arts research guide
What happens when books become art? When pages fold into sculptures, when bindings tell stories, and when the very concept of “reading” transforms into...

Knowledge served: Books and Bites returns
Books and Bites – an annual event highlighting new acquisitions, rare materials, ephemera, zines, and artists’ books – has become biannual with a return...
A Day in the Life
How library staff support the MIT community
To meet teaching and learning needs across MIT, library staff engage with the community through research support, instruction, outreach, and much more. It all...

What’s New
New Exhibits showcase Distinctive Collections
Out of Antiquity: The “Dead Cities” in Syria and Their Islamic Architectural Legacy Maihaugen Gallery Through December 19, 2024 The “Dead Cities,” a romantic...