Category: Archives & MIT history
Newly Acquired Materials in Distinctive Collections
Summer/Fall 2024
The MIT Libraries Department of Distinctive Collections collects, preserves, and makes available the Libraries’ unique and rare materials. Our collections range across disciplines, time...
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...
Propose an exhibit for the MIT Libraries
Have an idea for an exhibit using library collections? We are now accepting proposals for exhibits in the Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) and the Hayden...
Happy World Digital Preservation Day!
This World Digital Preservation Day, MIT Libraries is looking back over some of the progress we’ve made since launching our Comprehensive Digital Preservation Service...
MIT Libraries Receives Grant to Digitize Endangered Language Recordings
Kenneth L. Hale recordings considered an invaluable resource for language restoration work and linguistic research
The MIT Libraries has received a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for a project to digitize...
Showcasing Trailblazing MIT Women
New exhibits highlight stories of women at the Institute
The Women@MIT archival initiative collects records of women faculty, staff, students, and alumnae to illuminate and elevate their stories. The project was launched in...