Poetry in the Archives
For National Poetry Month, a poem from MIT faculty papers housed in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. “Ode to a Chromosome,” found in...
The art and science of letterlocking
Long before email, text, and instant message, important words were passed discreetly from closed palm to palm with a knowing glance and nod. These...
Cambridge Science Festival: Letterlocking at MIT
Many thanks to the 100+participants including families, students, colleagues, faculty, and staff members who visited the MIT Libraries letterlocking table in Lobby 10 yesterday during the events in...
Cite your data sources!
You’re familiar with the importance of citing the literature that you use in your paper. But did you know that it’s equally important...
Discovering the Libraries: Enriching and simplifying research
By MIT Libraries’ student blogger, Pri Tembhekar Hello everyone! It is research season! Well at least many of us have design projects, theses, or final...
Last open mic this semester – Friday, May 2
Join us for the final open mic this semester in the Lewis Music Library, one last chance to try out the new piano. Come...
Composer Florian Hollerweger: Thursday, May 1
Composer forum series: Florian Hollerweger The Revolution is Hear! Sound Art, the Everyday, and Aural Awareness. Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014 Place: Lewis Music Library,...
Giant letter to be locked shut April 23, Lobby 10, 12:30pm
Come celebrate the Cambridge Science Festival with the MIT Libraries. Visit our table in Lobby 10 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23 to learn about the 4,000-year-old tradition...
Try Inspec for computer science, electrical engineering, & more
Still the #1 database for research literature in computer science, electrical engineering, and applied physics! Inspec: Covers material from 1896 to the present Tells...