Changes to our BorrowDirect request form

Changes to our BorrowDirect request form

Faster service, fewer emails

BorrowDirect is a service that allows MIT faculty, students, and staff to borrow materials that are not available at MIT from one of 13...

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Open access downloads: July 2025

Open access downloads: July 2025

Statistics from the OA collection of DSpace@MIT

The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight the...

Scholarly communication

A new open scholarship opportunity for MIT authors

MIT Libraries now pays for authors to publish in eLife

The MIT Libraries is pleased to announce that MIT authors who publish in eLife, the open access, nonprofit biomedical and life sciences journal, can...

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MIT Libraries staff celebrated at 2025 Infinite Mile Awards

MIT Libraries staff celebrated at 2025 Infinite Mile Awards

The MIT Libraries celebrated the exceptional contributions of its employees June 11 with the 2025 Infinite Mile Awards ceremony. The event in Hayden Library...

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Open access downloads: June 2025

Open access downloads: June 2025

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Summer 2025 MIT recommended reading

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...

Business & management
Discover the art of books

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...

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Open access downloads: May 2025

Open access downloads: May 2025

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Open access downloads: April 2025

Open access downloads: April 2025

Statistics from the OA collection of DSpace@MIT

The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight the...

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