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The MIT Libraries host diversity career event on Tuesday, Oct.21

By mit-admin on October 16, 2008

In the first joint program of its kind the MIT Libraries and Harvard College Library will co-host “An Exploration of Academic Research Libraries in Cambridge”–a two day conference focused on careers in academic librarianship.

On October 21st a group of 30 library school students and librarians from both the ARL Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce and the ALA Spectrum Scholar Program will visit the MIT Libraries, after spending the previous day at Harvard College Library. The attendees will learn about the many professionally rewarding aspects of a career in academic research libraries. They will have the opportunity to experience the dynamic environment of a 21st century research library from the perspective of two world-renowned academic libraries, and to learn about the activities and initiatives of those who have chosen academic librarianship as a career.

Please join us in welcoming these attendees from across the country to Cambridge and to the MIT campus.

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Arthur D. Little, Inc. Archives Come to MIT

By mit-admin on October 14, 2008

Arthur Dehon Little (1863-1935) attended MIT as an undergraduate student in chemistry from 1881 to 1884 and was a co-founder and editor of the student newspaper, The Tech. The firm he founded in 1909, Arthur D. Little, Inc., grew into one of the world’s foremost independent consulting and research organizations with an unmatched reputation for excellence in devising novel solutions to challenging problems and leading the way in management systems development. Over its lifetime, the company worked with MIT on numerous research projects and employed a number of MIT graduates and researchers. Arthur D. Little, Inc.’s longstanding relationship with MIT made the Institute Archives a fitting home for ADL, Inc.’s archives.

The Arthur D. Little, Inc. Collection was purchased at auction by the ADL, Inc. Alumni Association and given to MIT in 2002. It was recently made available to the public in the MIT Institute Archives & Special Collections. Selected items from the ADL Collection, as well as several items on loan from ADL alumni, will be on display through October 31 in the MIT Libraries’ Maihaugen Gallery. An online exhibit “Scatter Acorns That Oaks May Grow” is also available. The exhibit takes its name from the ADL, Inc. motto, Glandes Sparge Ut Quercus Crescant.

MIT Libraries Puzzle Challenge is back!! First puzzle has launched!

By mit-admin on October 10, 2008

The MIT Libraries have launched the first puzzle in a series of puzzles that can be solved using Libraries’ resources. Three puzzles will be released over the course of the Fall 2008 semester, appearing in the Tech, on kiosks in Lobby 7, and elsewhere around campus.

MIT students may view the puzzle and submit the answers online: //libraries.mit.edu/puzzle

Correct answers submitted by the deadline will be entered into a drawing for an Apple iPod Nano.

The deadline for entries for the first puzzle is Tuesday, October 21, 2008.

Exhibit at Rotch Library: “Return To Ooze”

By mit-admin on October 8, 2008

Return to Ooze, a show of new artworks by AJ Liberto, opened Friday, October 3, 2008, at the Rotch Library of Art & Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. AJ Liberto received his Master’s degree in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 and currently lives and works in Somerville, MA.

The exhibition `Return to Ooze’ will showcase new works revolving around mythical, mystical, and scientific transformations involving liquids. From alchemists to wildcatters to the Cylons of Battlestar Gallactica, ooze plays an integral role in birth, the search for means and meaning and ultimately, death. Return to Ooze acknowledge this idea not only in the liquid-turned-solid materials (plaster, polymers, epoxy) of their makeup, but also in the surfaces, the represented objects, and mythology. In some instances the work will be installed traditionally, in others more surprising spaces will be utilized, such as on support beams, display cabinets, and assorted nooks and walls. The orbits of Return to Ooze circle the unintentional beauty of the architecture of industry and the raw products and by-products of manufacturing. These noisy and occasionally messy aspects of commerce are often expressed in my work alongside careful juxtapositions; fragile vases, tailored menswear or napping animals.

Columbus Day Weekend Bookmobile, Friday Oct. 10th

By mit-admin on October 6, 2008

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Discover what’s new from the The Humanities Library and The Lewis Music Library‘s collections, including books, DVDs and CDs.

Details:

Date: Friday October 10th, 2008
Time: 11AM – 3PM
Where: Lobby 10
Cost: FREE!!!

Archives exhibits report “On the Making of Silk Purses from Sows’ Ears,” 1921

By mit-admin on October 1, 2008

The For its October Object of the Month, the Institute Archives & Special Collections exhibits a small report issued by Arthur D. Little, Inc. in 1921, “On the Making of Silk Purses from Sows’ Ears.” The report describes the process used by the company’s chemists to make two “silk” purses from pork byproducts to disprove the old adage that “you can’t make a silk purse of a sow’s ear.” The report is part of the Arthur D. Little, Inc. Archives Collection (MC 579), which was given to MIT by the Arthur D. Little, Inc. Alumni Association in 2002. The collection is available for research in the Institute Archives, 14N-118.

During the month of October one of the two silk purses is on display in the Maihaugen Gallery (next to the Institute Archives) along with other objects from the collection or on loan from MIT and ADL alumni.

Knovel Launches a Contest for Engineering & Science Students

By mit-admin on September 29, 2008

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MIT Libraries subscribe to Knovel and this fall, we’re participating in a contest for all science and engineering students (over 60 participating universities).

The contest starts on Monday 9/29/08!

Check out these tutorials if you have not used Knovel before.

How to play:

Starting 9/29, Go to http://www.info.knovel.com/challenge/
Use the Knovel search box in the widget to find answers
Answer 3 questions correctly

All entries with 3 correct answers will be entered into a drawing for Nintendo Wiis, iPod Nanos, and iTunes Gift Cards.

If you have any quetsions, please feel free to contact Erja Kajosalo.

authors@mit event at The Humanities Library Wed. 9/24

By mit-admin on September 23, 2008

Please join us at The MIT Humanities Library as MIT’s Christopher Capozzola introduces his new book.

“Uncle Sam Wants You” tells the gripping story of the American homefront in World War I, revealing how the tensions of mass mobilization led to a significant increase in power in Washington, and made wartime America the scene of some of the nation’s most serious political violence.

“Uncle Sam Wants You” is published by Oxford University Press.

Christopher Capozzola is an Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

This event is sponsored by authors@mit, a lecture series cosponsored by MIT Libraries and The MIT Press Bookstore.

Where: The MIT Humanities Library Reading Room (14S-200)

When: Wednesday September 24th, 5:30pm

The event is free and wheelchair accessible.

For more information, call call 253-5249, or email authors@mit.edu. See the MIT Press Bookstore’s “Events” page for a list of upcoming events.