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DECEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Index: MIT Libraries<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT Technology Review<\/a>
\nIndex, “facts and figures to sustain your inner geek,” features stats about the Libraries.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Design for the Hayden Library renovation takes shape<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nRenovated spaces will be more flexible and welcoming, maximizing views and natural light.<\/p>\n

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NOVEMBER 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"MIT OA Task Force Releases Recommendations, Publisher Framework<\/a><\/strong>
\nLibrary Journal<\/a>
\nMIT released two documents that will amplify open sharing of MIT resources and clarify communications with scholarly publishers.<\/p>\n

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OCTOBER 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rules for Making Big Deals<\/a><\/strong>
\nInside Higher Ed<\/a>
\nDozens of institutions have endorsed a set of guiding principles for negotiating contracts that support open-access practices with scholarly publishers.<\/p>\n

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\"\"MIT announces framework to guide negotiations with publishers<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nPrinciple-based framework aims to support the needs of scholars, reflect MIT principles, and advance science.<\/p>\n

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Open access task force releases final recommendations<\/a>
\n<\/strong>MIT News<\/a>
\nReport urges MIT community to openly share the products of its research and teaching.<\/p>\n

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JULY 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"MIT Libraries Launches Center for Research in Equitable and Open Scholarship<\/strong><\/a>
\nLibrary Journal<\/a>
\nMIT Libraries launches CREOS, which will conduct and consolidate \u201ccollaborative evidence-based research about the best ways disparate communities can participate in scholarship with minimal bias or barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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JUNE 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"SalkScience photographer Felice Frankel donates architecture snaps to MIT<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Architect’s Newspaper<\/a>
\nEarly images of iconic architecture and landscapes are now at home in Dome.<\/p>\n

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\"InfiniteMIT Libraries staff honored with 2019 Infinite Mile Awards<\/a>
\n<\/strong>MIT News<\/a>
\nSeventeen staffers feted for caring, collaboration, and community.<\/p>\n

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\"MargeryCollecting Old Stories at MIT Provides Map for the Future<\/a><\/strong>
\nScout Cambridge<\/a>
\nMargaret MacVicar Memorial AMITA Oral History Project documents the diverse experiences of women at MIT.<\/p>\n

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MAY 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ira'sFelice Frankel donates image collection to the MIT Libraries<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nLandscape architecture photographs will be shared as a learning resource in the Libraries’ Dome digital collections.<\/p>\n

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\"HeatherQ&A: Heather Paxson on a new model for open-access publishing in anthropology<\/a>
\n<\/strong>MIT News
\n<\/strong>Interim head of MIT Anthropology explains the plan’s vision and challenges, plus progress made at an historic MIT workshop.<\/p>\n

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\"\"At historic MIT workshop, anthropologists and stakeholders plan a disciplinary model for Open Access publishing<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n

Perspectives: Participants comment on the Anthropology Open Access event at MIT<\/a><\/p>\n

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APRIL 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Spreading kindness for four years and counting<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nMIT community celebrates Random Acts of Kindness Week by participating in lively events, including the Libraries’ annual letter-writing extravaganza.<\/p>\n

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\"BeverlyCandid conversation about race<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nIn MIT talk, author Beverly Daniel Tatum urges direct discussion about racial issues at a \u201cpolarized\u201d moment in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

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MARCH 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"After the Elsevier \u2018Tipping Point,\u2019 Research Libraries Consider Their Options<\/a><\/strong>
\nChronicle of Higher Education<\/a>
\nAcademic libraries on their campus’ reactions to the announcement that the UC system would not renew its subscription contract with Elsevier<\/p>\n

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\"\"Exceptional individuals receive 2019 MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nBusiness and Management Librarian Shikha Sharma received an award in the category of Outstanding Contributor.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Open access task force releases draft recommendations<\/a><\/strong>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nThe MIT community is invited to comment on ways to increase sharing of research, data, software, and more.<\/p>\n

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\"\"What\u2019s Changing at Hayden Library in 2020\u2014and What\u2019s Staying the Same<\/a><\/strong>
\nSlice of MIT<\/a>
\nA desire to be a more inclusive and welcoming space to the MIT community, while keeping research and learning at the center, is driving the Hayden Library renovation.<\/p>\n

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\"\"One.MIT Creates a Monument\u2014at the Smallest Scale<\/a><\/strong>
\nSlice of MIT<\/a>
\n\u201cOne.MIT,\u201d a display in the new MIT.nano building featuring 270,000 names of people associated with MIT, was created with the help of MIT Libraries staff.<\/p>\n

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Exploring AI<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nAmerican Libraries<\/a>
\nALA President Loida Garcia-Febo writes about how libraries are starting to apply artificial intelligence in their work<\/p>\n

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FEBRUARY 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Ocasio-Cortez is right, algorithms are biased \u2014 but we can make them fairer<\/a>
\n<\/strong>The Hill<\/a>
\nAn op-ed from MIT Libraries Director of Research Micah Altman and Alexandra Wood, fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University<\/p>\n

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JANUARY 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hayden Library to undergo renovations in 2020<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Tech<\/a>
\nRenovations to include a caf\u00e9 and greater variety of study spaces<\/p>\n

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\"photo<\/p>\n

Hayden Library to undergo renovation in 2020<\/strong><\/a>
\nMIT News<\/a>
\nRedesigned spaces will focus on fostering community and accommodating diverse study, learning, and research styles.<\/p>\n

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\"\"MIT\u2019s Grand Challenges Issues Final Report<\/strong><\/a>
\nLibrary Journal<\/a>
\nLJ<\/em> takes a close look at the process of drafting, sharing, and refining the Grand Challenges Summit white paper, intended to identify a research agenda for libraries and archives going forward.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Editorial Mutiny at Elsevier Journal<\/a><\/strong>
\nInside Higher Ed<\/a>
\nFollowing in the footsteps of linguistics journal Lingua<\/em>, the editorial board of the Elsevier-owned Journal of Informetrics<\/em> has resigned and launched a rival journal that will be free for all to read.<\/p>\n

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