{"id":31831,"date":"2021-03-03T10:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?page_id=31831"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:06:25","slug":"2020-the-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/in-the-media\/2020-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"2020: In the media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DECEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/community-year-review-1222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31663\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/MIT-CommunityRev2020-01-press_0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>MIT community in 2020: A year in review<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nTop stories in the MIT community this year included ending negotiations with Elsevier for a new journals contract.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31250\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Courtyard_aerial-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/building-14-courtyard-undergoing-renovation-0922\">Building 14 courtyard to undergo renovation<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nRevitalized outdoor space to be redesigned along with Hayden Library.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/mit-libraries-announces-2020-infinite-mile-awards-0708\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31113\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/IMA_News-copy-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>MIT Libraries staff honored with 2020 Infinite Mile Awards<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nSixteen staff members recognized for creating community, upholding values, and responding heroically to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUNE 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/06\/26\/metro\/what-was-it-like-live-through-pandemic-grandpa-university-archives-seek-items-that-capture-covid-19-history\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31103\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/globe_documenting-covid-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>What was it like to live through the pandemic, grandpa? University archives seek items that capture COVID-19 history<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\">The Boston Globe<\/a><br \/>\nUniversity archives around Boston are trying to document the pandemic through the eyes of their campus communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/Tech-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23557\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/Tech-copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thetech.com\/2020\/06\/17\/elsevier-negotiations-ended\">MIT ends negotiations with Elsevier<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thetech.com\">The Tech<\/a><br \/>\nBourg and Levy: Elsevier was unable to align with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31085\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/science_universityandjournals-553928153-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/universities-step-up-the-fight-for-open-access-research\/\"><strong>Universities Step Up the Fight for Open-Access Research<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\">WIRED<\/a><br \/>\nRecent announcements from MIT and the University of California represent milestones on the path to dismantling paywalls around academic journals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/77-mass-ave_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31072\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/77-mass-ave_0-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/guided-by-open-access-principles-mit-ends-elsevier-negotiations-0611\">MIT, guided by open access principles, ends Elsevier negotiations<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/suddenly-remote-spring-library-support-services-carry-on-0507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30991\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/WFH-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>In a suddenly remote spring, library support services carry on<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nDespite closing campus locations, the MIT Libraries continue to provide vital support for teaching, learning, and research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/3-questions-archivist-nora-murphy-how-mit-experienced-1918-flu-pandemic-0505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-30978 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Nora-Murphy-eNews-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nora Murphy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>3 Questions: How MIT experienced the 1918-19 flu pandemic<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nMIT Libraries archivist Nora Murphy shares historic materials related to the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, and suggests ways to document the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEBRUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30815\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/03\/ACM-image-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/mit-framework-publisher-contracts-yields-new-open-access-model-0224\">MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts yields new open-access model<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nThe MIT Libraries and three universities negotiate innovative agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/mit_news_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30779\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/mit_news_logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"MIT News logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/mit_news_logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/mit_news_logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/02\/mit_news_logo.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2020\/bringing-artificial-intelligence-classroom-research-lab-and-beyond-0213\">Bringing artificial intelligence into the classroom, research lab, and beyond<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\">MIT News<\/a><br \/>\nThrough the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, students work to build AI tools with impact.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JANUARY 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/LJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30022\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/LJ-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/LJ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/LJ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/LJ-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/LJ.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\/?detailStory=A-Tale-of-Two-Hayden-Libraries-ASU-MIT-New-Property-for-Deschutes-Multiyear-Project-Launch-in-Cincinnati-Branching-Out\">A Tale of Two Hayden Libraries (ASU and MIT)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.libraryjournal.com\">Library Journal<\/a><br \/>\nLisa Peet gives an update on library renovations at Arizona State University and MIT.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30305\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/MIT-Lib-Pub-Rendering-100-190919-copy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archpaper.com\/2020\/01\/kennedy-violich-architecture-redevelop-mit-hayden-library\/\">Kennedy &amp; Violich Architecture are redeveloping the interior of MIT&#8217;s Hayden Library<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/archpaper.com\">The Architect&#8217;s Newspaper<\/a><br \/>\nKVA&#8217;s renovation of Hayden Library will make the space significantly more flexible, transparent, and ADA compliant than it has been in its 69-year history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DECEMBER 2020 MIT community in 2020: A year in review MIT News Top stories in the MIT community this year included ending negotiations with Elsevier for a new journals contract. &nbsp; &nbsp; SEPTEMBER 2020 Building 14 courtyard to undergo renovation MIT News Revitalized outdoor space to be redesigned along with 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