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IAP 2017: Intellectual property — Patents and copyright
Patent Searching Fundamentals Wed, Jan 18, 1-2pm, 14N-132 Register Contact: Anne Graham Basics of Obtaining a Patent Mon, Jan 23, 10:30am-12pm, 4-163 Register Contact: Anne Graham Thesis@MIT: Thesis...
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Open access downloads: December 2016
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight...
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Open access downloads: January 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight...
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Springer Nature announces new data sharing policies
Did you know that, in addition to funder mandates and institutional requirements to share your data, many journals now require that all published articles be accompanied by underlying data? Springer...
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Innovation, creation, and copyright law: A conversation about legal services...
Do you have an awesome idea that builds on someone else’s work, but you’re unsure about what’s legal and what isn’t? Join the BU Technology & Cyberlaw Clinic and the MIT Office of General Counsel...
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Fan fiction and fair use
There are millions of fan fiction works both online and off. Though many content creators support or even encourage fan-made books, comics, plays, or films inspired by their work, others see them as...
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Happy International Fair Use Week!
For students, faculty, and researchers, Fair Use Week (February 20-24) is reason to celebrate: fair use provides an essential safety valve that allows us to use copyrighted works without obtaining...
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Open access downloads: February 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight...
View ArticleOA research in the news: Volkswagen emissions may increase mortality rates in...
In 2015, Volkswagen admitted to doctoring software in its diesel cars so they would pass emissions tests. The company had sold 11 million of the defective cars, which released more than four times the...
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MIT Libraries support open scholarship in the social sciences through SocArXiv
The MIT Libraries are pleased to announce our support of SocArXiv, an open archive of the social sciences that launched in beta version in November 2016. This free, noncommercial service for rapid...
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Publishing as a new scholar in philosophy and linguistics
From left to right: Alex Byrne, Amy Brand, Ellen Finnie, Kai von Fintel, Lisa Horowitz In early February, the MIT Libraries sponsored an open forum called “Publishing as a New Scholar in Philosophy and...
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Open access downloads: March 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through the MIT faculty open access policy, the new opt-in open access license, or...
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American Chemical Society publications available for text mining
Want to analyze trends in the chemistry literature? MIT Libraries is pleased to announce that ACS journals are now available for text and data mining by MIT users. Interested researchers should contact...
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What’s New?
Sheila Widnall. Courtesy of MIT Museum. Libraries Launch Women in Science and Engineering@MIT Archival Initiative The Institute Archives and Special Collections (IASC) has been focusing increasingly on...
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Open access downloads: April 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses 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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ORCIDs now in DSpace for faculty, grad students, postdocs & research staff
Records in the Open Access Articles collection in the DSpace@MIT repository now include ORCIDs — or Open Researcher Contributor Identifiers — for MIT authors who have the alphanumeric identifier...
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This just in: The ACI Scholarly Blog Index
Who says blogs don’t have a place at the information table? This month the MIT Libraries began a subscription to ACI Scholarly Blog Index, a new resource designed to help you discover and navigate...
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OA research in the news: LIGO detects third gravitational wave signal
Artist’s conception of two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO. Image: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet) On June 1, the Laser Interferometry Gravitational-wave...
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Open access downloads: May 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses 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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Open access downloads: June 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses 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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Open access downloads: July 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight the...
View ArticleNew milestones for open access policies at MIT
MIT has reached a new open access milestone: 46 percent of faculty members’ articles published since the OA policy passed in 2009 are now being shared in the Open Access Articles Collection of...
View ArticleMIT to Host Summit on Grand Challenges in Information Science & Scholarly...
MIT has received a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to host a summit on the Grand Challenges in Information Sciences and Scholarly Communication in spring 2018. Inviting experts from across...
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Labor and Reward in Science: Do Women Have an Equal Voice in Scholarly...
Despite progress, gender disparities in science persist. Women remain underrepresented in the scientific workforce and under rewarded for their contributions. This talk will examine multiple layers of...
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Open access downloads: August 2017
The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT houses scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight the...
View ArticleVideo profile: Chris Sherratt
Watch a video portrait of Chris Sherratt, librarian for atmospheric and oceanic sciences, energy and environment, and nuclear science and engineering, by the MIT School of Engineering. Sherratt talks...
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Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Exploring Open Access
Join us at MIT Libraries to celebrate Open Access Week 2017 by editing one of the largest open access projects – Wikipedia! Explore open access scholarship from MIT and beyond, including MIT...
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Learn with the Libraries: Fall 2017
Join us in learning everything from the basics of virtual reality to programming in R to making maps and organizing files! Click on a workshop for more information and to register. October 3:...
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