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International collaborations in digital preservation
Image courtesy of Educopia Institute The MIT Libraries are involved in collaborations that look at the broad range of digital content that universities and other organizations produce, and at ways to...
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Jay K. Lucker, former director of the MIT Libraries, dies at 82
Jay K. Lucker, former director of the MIT Libraries Jay K. Lucker, former director of the MIT Libraries, and nationally known library building and planning consultant, passed away on Sept. 2. He was...
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“Magnetic Resonance” on display in the Maihaugen Gallery
The fall exhibit in the Maihaugen Gallery showcases a unique collection on view to the public for the very first time. Magnetic Resonance: Four Centuries of Science from the Vail Collection offers a...
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Study under the Dome 24/7! Barker reading room reopens as a 24-hour study space.
Photo by L. Barry Hetherington The Barker Library reading room has reopened to reveal the grandeur of the restored oculus atop the Great Dome. Read about the details of the project in MIT’s Great Dome...
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Noteworthy Connections opens in the Maihaugen Gallery
David M. Epstein conductor of the MIT Symphony Orchestra, 1965-1998, Photo: MIT Museum A new exhibition exploring the extraordinary connection between the MIT mind and music has opened in the...
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Save the date: Celebrate the restoration of MIT’s Great Dome on April 10!
Join us for a community open house celebrating the historic restoration of MIT’s Great Dome, and the opening of Barker Library’s 24-hour reading room. DATE: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 2-4pm...
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Archives’ Kari Smith blogs about digital archives
Announcing the blog, Engineering the Future of the Past, by staff of the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections. Are you interested in knowing what the MIT Libraries is doing about digital...
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MIT and Harvard libraries awarded grant to foster careers in digital stewardship
MIT and Harvard libraries will play a role in ensuring a new generation of library school graduates will be prepared for jobs in digital stewardship. The universities were jointly awarded a 2013 Laura...
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Ever wonder where MIT history lives? Explore the MIT Institute Archives &...
MIT’s history comes alive in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Come explore! Kevin Lynch’s The Image of the City is a landmark of city planning. Consult his field notes. Howe, Manning...
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Dambrogio named as MIT Libraries’ new conservator
Jana Dambrogio Jana Dambrogio will join the staff of the MIT Libraries in September as the new Thomas F. Peterson (1957) Conservator. In this role she will manage MIT’s special collections conservation...
View ArticleLewis Music Library launches Music at MIT Oral History Collection website
A new library resource, the Music at MIT Oral History Collection, brings the history of music at MIT to life through in-depth video and audio interviews with MIT music faculty, staff, and former...
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Halloween treat: Monster Book of Monsters’ transformation
There have been spooky happenings in the Maihaugen Gallery this Halloween. A medieval chant book, originally from the fifteenth or sixteenth century, has inexplicably transformed into a Harry...
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IAP 2014: Culture, Arts, and Society
Join the MIT Libraries for a series of classes on topics that range from letterlocking to the music of the Arab Spring. Some classes require registration. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington Creative...
View ArticleExploring tools for digital archives
Curious about how the MIT Libraries are working to archive and preserve the digital record and primary sources for the Institute? Check out Digital Archivist Kari Smith’s recent blog post, which...
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Bound by Hand–Bookbindings created in the Libraries’ Conservation Lab
Today is the first day of two Individual Activity Program (IAP) classes the conservation lab is offering. Participants are learning how to transform paper, cloth, board, thread, and glue into two types...
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Thanks, MIT music, for your dulcet tones.
This week was an all-things-MIT-Music for the conservation lab. We de-installed the “Noteworthy Connections” exhibition in the Maihaugen Gallery featuring the music treasures from the Lewis Music...
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Discussion: Scientific imaging for artwork & other cultural heritage materials
Discussion: Thursday, February 27, 2014, 11:00 am, 14N-132 (DIRC) Detail: Two modes of Reflectance Transformation Imaging. The bottom view shows a Japanese woodcut in “Normal” mode. The top view shows...
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New Exhibit: Thanks for the memory: 50+ years of computing at MIT
Photograph of Jay Forrester with Whirlwind staff and computer, Barta Building, MIT campus MIT’s wide-ranging impact on computer science is the focus of an exhibit that has just opened in the Libraries’...
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Improving Water Quality in 19th Century Massachusetts
A recent MIT news spotlight on research for detecting bacteria brought to mind 19th century research on water quality in Massachusetts. In the 1880s MIT chemist Ellen Swallow Richards, in collaboration...
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Preservation Week, April 29–May 1: Explore the art and science of preserving...
Join us for a variety of events that highlight the importance of preserving cultural heritage materials during National Preservation Week. Tuesday, April 29th, starting at 12 pm The Art and Science of...
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