« The comprehensive report is the outcome of a National Science Foundation-funded workshop, identifying critical issues in open access publishing and how to address them.
Today, the MIT Press is releasing a comprehensive report that addresses how open access policies shape research and what is needed to maximize their positive…
« Institute ends negotiations for a new journals contract in the absence of a proposal aligning with the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts. (…) »
« Principle-based framework aims to support the needs of scholars, reflect MIT principles, and advance science.
The MIT Libraries, together with the MIT Committee on the Library System and the Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research, announced that it has developed a principle-based…
« The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research has released its final recommendations, which aim to support and increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software, and educational materials. (…) »
« The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Press was the first university press to sign an agreement with the Internet Archive to scan older print books for which it had no digital copies to make them available for one-at-a-time lending, a model known as Controlled Digital Lending.…
« The MIT community is invited to comment on ways to increase sharing of research, data, software, and more. (…) »
« (…) This white paper is the first deliverable of the OA task force. Its goal is to give MIT students, staff, and faculty an overview of the open access landscape at MIT, in the United States, and in Europe to help inform discussions at the Institute over…
« Generating knowledge from data is an increasingly important activity. This process of data exploration consists of multiple tasks: data ingestion, visualization, statistical analysis, and storytelling.
Though these tasks are complementary, analysts often execute them in separate tools. Moreover, these tools have steep learning curves due to their reliance on…
« Experiment aims to shift publishing models toward open access
The MIT Libraries and the Royal Society of Chemistry have signed a groundbreaking license agreement that incorporates elements of a traditional subscription purchase and open access to scholarly articles. The experimental two-year agreement is seen as an important…
« Le MIT, pour Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a une place dans le classement des universités les plus connues et les plus prestigieuses du monde. Spécialisé dans les sciences et la technologie, l’institut abrite les meilleurs chercheurs, et publie souvent des documents qui comptent et marquent durablement leur époque. Bonne nouvelle, le…
