The library system of the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(MIT Libraries) covers all five academic schools comprising the university. The print and multimedia collections of the MIT Libraries include more than 5 million items, with over 3 million volumes of print material, 17,000 journal and other serial subscriptions, 478 online databases, over 55,000 electronic journal titles licensed for access, and over 2.8 million items in collections of microforms, maps, images, musical scores, sound recordings, and videotapes. The MIT library was established in 1862 with a gift of seven volumes, three years before classes began. The MIT Libraries are four divisional libraries: Hayden (Science and Humanities), Barker Engineering, Dewey (social sciences and management), and Rotch (architecture and planning). The divisional libraries are open seven days a week and offer hours that extend well into the evening. Hayden, Barker, and Dewey Libraries feature 24/7 study rooms to accommodate MIT students around the clock. In addition to the divisional libraries, there are a few smaller libraries that serve specialized fields: the Lewis Music Library, the GIS & Data Lab, the Aga Khan Documentation Center, Visual Collections, and the Physics Reading Room. The Lewis Music Library houses the MIT Music Oral History Project.Slice of MIT (2013). "Gold Sounds: MIT's Music Talents Contribute to a New Oral History." http://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2013/08/12/voices-behind-the-voices-mit-music-project-archive-launches/ Retrieved: 2013-08-22. The Department of Distinctive Collections (previously the Institute Archives and Special Collections) contains materials documenting MIT’s history, and the Library Storage Annex, located off-campus, houses materials that can be requested and available for use the next business day. The Libraries also manage

DSpace DSpace is an open source repository software package typically used for creating open access repositories for scholarly and/or published digital content. While DSpace shares some feature overlap with content management systems and document manag ...

, a digital repository created to capture, preserve, and share MIT's intellectual output with the world. DSpace at MIT currently houses over 21,000 MIT theses.

Publications

Bibliotech: MIT Libraries' Newsletter
(semi-annual
past issues

MIT Libraries News

References

External links

*Powers, Elia.
Standing Up for Open Access
" ''Inside Higher Ed.'' (2007-05-21). Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
Celebrating Research
Rare and Special Collections from the Membership of the Association of Research Libraries: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries. (2007-09-23). Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
MIT Libraries website

Barker Engineering

Dewey Management and Social Sciences

Document Services

Hayden Circulation

Institute Archives and Special Collections

Lewis Music

Library Storage Annex

Rotch Architecture and PlanningMIT Course Catalogue 2007-2008
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Libraries A library is a collection of Document, materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or electronic media, digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a ...