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#openaccess article downloads from #DSpace @ MIT for January: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Switzerland!

An image reading the statement "The Future is Diamond" alongside the logo of the Open Journals Collective.

We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...

The Ancient Roots of Doing Time The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state.

A book the MIT Libraries supported to make #openaccess is reviewed by Adam Gopnik in @newyorker.com this week! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... The Amazon page shows it's #OA: www.amazon.com/Ancient-Medi... #incarceration #monographs #OAbooks

#openaccess article downloads from #DSpace @ MIT for November: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: India!

Really pleased to have @openmindjournal.bsky.social from @mitpress.bsky.social be part of the Open Access Community Investment Program @wearelyrasis.bsky.social It's been generously supported by @harvardlibrary.bsky.social and @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social and we need to broaden the funding base.

#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @mit.edu for October: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: France!

Lyrasis Announces 2025–2026 Cohort of Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) Journals Lyrasis today announced the 2025–2026 cohort of journals in its Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP). This year’s selection spans a broad range of disciplines and highlights the continued growth and impact of Diamond Open Access publishing, which removes financial barriers for both authors and readers. About OACIP Launched in 2020 to support stand-alone Diamond […]

🎉 Today the Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program announces the new 2025-2026 OACIP Journals! Libraries, consortia, academic departments, research centers, museums and funding agencies can support any of the #DiamondOA journals seeking funding. Learn more at: https://ow.ly/cu5I50XgjY7

MIT Libraries response to NIH RFI on publishing costs: libraries.mit.edu/news/mit-lib...

Join MIT Libraries for a conversation with Lee McIntyre, author of On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy, as part of our MIT Reads series: October 8, 5-6:30 calendar.mit.edu/event/on-dis... #disinformation #democracy @mitpress.bsky.social

#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @ #MIT for August: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac...

MIT Professor Emeritus & Nobel Prize winner Rainer Weiss dies | Scholarly Communications - MIT Libraries MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, who shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics with two colleagues for their “decisive contributions to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) ...

MIT professor & @nobelprize.bsky.social winner #rainerweiss died this week. His 1972 paper describing what would become #LIGO is in #DSpace @MIT. Check out this & more: libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/20...

Deadline for nominees for the MIT Prize for Open Data is September 15!

#openaccess article downloads from #DSpace @MIT for July: We hit a new milestone of more than 30 million downloads! libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac...

We're happy to support @elife.bsky.social, so MIT authors can submit articles to #eLife and have them peer reviewed without paying a fee. Here's to challenging outdated publishing models! #openaccess #publishing libraries.mit.edu/news/a-new-o...

MIT Prize for Open Data | Open Data @ MIT To highlight the value of open data at MIT, and to encourage the next generation of researchers, the MIT School of Science and the MIT Libraries present the MIT Prize for Open Data. The Prize Each win...

Hey MIT folks, nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data: libraries.mit.edu/opendata/ope... #opendata #openscience #openscholarship

Punctum Books Library Program Welcomes MIT Libraries

We are grateful to MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social for joining our Supporting Library Membership Program! This is library funding for #OpenAccess books in action. It takes a #community & every book we publish is a gift made possible by libraries!

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#libraries 🎉🥳🪩🍾🎈

So happy that there is an infrastructure prize run by the Kohli foundation but especially happy that they are recognizing the diverse bits of infra that exist. Love @socarxiv.bsky.social

As we gear up to launch our #ResponsibleResearchAssessment Guide for research performing institutions in just 3 weeks, we want to thank the DORA community and all those who contributed to it!
What are you most excited to learn from the guide? Join us for the launch May 15-16 bit.ly/DORAGuide-La...

#openaccess downloads from #DSpace at MIT for March: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... One of our most downloaded articles was.... a book! #amymoranthomas #travelingwithsugar

Book cover for Counting Feminicide: Data Feminism in Action, by Catherine D'Ignazio

Check out the latest list of books we've supported to make #openaccess: libraries.mit.edu/news/librari... #OA #oamonographs #mitlibraries

I'm a day late with this because #CNS2025 ended yesterday, but the MIT Press has launched the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science that covers many CS topics with peer reviewed articles from experts. @cogneuronews.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @jocn.bsky.social oecs.mit.edu

"Researchers working on projects funded wholly or in part by American federal agencies have been sent a lengthy questionnaire to determine how their work aligns with the Trump administration’s political agenda." www.caut.ca/latest/2025/... @caut.bsky.social

#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @mitofficial.bsky.social for February: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Finland!

Preserving public access to public data

In-person workshop coming up: Preserving public access to public data. Register here: calendar.mit.edu/event/preser...

Checklist for USA federal data backups | Data management Introduction The United States (US) federal government collects, aggregates, and disseminates a large volume of information and data. This content is used by researchers, policymakers, and many others...

Fantastic #databackup guide from MIT Libraries colleagues: libraries.mit.edu/data-managem...

"This is an important moment to remind ourselves, in Canada, that respect for the role and independence of our own national archives is a vital support to our sovereignty; to our trust in our government, the Constitution, and the rule of law..." www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-st...

Exciting! #openaccess #overlay #openscience

MIT Libraries open access statistics report in black and white. The report highlights download counts, articles, and a featured country, with a quote about discovering open access. "Open Access Downloads"

#openaccess downloads from #dspace @mitofficial.bsky.social for January: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Switzerland! 611 downloads

Saying farewell to PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art with editor Bonnie Marranca After nearly 50 years in print, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art publishes its last issue.

Working with the indomitable Bonnie Marranca on PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art has been one of the singular joys of my career. Recently, I interviewed Bonnie about the decades-long history of PAJ and the state of arts publishing today. mitpress.mit.edu/saying-farew... @mitpress.bsky.social