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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.
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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!
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @mit.edu for October: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: France!
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🎉 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
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 […]
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October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎉 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...
MIT Libraries’ response to the NIH on limiting allowable publishing costs | News
In July 2025, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will create a policy to limit the amount of NIH funds that grantholders can use towards paying for open access article processing ...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
MIT Libraries response to NIH RFI on publishing costs: libraries.mit.edu/news/mit-lib...
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Open Access is important to me, and is tremendously expensive. It was made possible by generous support from @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social. I hope the book is interesting!
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Open Access is important to me, and is tremendously expensive. It was made possible by generous support from @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social. I hope the book is interesting!
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
September 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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...
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) ...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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!
Hey MIT folks, nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data: libraries.mit.edu/opendata/ope... #opendata #openscience #openscholarship
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...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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...
August 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#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...
A new open scholarship opportunity for MIT authors | News
The MIT Libraries is pleased to announce that MIT authors who publish in eLife, the open access, nonprofit biomedical and life sciences journal, can now do so at no cost. eLife’s model is pushing the ...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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...
Hey MIT folks, nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data: libraries.mit.edu/opendata/ope... #opendata #openscience #openscholarship
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...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hey MIT folks, nominate yourself or colleagues for the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data: libraries.mit.edu/opendata/ope... #opendata #openscience #openscholarship
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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 🎉🥳🪩🍾🎈
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Punctum Books Library Program Welcomes MIT Libraries
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July 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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 🎉🥳🪩🍾🎈
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#libraries 🎉🥳🪩🍾🎈
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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
👏The 2025 Infrastructure Prize for Sociology goes to @socarxiv.bsky.social, represented by @philipncohen.com , for its accessible and timely contribution to the dissemination of sociological knowledge.
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May 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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
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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...
What are you most excited to learn from the guide? Join us for the launch May 15-16 bit.ly/DORAGuide-La...
April 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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...
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
April 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#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
Check out the latest list of books we've supported to make #openaccess: libraries.mit.edu/news/librari... #OA #oamonographs #mitlibraries
April 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Check out the latest list of books we've supported to make #openaccess: libraries.mit.edu/news/librari... #OA #oamonographs #mitlibraries
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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
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
The Latest
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March 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"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!
March 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
#openaccess downloads from #DSpace @mitofficial.bsky.social for February: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Finland!
In-person workshop coming up: Preserving public access to public data. Register here: calendar.mit.edu/event/preser...
Preserving public access to public data
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February 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In-person workshop coming up: Preserving public access to public data. Register here: calendar.mit.edu/event/preser...
Fantastic #databackup guide from MIT Libraries colleagues: libraries.mit.edu/data-managem...
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...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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...
CARL Statement on the Value of National Archives - Canadian Association of Research Libraries
February 13, 2025 – Many countries have national archives, and their common mission is to be a record of their nation’s governance – its structures, debates, successes, and challenges. They foster tra...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"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...
Open access @mitpress.bsky.social overlay journal @rapidreviews-id.bsky.social expands into Mexico and beyond with courses geared towards the next generation of researchers and new editorial offices. A conversation with Hildy Fong Baker and Frida Rivera Buendía: mitpress.mit.edu/a-conversati...
A conversation with Rapid Reviews\Infectious Diseases on their editorial venture in Mexico
Open access overlay journal Rapid ReviewsInfectious Diseases (RRID) expands into Mexico and beyond with courses geared towards the next generation of researchers.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#openaccess downloads from #dspace @mitofficial.bsky.social for January: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Switzerland! 611 downloads
February 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#openaccess downloads from #dspace @mitofficial.bsky.social for January: libraries.mit.edu/news/open-ac... Featured country: Switzerland! 611 downloads