http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog News & updates from the libraries at MIT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:14:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Riding the space shuttle is like strapping yourself to a gigantic beast….you go from 0 to 17,500 miles per hour in eight and a half minutes,” MIT alumnus, Astronaut Mike Massimino said in a talk at MIT last month. After nearly 3 years of training, in May 2009 Massimino rocketed 5.3 ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/final-journey-hubble/2220/ The Libraries' Bookmobile will be wheeling into Lobby 10 on Friday, November 20, 2009.  From 11a.m. until 2p.m. browse through a great selection of books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks from the Humanities and Music Libraries.  Stop by and pick up something to enjoy over the Thanksgiving weekend! http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/bookmobile-back-just/2214/ Three open access publishers, BioMed Central, Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Beilstein-Institut, are fully cooperating with the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy. MIT authors do not need to provide an amendment to the publication agreements or take any other special action in order to publish with them ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/access-publishers/2200/ MIT GIS Services has released a new version of the MIT Geodata Repository Search Tool for ArcGIS. The MIT Geodata Repository holds 1,700+ layers of geographic data. This tool enables searching for GIS vectors and rasters via keywords, geographic location, and geometry type. For example, you can search for building ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/geodata-search-tool/2130/ Two more society publishers have confirmed cooperation with the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy:   The American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Optical Society of America (OSA).   MIT authors do not need to provide an amendment to the AMS or OSA publication agreements or take any other special action in order ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/american-mathematical/2158/ If you regularly use the SciFinder client, you have probably noticed challenges in logging in. We have been dedicating fewer and fewer seats (of 11 total) for the client. All of the seats will be unavailable as of Monday, November 2. If you have not yet registered to use the web ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/scifinder-accessible/2153/ Come on by the Lewis Music Library and check out some Hallowe'en music! Reserves assistant Cate Gallivan has pulled together a few examples of ghoulish music.  There's plenty more in the library collection; ooze on over to 14E-109 and find some!  CDs and DVDs circulate for 3 days, scores ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/halloween-music/2116/ The fall 2009 issue of What’s the Score? the newsletter of the Lewis Music Library is now available. The web version is online and print copies are available on the front counter in the library (Bldg. 14E-109). Read about library activities and projects, and don’t miss the ever-popular bad music jokes! http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/lewis-music-library-2/2120/ The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Vacuum Society (AVS) have confirmed that they are fully cooperating with the new MIT Faculty Open Access Policy. This policy, established by the faculty on March 18, 2009,  makes the faculty's scholarly articles openly available on the web.   MIT authors do ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/american-institute/2086/ ILLiad, the interface for Interlibrary Borrowing and Library Storage Annex services is joining the Touchstone bandwagon.  Gone are the days where a separate username and password are required to place requests for materials not owned by MIT or PDFs from the Annex. Touchstone is single sign-on across MIT applications, so if ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/access-illiad-touchstone/2082/ Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 4-5pm Killian Hall, Building 14 Veteran Astronaut and MIT Alumnus Dr. Mike Massimino (SM TPP 1988, Engineer ME 1990, PhD 1992) will come to MIT on Wednesday Oct. 28 to talk about his recent work servicing NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and to return a book to the MIT Libraries. In ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/libraries-co-host-event/2070/ A new collection of scholarly articles by MIT authors is openly available to the world today through MIT’s research repository DSpace@MIT.   The launch of the “MIT Open Access Articles” collection coincides with International Open Access Week to reflect the spirit of an MIT faculty policy established in March 2009. The ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/access-articles/2012/ The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a national lab sponsored by the National Science Foundation, has just announced an Open Access policy that requires that all peer-reviewed research published by its scientists and staff be made publicly available online. NCAR is the first of the NSF’s Federally Funded Research and ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/national-center/2040/ Power Supply: Energy Resources in the MIT Libraries is a new exhibit in the Maihaugen Gallery that showcases "energy resources" in the Libraries that have supported and resulted from research and education throughout the Institute's history. Included are books and articles from historical collections, examples of rich working collections, ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/power-supply/2045/ Looking to gain skills in working with statistical analysis software packages?  The following classes will be taught by the Harvard-MIT Data Center (HMDC) Statistical Consultant and start next week!  Note: there will be time at the end of each session for individual assistance, so feel free to bring your research ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/learn-stata-upcoming-2/2006/ Willing to give 30-45 minutes of your time for a $15-$20 gift card? The MIT Libraries are conducting website usability tests this Fall and are looking for volunteers. The test would take between 30 and 45 minutes of your time, depending on which of the 2 tests you are assigned ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/volunteer-usability/1995/ Tomes & Domes: Islamic Architecture Collections at Rotch Library opens on Thursday, October 15 in Rotch Library of Architecture & Planning (7-238).  The exhibit highlights items from the library’s extensive collection of materials related to architecture and planning in the Islamic world.  It features items used in The Aga Khan ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/tomes-domes-exhibition/1976/ The Libraries' Bookmobile will be wheeling into Lobby 10 this Friday, Oct. 9, 2009.  From 11a.m. until 2p.m. browse through a great selection of books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks from the Humanities and Music Libraries.  Stop by and pick up something to enjoy over the long weekend! http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/bookmobile-back/1969/ You may now access licensed library e-resources from off-campus using your Kerberos login, in addition to MIT web certificates, via MIT's Touchstone. This is also true for the handful of e-resources that currently require certificates even while on-campus.  This means that you can now use these resources on shared ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/easier-access/1956/ Learn how to manage your articles and cite your references more effectively in these hands-on workshops. No advance registration required. All workshops will take place in the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC), 14N-132. EndNote Basics EndNote is a “personal bibliographic software” package that allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/citation-software/1943/ Learn about ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research), the world's largest archive of research data for the social sciences.  Next week (Oct 5-9, 2009), ICPSR will be broadcasting live free webinars to help you understand and utilize its many data resources.  Topics covered include: Data on minority populations Graphing ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/learn-about-icpsr/1931/ The MIT Faculty established a new policy on March 18, 2009 that makes their scholarly articles openly available on the web.   The Libraries have been working with the Faculty Committee on the Library System to make this process as convenient as possible for the faculty, as called for in the ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/american-economic/1898/ Many of the services featured on the MIT Libraries' web site are available from a mobile phone on the MIT Mobile Web. To get to the MIT Libraries' mobile site, visit http://m.mit.edu from your mobile device's web browser. The site is currently optimized for iPhones.  In the future, we plan ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/mobile-libraries/1882/ MIT joined four other universities in launching a new "Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity" on Monday September 15, 2009.    The goal of the compact, according to its author,  is to allow "the two journal publishing systems to compete on a more level playing field" by providing  "equitable support for ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/among-initial-members/1855/ There are now more reasons to come study in the Lewis Music Library! This summer some of the listening carrels on the mezzanine were removed to make room for four large study tables. The Music and Theater Arts Section has provided two iMac computers with music software -- they have ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/music-study-tables/1828/ Renovations in Barker and Dewey Libraries have created great new spaces to study!  The MIT Community is invited to Open House events at each library.  Please come visit and celebrate with us! Barker Library Open House Where: Barker Engineering Library (10-500) Reading Room (under the Dome) When: Wednesday, September 16, 4-6pm Remarks at 4:30pm, Refreshments ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/house-events-barker/1810/ The MIT Libraries will no longer be hosting book sales due to changes in our Gifts Program.  We'd like to thank all former patrons for your support. If you are interested in learning of other ways to support the Libraries please see the MIT Libraries Giving web site. http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/sales-suspended/1799/ Video conferencing is now available in the Barker Library Media Suite! Need to meet with someone who is off-campus for the day, or perhaps on the other side of the world? Barker library is now equipped with an H.323 compatible (IP video-conferencing) system - this system can only be used with other ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/video-conferencing-2/1784/ Good news…  One of MIT’s favorite databases just got better! The MIT Libraries have recently purchased more access to Web of Science, increasing coverage by 73 years.  You’ll now be able to search: Science Citation Index: 1900 - present Social Sciences Citation Index: 1956 - present Arts & Humanities Citation Index: ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/science-improvements/1776/ MIT faculty, graduate students, and research staff may now apply online to get borrowing privileges to many libraries at Harvard!  To apply, fill out the Special Borrower Card Application.  Borrow at Harvard Libraries including Widener, Cabot, Fine Arts, Loeb Music, and Tozzer, and more. Find out more information about access to ... http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/apply-online-harvard/1768/