Browsing MIT Libraries Publications and Presentations by Title
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Transforming Scientific Communication for the 21st Century
(Haworth Press, 2001)Since its inception in the 17th century the research journal emerged as the formal communication method in the sciences. The last half of the 20th century has seen stresses develop on the journal system due to the explosion ... -
Understanding the Unseen: Invisible Disabilities in the Workplace
(Society of American Archivists, 2022-07-01)<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p>Approximately 61 million (or 1 in 4) adults in the United States have a disability. Despite this prevalence, many people cannot name a coworker who is disabled, ... -
Unlocking history through automated virtual unfolding of sealed documents imaged by X-ray microtomography
(Springer, 2021-03)Computational flattening algorithms have been successfully applied to X-ray microtomography scans of damaged historical documents, but have so far been limited to scrolls, books, and documents with one or two folds. The ... -
Use of collaborative spaces in an academic library
(Simmons College, 2007-05)With the design of new libraries increasingly emphasizing support for collaborative activity, librarians need to understand how and why their users are working together in library spaces. No published studies quantify the ... -
User Needs Assessment of Information Seeking Activities of MIT Students - Spring 2006
(2006-07-17)The SFX/Verde Group was authorized to complete a user needs assessment in the form of a Photo Diary Study with MIT students in the spring of 2006. The goal of the study was to inform the MIT Libraries of online tool ... -
Voting with our dollars: making a new home for the collections budget in the MIT Libraries
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What We Aren’t Seeing Exclusionary Practices in Visual Media
(ACRL, 2024-01-03)Disability in visual culture is arguably flawed, with ideas and concepts created and accepted in the vacuum of ableist, capitalist environments. “Disability has always been part of the human condition,” write art historians ... -
When a Librarian's Not There to Ask: Creating an Information Resource Advisory Tool
(Association of College & Research Libraries, 2005-04)It is 2am. A professor wakes up with a new direction for her research; she must immediately learn about bioethics. In a dorm a student is finally ready to begin a paper on Cuba. Where do they turn? The library web site ...