Shortcuts to Your Favorite Library Databases!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Have a favorite database and want to avoid searching Vera for it every time? Use the Get URL! Do a search in Vera by title and then just right click to add the link to your bookmarks. Now Proquest, Avery, PubMed and others are just a click away, whether you’re on campus or off! .. read more..
American Meteorological Society Confirms Full Cooperation With MIT Faculty Open ..
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) has confirmed that their recently adopted policy on open access repositories is fully consistent with the new MIT Faculty Open Access Policy . The AMS, which publishes 13 journals, including the Journal of Climate and Monthly Weather Review, has just establ.. .. read more..
New Podcast: Craig Carter on the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy
Monday, February 1, 2010
The latest in the series of podcasts on scholarly publication and copyright is an interview with Craig Carter , Professor of Materials Science and Engineering . He directs the Carter Research Group, which uses modeling to predict complex material behavior. In the podcast, Professor Carter speaks ab.. .. read more..
American Physical Society Confirms Full Support of MIT Faculty Open Access Polic..
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The American Physical Society (APS) has confirmed that they are fully cooperating with the new MIT Faculty Open Access Policy . Joe Serene, APS Treasurer and Publisher, comments that “APS was among the earliest publishers to support Green Open Access, and has long allowed authors to post our .. .. read more..
New Video: Fair Use of Copyrighted Content
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Libraries are offering a new video, A Window on Fair Use , which provides an overview of US Copyright law\'s Fair Use provisions. The 9-minute video explains how you can employ the concept of “Fair Use” under US copyright law to legally reuse copyrighted content without permission from the copyr.. .. read more..
IAP 2010: Demystifying Fair Use – An Interactive Workshop for Users of Copyright..
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
This session is for anyone who wants to know more about Fair Use, which allows for reuse of copyrighted content, whether in publications, student work, or for personal use. Offered by an intellectual property specialist in the General Counsel’s office and the copyright contact in the MIT Libraries,.. .. read more..
IAP 2010: Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and ..
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Intended for graduated students or other interested MIT authors, addresses what copyright means to you as an author, how you can assess a publisher\'s copyright policies, and how you can use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access publishing models, the new MIT Faculty Open Access P.. .. read more..
MIT Graduate Students Lobby For Open Access
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Kevin McComber, Vice President of the Graduate Student Council, was part of a delegation sponsored by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) that recently went to Washington to lobby for more open access to research. In this interview with Scholarly Publishing & Licensin.. .. read more..
Read all about it–inside the Fall issue of BiblioTech
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Inside this issue: Learn about new and improved places to study in Barker & Dewey Libraries Connect with the Libraries on your mobile phone Read about the Libraries\' book that traveled into space Discover how a generous gift from an MIT alumnus is revealing a hidden collection in the Libraries Lear.. .. read more..
IET Confirms Full Support of MIT Faculty Open Access Policy
Monday, November 23, 2009
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has confirmed its full cooperation with the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy . President Chris Earnshaw wishes MIT success with the policy and says that the IET “applauds” it. MIT authors therefore do not need to provide an amendment t.. .. read more..
Open Access Publishers Cooperating With MIT Faculty OA Policy
Friday, November 13, 2009
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 publi.. .. read more..
AMS, OSA Confirm Cooperation with MIT Faculty Open Access Policy
Friday, October 30, 2009
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 .. .. read more..
American Institute of Physics and American Vacuum Society Cooperating With MIT F..
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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. .. .. read more..
MIT Open Access Articles – New Collection Supports Faculty Policy
Monday, October 19, 2009
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 establis.. .. read more..
National Center for Atmospheric Research Announces Open Access Policy
Monday, October 19, 2009
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 th.. .. read more..