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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Lyrasis @wearelyrasis.bsky.social · 15d

🎉 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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Sep 22

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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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · Sep 10

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!

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Aug 28

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Aug 4

#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...

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Jul 30

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social · Jul 17

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 🎉🥳🪩🍾🎈

Punctum Books Library Program Welcomes MIT Libraries

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Tom Emery @drtomemery.bsky.social · May 8

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

Kohli Foundation for Sociology @kohli-sociology.bsky.social · May 7

👏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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DORA @dorassessment.bsky.social · Apr 22

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...

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Apr 16

#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

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Apr 15

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

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

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Nick Lindsay @bluenoser2.bsky.social · Apr 2

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Mar 21

"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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Mar 4

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

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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Feb 19

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Feb 14

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Feb 13

"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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Feb 12

Exciting! #openaccess #overlay #openscience

Nick Lindsay @bluenoser2.bsky.social · Feb 11

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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Scholarly Communications @ MIT Libraries @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social · Feb 6

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

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"

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Nick Lindsay @bluenoser2.bsky.social · Jan 28

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

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.

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