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...

Chris Bourg and Amy Brand share their insights on OEGlobal 2026’s program tracks in the next article for “Come Invent With Us”.

Graduate Student Voices Support for Scholarly Communication Reform The MIT Graduate Student Council recently passed a resolution expressing support for campus libraries to exit big deal journal p...

In March 2026, MIT’s Graduate Student Council (GSC) passed a Resolution on Scientific Publishing and MIT Libraries, a wide-ranging document that calls upon the MIT community, as well as federal fundin...

The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state.

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 […]

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

After nearly 50 years in print, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art publishes its last issue.

In March 2009, MIT faculty passed one of the country’s first open access policies; the policy covers their scholarly articles by default. As of April 2017, all MIT authors, including students, postdoc...

Behrens will lead eLife’s efforts to improve research communication for all.