Peace Ossom has been named Director of Research Data Services, the MIT Libraries announced today. Reporting to the Associate Director of Research, Learning, and Strategic Partnerships, the Director of Research Data Services will lead the Department of Data and Specialized Services (DSS). The Libraries are a key partner within the Institute’s research enterprise, supporting researchers in managing, storing, curating, and sharing data for various research and educational uses. Ossom will begin her new role on August 12. Park Square Executive Search served as the MIT Libraries’ search firm partne ..read more

The Open Access Collection of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through open access policies at MIT or publisher agreements. Each month we highlight the month’s download numbers and a few of the most-downloaded articles in the collection, and we feature stats and comments from a particular country. See your own download statistics or those of a particular MIT department, lab, or center. Top downloaded articles for April: Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change, Thomas R. Knutson et al. Advances in Weather Prediction, Rich ..read more

“Circulation: A Day in the Life of Library Books” by Libraries staff members Rebekah Oden and Cam West follows the journey of MIT Libraries books as they’re requested, taken off the shelves, shipped from place to place, and finally checked out to patrons. The video was part of the “MIT in 3:00” competition, sponsored by the Chris Pomiecko Memorial Fund and Comparative Media Studies/Writing with support from Arts at MIT.   ..read more

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