MIT Libraries Vision: A New Urgency | About us

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Summary:

"The need for open, equitable digital access to information has never been more critical or more compelling. In the midst of unprecedented disruptions to our work due to COVID-19, the MIT Libraries share a new document that articulates and amplifies our existing vision, with a sharpened focus, a new urgency, and a clear set of principles to guide our decision-making....

The 2016 report on the Future of Libraries declared “we are on the cusp of a fundamental transformation of research libraries,” from discrete places where information is accessed individually, to networks of open global platforms where “knowledge and data…can be exploited and analyzed by humans, machines, and algorithms.” The report was a catalyst for the MIT Libraries’ vision for “a world where enduring, abundant, equitable, and meaningful access to information serves to empower and inspire humanity.” Now, as research, education, and our community have moved to a remote environment in response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, our vision has an increased relevance and a heightened urgency.

This crisis demands an accelerated transformation of our library into a platform for the creation, discovery, use, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge that is fully open and equitably accessible...."

We will prioritize an open scholarship agenda that accelerates the progress of science, promotes equity and inclusion across disciplines, and reduces the marginalization of scholars and scholarship from disadvantaged communities...."

Link:

https://libraries.mit.edu/about/vision/new-urgency/

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Date tagged:

07/15/2020, 14:43

Date published:

07/15/2020, 10:43