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Did you know Constitution Day is a federal holiday observed every September 17? Constitution Day commemorates the day when delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. The

From 1968 to 1970, Jean E. Jackson, professor emerita of anthropology at MIT and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow, conducted field research among Indigenous people of the Vaupés, Colombia. A collection of more than 600 photographs from Jackson’s

In celebration of International Open Access Week, we’re running a series of stories about open scholarship that prioritizes community-run publishing and infrastructure. Today’s piece is written by Katharine Dunn, scholarly communications librarian in

In celebration of International Open Access Week, we’re running a series of stories about open scholarship that prioritizes community-run publishing and infrastructure. Today’s piece is written by Katharine Dunn, scholarly communications librarian in

Learn with the Libraries this fall! Click on a workshop for more information and to register. October 18: Quick and Dirty Data Management October 26: Data Management: File Organization October 27: Organize your research: Getting started with citation

Learn with the Libraries this fall! Click on a workshop for more information and to register. October 18: Quick and Dirty Data Management October 26: Data Management: File Organization October 27: Organize your research: Getting started with citation

On July 31, 2021, CREOS was awarded a grant from IMLS to conduct research and develop open, reliable, standardized indicators that go beyond measures of “overall impact” to advance the understanding of who is, and who is not, participating in open

On July 31, 2021, CREOS was awarded a grant from IMLS to conduct research and develop open, reliable, standardized indicators that go beyond measures of “overall impact” to advance the understanding of who is, and who is not, participating in open

The 2020 Mellon Foundation award to CREOS to fund three postdoctoral associates for two years each is ramping up for September 2021 after a one-year delay due to the pandemic. Faculty members Stephanie Ann Frampton, Roger Levy, and Rebecca Saxe