It would be great to have a small mini-branch of the library along student street when the Nano building is... (more)
Idea Bank
The idea bank is a public forum for sharing ideas and starting a conversation about the future of libraries. Below you can browse the ideas that have been submitted, but the bank is now closed. View the preliminary report
1 - 10 of 70 Ideas
Earlier today I opened an envelope to find a letter to myself dated May 2008. I had completely forgotten that, as an... (more)
An idea I heard at the MIT Open House when speaking with a research scientist. They need and want all the MIT... (more)
What happens to the amazing work that is done at MIT by research scientists or grad students in labs, or faculty in... (more)
At the MIT Open House, I was again struck by how MIT people who are working in different ways on the same problem... (more)
What if there was Library studio space for Digital Humanities classes (an active learning classroom) so that more of... (more)
I sat in on a digital humanities class (Kurt Fendt - Hyperstudio) which sparked ideas about what Libraries might do... (more)
Following an idea implemented at Troy University, it would be great for the MIT Libraries to install exercise bikes... (more)
can we please have the homepage of all computers within the libraries be the MIT Libraries homepage? This is an... (more)
Can we please have a PA system for all libraries? This would allow students to warned that library closing is... (more)
Note: maybe this could be supported by a grant for libraries as a community anchor?...
I love the idea of items being lent out via the library. Anything that has to do with...
Hi Emily - Yes! Coffee! with a lid! Dewey Library does this on a small scale, where...
Thanks for the suggestion, Hayk. Just a heads up that the MIT Libraries currently...
My wife, another MIT Grad has the same sensitivity to high frequency sound. We should...