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Organising Institutional Scholarly Publication and eLearning at MIT. Ann J. Wolpert Director of Libraries Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A mission for the 21 st Century.
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Organising Institutional Scholarly Publication and eLearning at MIT Ann J. Wolpert Director of Libraries Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A mission for the 21st Century “The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges…”
A vision of openness • OpenCourseWare • DSpace • OKI/Sakai • MIT World • Etc.
A strategy for engagement • An open Internet • Open source software tools • Cooperation among institutions • Collaboration among faculty • Sharing among libraries
Results-oriented tactics • Faculty involvement • Committed leadership • Institution • Departments • Organizational alignment • Friends with funds
Learning worth sharing • Different facets for different folks • Policy and practice trump technology • Make friends before you need them • Don’t declare victory too soon • Come on in, the water is fine