MIT Map Collection Closing

As a result off mandated budget cuts, the Lindgren Library is one of two branches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that will be closing.  The Lindgren Library serves the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department.  Part of the casualty of the library closing is the loss of access to roughly 30,000 maps that are part of the library’s collection.  One graduate student interview stated “We are worried.  We can get books everywhere”, but “we also need maps and data … and it’s difficult to get this in electronic format.”  The article didn’t explain what will happen to the map collection once the library closes. 

Read more: MIT Libraries Lays Off Staff, Plans to Close Two Branches