ARCHIVES DIGITAL PROJECTS for RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

This wikispace is tracks Archives digital projects, but only involving MIT research publications.  A list of completed and active projects can be found below.

MIT Research Publications

The Institute Archives collects lots of MIT publications.  What sets research publications apart?

Research publications ...

• report early results of research conducted at MIT
• are named, multi-issue series published by MIT's departments, labs, and centers (DLCs) or schools
• are considered "monographic series," because each issue in a series is a freestanding pub with a unique title
• are not peer-reviewed; so are considered a type of "gray literature" like pre-prints
• like pre-prints, often appear later as articles in peer-reviewed journals
• typically have series names containing the words "report," "technical report," or "working papers" (though not always)
• may contain issues that originated as MIT graduate theses

In most instances ...

• "technical reports" or "reports" are published by DLCs in science or engineering
• "working papers" are published by DCLs in social science, management, or public policy 

Craig Thomas  •  Thesis and Publications Coordinator, Institute Archives and Special Collections  •  clthomas / 3-6846