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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), founded in 186 1, is located in Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Its main campus is built on the Charles River. It is a world-renowned top private research university and a member of the Global University Presidents Forum.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) focused on applied science and engineering in its early days. After World War II, the demand for R&D relying on American defense technology rose. During World War II and the Cold War, researchers at MIT contributed to the scientific and technological development of computers, radars and inertial navigation systems. By 2020, MIT has produced 8 Fields Prize winners and 26 Turing Prize winners.
MIT covers an area of 65,438+068 acres, and its campus is located on the Charles River near Cambridge, stretching for about 65,438+0 miles.
The central campus consists of a group of interconnected buildings designed by architect Welles Bosworth. Interconnection is designed to facilitate people to travel between departments.
Completed in 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a broadband wireless network all over the campus, with 3,000 receiving points (that is, within one kilometer of the campus, the receiving rate is still above 95%), making it the best wireless university in the United States.
There are 50 high-speed laser printers in the whole school, which can not only print on both sides automatically, but also print 90 sheets per minute. These high-speed laser printers are distributed in every corner of the campus.
Students and professors can wirelessly send what needs to be printed to any high-speed laser printer in the school through the Pharos system, which is of great help to study and research. In addition, relevant personnel of MIT, including students, faculty and alumni, enjoy the benefit of printing 3000 pages for free every year.
In 2002, MIT also implemented the open course web page, at which time 500 courses were published (by the end of 2006, 2,000 courses had been opened), with a view to establishing a global unified knowledge base, so that users all over the world can know all kinds of professional knowledge and obtain valuable information through the Internet. This plan has been highly praised by scholars all over the world.
MIT is not for profit. It clearly tells users that they can freely use related resources, but they can't be used for commercial transactions or as their own property, because network knowledge is enjoyed by * * *.
The MIT library consists of five main libraries and several affiliated branches. Books180000 copies, magazines 19000 copies. In addition, there are microfilms, maps, music scores and other materials. The library has 200 staff members.
The library was built in 19 16, and the building is relatively old-fashioned. Because the library can't be expanded on campus, we temporarily rented a warehouse in the suburbs as a stack room. The school has reached an agreement with Harvard University and Boston University to build a library 25 kilometers away from downtown Boston.