For visitors with a formal appointment at MIT, an MIT photo ID card may be obtained by going to the MIT Card Office/Atlas Service Center in Building E17, room 106. Please call (617) 253-3475 to see if your appointment has been added to the MIT roster and for any further information prior to walking over.

Your ID will serve as your access card to enter LIDS areas during off-hours, weekends and holidays. Never share your access card with those not officially associated with LIDS. Abuse of the access card can result in termination of Lab privileges.

Administrative Assistance

Your first recourse for help with administrative matters

Contact your PI’s Administrative Assistant for:

Office location
Card access
Keys
LIDS orientation

As appropriate, they will handle matters directly or refer you to other LIDS administrative staff or other offices in the Institute such as the International Scholars Office or the International Students Office.

Supplies for professional work, including paper, pens, and other office supplies are available from your scientific host's administrative assistant.

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Manuscripts and Preprints

Due to our limited support staff, we ask visitors and students to prepare their own technical manuscripts. To insure that we have a complete record of all manuscripts written in LIDS, please see separate Resource page: Request LIDS publication number. Also, all manuscripts written in LIDS need to include a sentence acknowledging appropriate grant support.

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Publication and Page Charges

As a general rule, visitors who are not supported directly by LIDS are encouraged to have their home institution cover page charges and reprint expenses, or to publish in journals without page charges. In cases in which restriction to a journal without page charges is a significant problem, please discuss it with your LIDS host and LIDS Director.