CUNY and JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services
City University of New York (CUNY) and JSTOR are collaborating to support libraries in processing, preserving, managing, and sharing digital collections.
Participating institutions
CUNY libraries share a growing set of digital collections on JSTOR, including archives, special collections, and scholarly materials from member campuses—discoverable alongside journals, books, and primary sources.
The list below includes CUNY institutions participating in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, with links to their collection pages where available—so you can explore what’s currently shared on JSTOR. Please note that some participants may have only institutional collections published on JSTOR that are not publicly accessible. Institutions marked with an asterisk (*) are Tier 3 charter participants, helping shape the evolution of JSTOR Seeklight and the broader Stewardship environment.
- Baruch College*
- Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Bronx Community College
- Brooklyn College
- College of Staten Island
- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
- CUNY Central Archives
- CUNY, City College of New York
- CUNY Graduate Center
- CUNY School of Law
- Guttman Community College
Featured collections
Indoor Voices – The City University of New York
Tune in to conversations with scholars, creators, and practitioners from around the CUNYverse with the Indoor Voices podcast archive.
Charter Commission for Staten Island – College of Staten Island
Explore the activities of the Staten Island Charter Commission (1991–1993), which examined the feasibility of an independent Staten Island and produced a draft city charter, official reports, and public hearing transcripts.
Farm Labor Project – Brooklyn College
Discover photographs, interviews, and documents covering Brooklyn College’s Farm Labor Project (1942–1944), where over 300 students supported the war effort by harvesting crops in upstate New York while participating in a unique academic and service program.
Learn more about Stewardship
What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: April 2026
This month’s JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services update highlights a growing network of libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations working to expand access to digital collections. Featured materials include photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Occidental College, a collection of mid-century Malibu matchbooks, and visual records documenting the development of Brasília.
How collaboration with Eastern Michigan and the archival community shaped AI for archival workflows
Working with Eastern Michigan University and archivists across institutions, JSTOR explored how AI can support collections processing. The project focused on generating metadata drafts and building workflows that center review, context, and archival standards.
Middle Tennessee State University will move to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services for digital asset management, preservation, and access
Middle Tennessee State University joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, migrating 13,000+ items from CONTENTdm to a unified platform for preservation, management, and expanded discovery on JSTOR.
Like It or Not, AI Has Arrived in Archives. Now Is the Time for Archivists to Take the Reins.
A new perspective on responsible AI in libraries, exploring how institutions can adopt emerging technologies while maintaining trust, transparency, and scholarly values.
What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: March 2026
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services welcomes new institutions and shares recent collection highlights now available on JSTOR. This update features examples of AI-assisted description, expanded open access materials, and ongoing efforts to support responsible digital collections management.
Parallel paths to innovation: How user research and engineering collaboration shape JSTOR Seeklight
At ITHAKA, innovation happens when user research and engineering exploration move in parallel. This behind-the-scenes look at JSTOR Seeklight shows how collaboration with archivists and technologists shaped an AI-driven tool designed to accelerate collections processing while keeping human expertise at the center.
JSTOR upholds 100% ASPIRE Gold rating for accessibility statement
JSTOR has upheld a Gold 100% ASPIRE rating for its accessibility statement, recognized for clarity, transparency, and meaningful investment in user-centered access.
What we’re hearing from accessibility leaders across higher education
Ahead of updated ADA Title II requirements, we spoke with accessibility leaders at seven public universities about what sustainable progress really looks like. Their focus: prioritization, transparency from providers, and scalable, human-centered solutions that build accessibility into systems.
Wellesley College deepens engagement with JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, joins Tier 3 charter program
Wellesley College becomes the fifth Oberlin Group and second Boston Library Consortium institution to join JSTOR’s Tier 3 charter program, advancing responsible, AI-assisted collections stewardship with JSTOR Seeklight.
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Indoor Voices. The City University of New York.
https://www.jstor.org/site/thecityuniversityofnewyork/indoorvoices.
New York (State). Charter Commission for Staten Island. Charter for the City of Staten Island. Documents. CUNY Academic Works, 1993. Charter Commission for Staten Island. College of Staten Island-CUNY. https://jstor.org/stable/community.39581955.
Arnold Eagle. Beans Picking and Packing. CUNY Academic Works, 1943-01-01. Farm Labor Project. Brooklyn College. https://jstor.org/stable/community.3709352.