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Blog Tag: Collection building, cataloging, and publishing

November 1, 2024

Monthly wrap-up: October’s shared collections and audio-visual finds

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
This month on JSTOR, we continued expanding access to invaluable content, adding multimedia and archival collections that amplify voices from the past. Discover our picks from the month.

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September 26, 2024

Monthly wrap-up: expanding collections and engaging new perspectives

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Discover JSTOR's latest resources, including radical newspapers, historical multimedia, and new video content. Enhance your research with diverse entries from Reveal Digital, Artstor on JSTOR, and shared collections.

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September 3, 2024

Reveal Digital: Bringing marginalized histories to light through crowdfunding

By Peggy Glahn, Associate Director, Reveal Digital
Amplifying marginalized voices through crowdfunding and crowdsourcing in digital archives and libraries. Learn how Reveal Digital's initiative uncovers underrepresented histories with open access collections hosted on JSTOR.

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August 16, 2024

Embarking on Project Odyssey: A journey to transform digital collection stewardship

By Kristin Bumgarner, Principal Creative Director, ITHAKA
ITHAKA innovates with Project Odyssey using generative AI to help libraries process digital collections efficiently by automating metadata creation, addressing bottlenecks, and reducing backlog.

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August 1, 2024

Charting the course of digital art history: University of California San Diego Library from Artstor to JSTOR

By Lia Friedman, Visual Arts Librarian, and Laura Schwartz, Arts & Humanities Collection Strategist, UC San Diego Library
Celebrating 20 years of digital image access at UC San Diego Library through Artstor. Explore the transformation in utilizing visual resources for teaching and research, now transitioning to JSTOR. Join us in uncovering UC San Diego's collection legacy and future.

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April 24, 2024

Visionary collaboration: How the Johns Hopkins Visual Resources Collection used JSTOR Forum to build cross-campus partnerships and amplify university collections

By Morgan Godvin, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
In 2020, Johns Hopkins University faced sudden closure due to COVID-19. Discover how the Special Collections team adapted by partnering with JSTOR Forum, revolutionizing access to materials for faculty and students alike.

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April 22, 2024

Skidmore College and JSTOR collaborate to enhance digital access to special collections

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Explore how Skidmore College digitizes its special collections in this insightful blog post detailing David Seiler's efforts in leading the transition to the digital age.

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February 9, 2024

Academic institutions increase the reach of their digitized collections on JSTOR: The results of a three-year initiative

By Kevin Guthrie, President, ITHAKA and Bruce Heterick, Senior Vice President of Open Collections and Infrastructure
Discover highlights from the Coalition for Networked Information's biannual membership meeting, where discussions revolved around networked information technologies in higher education and research. Explore the outcomes of JSTOR's Open Community Collections program, showcasing the benefits for participant libraries in terms of reach and visibility.

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November 14, 2023

Broadening global access:
Sharing open access special collections through our pilot program

By Jason Przybylski Associate Director, Infrastructure Services, Outreach & Participation, JSTOR
Partnering with libraries, publishers, and museums, ITHAKA reduces costs and preserves scholarship for the future with digital special collections.

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