30 Years of Access, 18 Years of Impact: JSTOR Access in Prison
JSTOR Access in Prison is transforming access to education for incarcerated learners. Discover the story behind its 18-year journey and growing impact—from an insider’s perspective.
Blog Tag: ITHAKA
The next 30 years: Building JSTOR’s future
How do we hope to meet the challenges of the future? This blog post details some of the inroads we’re making in charting the path ahead, including through digital collection stewardship, faculty engagement, open scholarship initiatives, and editorial excellence.
How JSTOR evolved: Expanding access and preserving knowledge worldwide
Did you know JSTOR is just one of several platforms offered by its parent nonprofit, ITHAKA? Discover the decades-long journey of a company committed to open access, digital scholarship, and community-driven innovation.
Reflections from ACRL 2025: Celebrating 30 years of partnership —and a new chapter in digital stewardship
At ACRL 2025, JSTOR marked its 30th anniversary while unveiling JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services—built to support libraries in managing and preserving digital collections using AI-assisted metadata creation and community-driven collaboration.
Opening access, amplifying voices: Six African journals now on JSTOR
JSTOR has partnered with Pluto Journals and the African Books Collective to launch six open access African journals as part of a new pilot program supporting diamond open access publishing.
30 years of JSTOR: How a library shelf crisis sparked a global archive
In 1995, JSTOR launched with a mission that felt radical at the time: digitize scholarly journals and make them accessible online to researchers and educators everywhere.
Preserving the past, building the future—together: Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services is a new platform designed to help libraries and archives scale their preservation efforts through a seamless, mission-aligned workflow. Built in collaboration with the library community, it combines digital asset management, AI-assisted metadata creation, and long-term preservation support.
Designed by the community, for the community: How archivists and librarians helped shape JSTOR Seeklight—an AI-powered technology for digital collections processing
Discover how archivists and librarians shaped JSTOR Seeklight, an AI-powered technology that streamlines collections processing and enhances digital stewardship.
Books at JSTOR: Our commitment to supporting community-driven, flexible, and sustainable business models
Since 2012, Books at JSTOR has expanded to include over 146,000 scholarly ebooks from 345 global publishers, supporting diverse library needs through flexible acquisition models like Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA) and Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA).
JSTOR’s interactive research tool just got an upgrade
Streamline research, gain metadata insights, and boost student success with JSTOR’s interactive research tool. We’ve designed its new features and enhancements to elevate your research experience.