Blog Tag: JSTOR

In this deeply personal reflection, Ryan McCarthy of JSTOR Labs shares his experience visiting Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) alongside Chemeketa Community College’s prison education team. 

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an encyclopedic museum with collections from across the globe. The images contributed to Artstor from the museum’s over 42,000 works of art reflect the diversity of the museum’s collections and the artistic culture of peoples across 5,000 years.

Path to Open is a community-driven model bringing 240+ libraries and nearly 50 publishers together to fund new monographs, provide early campus access, and then flip titles open. The first 100 will open in January 2026, expanding worldwide access to DRM-free, unlimited-use ebooks on JSTOR.

Discover the story behind Reveal Digital, an open-access primary source collection on JSTOR highlighting underrepresented 20th-century voices of dissent. Learn how library crowdfunding, collaboration, and preservation have built a resource of over 70,000 items.

This year’s American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Philadelphia offered an opportunity to share how JSTOR is addressing two interconnected needs: helping researchers navigate trusted content more intuitively, and helping libraries manage, preserve, and activate distinctive collections at scale.

A new nonprofit-led model from JSTOR offers libraries and publishers a more sustainable, equitable, and integrated ecosystem for scholarly ebooks.

How JSTOR Seeklight brings together archival expertise, AI, and community insight—reflections on winning the Coker Award and building values-driven tools.

It is with deep respect and sorrow that we acknowledge Helen Farley's passing. Helen will be remembered here as a visionary advocate for equitable access to education and a cherished partner in the JSTOR Access in Prison initiative.

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.

At the beginning of 2025, we launched The Catalyst, a JSTOR Access in Prison newsletter that showcases people and projects working on prison education initiatives. We are now launching a new blog series, Inside & Connected, to build even more community connections in these liminal spaces.