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March 10, 2025

A digital time machine: The power of digital primary sources in higher education

By Rumika Suzuki Hillyer, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Let’s take a time machine—right at your fingertips—with digital primary sources. Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential in higher education, equipping learners not only for academia but also for careers in research, journalism, policy, and beyond.

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March 7, 2025

Primary source literacy is a necessary 21st century skill

By Rumika Suzuki Hillyer, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Primary sources offer direct, unfiltered access to the voices, images, and documents that shape our understanding of the world and its history. And yet, despite their value, primary source literacy remains an ongoing challenge in higher education.

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Platform features

JSTOR provides robust, sustainable platform features designed to meet the evolving needs of scholars, educators, and students. Our tools integrate seamlessly with our vast digital library of journals, books, images, primary sources, and now, audio and video—ensuring that knowledge is both accessible and actionable. New and enhanced features for teaching… Read More

February 12, 2025

What can we learn from depictions of grief?

By Janelle Ketcher, Publisher Relations Coordinator, ITHAKA
Explore the many ways grief is represented in art, archives, and personal expression. This blog post examines historical and contemporary depictions of mourning, from letters to lost loved ones to visual tributes like the AIDS Memorial Quilt, revealing how creative practices help us process loss.

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Charting the course of digital art history

All photos by Susan Sweatt. In this case study, we celebrate a significant milestone for the UC San Diego Library: two decades of providing unparalleled access to digital images through Artstor. From its inception, the Library’s collaboration with Artstor has been transformative, revolutionizing how faculty and students utilize… Read More

January 27, 2025

Monthly wrap-up: Exploring history, art, and activism through January

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
January’s highlights on JSTOR showcase the power of archives to preserve stories, from student activism and South African art to Montana’s rich history and groundbreaking scientific films.

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December 9, 2024

JSTOR retires Publisher Sales Service

Effective December 31, 2024, JSTOR will retire its Publisher Sales Service, a program that enables publishers to sell, and individuals to buy, single articles and issues from the journals preserved and hosted by JSTOR. 

JSTOR began the Publisher Sales Service in the early 2000s to provide access to research to people finding articles on JSTOR through Google and other search engines but who did not have broader access to JSTOR’s <a… Read more»

Discover how ITHAKA’s rich suite of services effortlessly work together to support visual resources professionals

Amplify the reach of your collections Share your collections openly on JSTOR, the platform where millions begin their academic work. Researchers can access your collections without paywalls alongside the high-quality primary and secondary sources already on JSTOR, bringing greater value to the learner and your institution. Read More