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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»

August 5, 2024

JSTOR announces “Artstor on JSTOR”

The JSTOR platform is now the official home for the complete Artstor Digital Library, an unmatched collection of rights-cleared images and media for use in teaching and research. Comprised of over 2 million images, videos, panoramas, and audio files contributed by museums, galleries, and other cultural organizations around the world, the collection is now known as “Artstor on JSTOR,” signaling the collection’s deep integration with the more than 2,800 journals, 100,000 books, 50,000 research reports, and robust primaryRead more»

July 12, 2024

Wyoming community colleges secure JSTOR access across seven campuses

By Shawn Herman, Senior Marketing Manager, ITHAKA
Discover how Meghan Kelly and the Wyoming Community College Commission secured permanent access to JSTOR's extensive collection of archival journals and primary sources for seven Wyoming community colleges without recurring fees. A unique one-time payment option made this initiative possible.

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