JSTOR offers a range of collections, products and payment options as described below. Your participation will be subject to your Institutional Participation Agreement, including the Terms and Conditions of Use (“T&C”), payment of applicable fees (payable in US dollars exclusive of any applicable taxes) and the below terms as may be updated by JSTOR. All fees may be subject to tiering pursuant to JSTOR’s Classification tiers for journals or JSTOR’s Books at JSTOR Classification tiers, as applicable.

The following will apply only if you have elected to license the applicable product:

This will apply only if you are ordering Archive Collections:

The fee for Archive Collections is comprised of an Annual Access Fee (“AAF”, a periodic payment covering Institutional Licensee’s access to the JSTOR Archive). The AAF is subject to reasonable annual increases upon renewal of the Agreement. Based on your institution’s level of JSTOR participation, your institution may also be eligible in JSTOR’s discretion to either: (1) pay a one-time fee per collection or (2) acquire access to a full collection inclusive of all JSTOR Archive Collections Content and Primary Source Materials by agreeing to pay a percentage increase on your current total AAF (or a minimum AAF for new JSTOR participants) each year until the AAF reaches an agreed upon amount (such percentage and final amount to be set by JSTOR in its discretion and subject to adjustment based on changes to Institutional Licensee, including but not limited to, the number of users, mergers, or other corporate changes). You may select any payment option for which you may be eligible. You may also elect to add access for your institution’s alumni through a secure portal or via an authenticated web site by paying an additional 10% of the total AAF (or other percentage set by JSTOR to better reflect the usage by your alumni relative to your other Authorized Users or otherwise upon reasonable notice).

In recognition of the important archival function provided by JSTOR, should you terminate access to a JSTOR collection, your institution may resume access to that collection and all content subsequently added to that collection at any time through payment of only the AAF (with the understanding Institutional Licensees who had agreed to the full collection as per (2) above will be charged the AAF at the percentage pricing level they had reached before terminating access).

This will apply only if you are ordering titles from Books at JSTOR:

You may acquire access to titles in Books at JSTOR through one of the following programs:

(1) on a title-by-title basis;

(2) you may elect to participate in the Demand Driven Access program (“DDA”) wherein your Authorized Users will be able to use a selected Book prior to payment until use of that title reaches a threshold set by JSTOR (which it may amend from time to time). Once the threshold is reached, a purchase of ongoing access to that title in a perpetual access model will be automatically triggered at the then-current price. Fees for such purchase of ongoing access will be paid through a method established between JSTOR and an agent vendor (with the understanding that access to the relevant Books will be suspended if JSTOR does not receive payment within thirty (30) days);

(3) you may elect to participate in the Evidence Based Acquisition program (“EBA”) by placing an appropriate amount of funds (as determined by JSTOR in its discretion) in escrow in order to access backlist titles from publishers participating in EBA. Such funds will be held in a non-interest bearing account, may only be spent on EBA, and will only be withdrawn as stated in this paragraph. Access will begin from the time you transfer funds through the end of an EBA cycle then in effect (such cycle time periods to be set by JSTOR in its discretion, not to exceed a period of one year (“EBA Cycle”)). 75% of the total funds will be held for the purpose of acquisition of ongoing access of individual Books in a perpetual access model (“Acquisition Funds”) and 25% will be deducted by the last day of each EBA Cycle as an access fee to support revenue for participating publishers (“Access Fee Funds”). No later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of an applicable EBA Cycle, JSTOR will provide a report of your usage of the EBA Titles. You will have two weeks from provision of the usage report to spend the Acquisition Funds to acquire ongoing access to select Books in a perpetual access model (as close to $0.00 as possible with amounts less than $50.00 will be added to the Access Fee Funds). You may either manually select Books by timely providing a list or JSTOR will use the Acquisition Funds to acquire access to the titles with the highest level of usage during the applicable EBA period (“Selection Methods”). Consortia may participate on behalf of their members either by (i) directing JSTOR to evenly allocate a single pool of funds evenly across all Institutional Licensee members for the purpose of acquiring access to the same Books across such members (with prices multiplied accordingly) or (ii) by having such members contribute individual amounts for custom acquisition of Books by each Institutional Licensee member for their Authorized Users (with the understanding that in either case the Selection Methods will apply). You may transfer additional appropriate funds by the start date of the next EBA Cycle to continue participation for another EBA Cycle or withdraw in which case access to non-acquired Books will cease; or

(4) you may elect to participate in the Path to Open funding model pilot (“Path to Open”) by paying an annual fee to access a collection of Books that will be access limited until the January three calendar years following the addition of the Book to JSTOR (“Limited Access Period”). For example, a Book added as part of Path to Open in 2023 will have a Limited Access Period until January 2026. After such Limited Access Period, the Books will be available in an open access model. Each year JSTOR, in collaboration with the participating publishers, will add a minimum number of current Books to the Path to Open collection and you will have access in each calendar year in which you pay the annual fee (with access for the remainder of that calendar year commencing upon payment of the fee). For the purpose of clarity, JSTOR is commencing Path to Open as a pilot in 2023 (with institution access anticipated to start in Fall 2023) through 2026 but JSTOR may not commence or cease the Path to Open program if i) it does not receive a minimum amount of publishers and/or Books participating; ii) it does not have a minimum number of institutions subscribing to the program; or iii) if it does not maintain such minimum participation or otherwise does not find the program effective or sustainable following the pilot. Should JSTOR not continue the Path to Open program following the pilot, all Books previously included in the program will be made available in an open access model in 2027.

Access to Books at JSTOR will also be subject to an annual platform fee unless such fee is waived by JSTOR under conditions it may set and update from time to time. If you are located outside the United States and Canada, complete payment of fees for a selected title shall be required before your institution receives access to that title.

This will apply only if you are ordering Artstor Collection:

The fee for Artstor Collection (also referred to as Artstor Digital Library) is an Annual Access Fee (“Artstor AAF”, a periodic payment covering Institutional Licensee’s access to the Artstor Collection). The Artstor AAF is subject to reasonable annual increases upon renewal of the Agreement.

This will apply only if you choose to participate in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services:

(1) JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services.  JSTOR offers a suite of enterprise services to Institutional Licensees and Consortial Licensees licensing access on their Institutional Licensees’ behalf. These services are collectively “JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services”. An Institutional Licensees or Consortial Licensee will actively need to elect to participate in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services to become a “Digital Stewardship Participant(s)”. It is understood that only Digital Stewardship Participant’s Authorized Users who are acting at their direction and on their behalf will be engaging with JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services.

A Digital Stewardship Participant will select a package of Digital Stewardship Services set by JSTOR for a tiered price that may include:

  1. Publishing Shared Collections: All Digital Stewardship Participants will have the option to publish Shared Collections to the JSTOR Platform.
  2. JSTOR Collection Management Software: A Digital Stewardship Participant may license JSTOR Collection Management Software as defined in Section 2.b of the T&C.
  3. Additional Publishing to Third Party Websites: JSTOR may include the option, which Digital Stewardship Participant then may use, to publish content in whole or in part to certain third-party websites (“Additional Publishing Target”).
  4. Contribution of Preserved Collection Content: A Digital Stewardship Participant may choose to preserve its Shared Collection Content or other content and materials, in Portico’s digital preservation service (“Preserved Collections”).

JSTOR may also offer additional services that can be added to a selected package, including harvesting of content from existing locations of publication.

(2) Fees.  JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services packages are subject to an annual service fee (ASF). The ASF will reflect the tier of services the Digital Stewardship Participant selects as well as the Digital Stewardship Participant’s size and profile. Additional professional services will be subject to supplementary service fees in JSTOR’s discretion. JSTOR may in its discretion adjust aspects of the services contained within each package and/or fees for the packages and additional professional services. JSTOR will provide sufficient notice for the Digital Stewardship Participant to review these changes before its annual renewal decision.

(3) Grant of Rights. Digital Stewardship Participants and JSTOR agree to the following grant of rights with respect to the individual JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services:

  1. Digital Stewardship Participants that direct JSTOR to include materials in Shared Collections and/or Preserved Collections grant JSTOR or Portico as applicable a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and transferable license to make use necessary to provide these Services. Digital Stewardship Participants will be provided with access to its Shared Collections and Preserved Collections necessary to audit and review these materials.
  2. If a Digital Stewardship Participant elects to license JSTOR Collection Management Software, JSTOR grants such Digital Stewardship Participant a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to use JSTOR Collection Management Software to manage, process, build, catalog, store, use, make available and publish digital materials as directed by their Authorized Users and in the manner set forth in these Product and Payment Terms and the T&C. JSTOR may terminate Digital Stewardship Participant’s license to JSTOR Collection Management Software for violations of the T&C (including Section 4 Prohibited Uses) specific to JSTOR Collection Management Software, breach of contract, to protect itself from potential third party claims, or as otherwise reasonable to protect the integrity, security, and availability of the JSTOR Collection Management Software.
  3. With respect to AI Features, Digital Stewardship Participants:
    • Retain  any rights they may have in the data and content they input into a JSTOR AI Feature (as defined in Section 7.d of the T&C) and the output based on that input, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to third party rights; and
    • grant a license to JSTOR to use, incorporate, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, publish, perform, and make available the AI Feature input and output 1) to the extent needed to provide them with the JSTOR AI Feature functionalities; 2) to provide, develop, and improve the JSTOR AI Feature solely to the extent consistent with JSTOR’s non-profit mission; and 3) when otherwise facilitating their publishing or making available output at their direction. Please note: JSTOR does not permit any third party AI models to use content provided through AI Features for their own purposes including but not limited to training of their models or as retained data.
  4. A Digital Stewardship Participant may engage JSTOR to harvest digital content from locations for which the Digital Stewardship Participant can grant access and permission, rather than the Digital Stewardship Participant harvesting this content itself. If a Digital Stewardship Participant requests harvesting services it agrees and acknowledges that it has authority to permit this activity with the content source and that JSTOR will harvest designated content from specified locations at the Digital Stewardship Participant’s direction, with the assistance of automated tools, such that JSTOR will not review the content being processed.

(4) Responsibility for Materials.  Digital Stewardship Participants acknowledge the following responsibilities for the treatment of materials contributed through JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services:

  1. Digital Stewardship Participants confirm they have the rights, licenses, consents, and permissions or defenses necessary to include the materials they process or share through JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services.
  2. Digital Stewardship Participants agree that to the best of their knowledge they will not upload or otherwise publish any materials that violate Section 6.d of the T&C.
  3. Digital Stewardship Participant promptly will withdraw or delete any uploads or published materials that it learns violate the above 4.a and 4.b and provide timely notice to JSTOR.
  4. Digital Stewardship Participant agrees if they choose to publish content to Additional Publishing Target(s) (as defined in 1.c above), they will be subject to the terms of the third-party site. Furthermore, JSTOR will not bear any responsibility for any liability arising out of or in connection with publishing to Additional Publishing Targets, including but not limited to, for the actions of or failure of third parties to comply with terms applicable to any Additional Publishing Target(s).
  5. For clarity, additional terms applicable to AI Features within JSTOR Collection Management Software are discussed in Section 7.d of the T&C, and the security of ITHAKA systems, inclusive of JSTOR Collection Management Software, is described in Section 10 of the T&C.

(5) Withdrawal and Termination. Should a Digital Stewardship Participant request to completely withdraw their Shared Collection Content or terminate a license to use JSTOR Collections Management Software, Shared Collection Content published or made available on the JSTOR Platform will be removed or deleted within 3 months (with the understanding that JSTOR may retain, but not display, or distribute server copies of the Shared Collection Content published to the JSTOR Platform. Digital Stewardship Participants acknowledge that upon termination portions of Shared Collection Content they may have contributed that have been downloaded or printed out by an Authorized User from the JSTOR Platform may continue to be used in accordance with these Product and Payment Terms and the T&C. Additionally on termination, any Preserved Collections will be removed from the Portico archive and Portico will have no obligation to provide any further preservation services. Any Digital Stewardship Participant that has contributed collections to third party publishing targets and that wishes to remove its content from such third party sites will need to make a direct request for content removal to the Additional Publishing Target, as JSTOR has no authority to remove or delete content published to a third party locations outside of JSTOR’s control.