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How to Subscribe: Public Libraries

Access to JSTOR gives patrons an essential resource that facilitates their educational, professional, and independent research needs.

Public Libraries around the globe, from small branch libraries and county-based systems to national archives, participate in JSTOR. When Public Libraries participate in JSTOR, patrons gain access to an essential resource that facilitates their educational, professional, and independent research needs, and librarians have at their fingertips a reference resource of hundreds of the most important journals published.

 

COMMUNITY FACTS & FIGURES

 

  • More than 150 Public Libraries in more than 35 countries participate in JSTOR.
  • JSTOR helps public libraries stay current by providing them electronic
    full-text access to more than 1,400 of the most important journals published in the world, in a broad spectrum of disciplines, including language and literature, history, education, political science, and biological sciences, as well as primary sources such as letters, images, pamphlets, and plant specimens.

archival journal

PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTION I

JSTOR offers public libraries the opportunity to access an essential resource that facilitates their educational, professional, and independent research needs through the Public Library Collection I. Public Library Collection I focuses on arts and humanities journals within JSTOR, featuring more than five hundred titles across approximately forty disciplines.

 

Public Library Collection I consists of journals included in these collections:

 

COLLECTION STATS

  • More than 500 titles across 40 disciplines
  • Extensive coverage of art and art history, architecture, business, history, language and literature, music, philosophy, and religion
  • Rare American Art periodicals from the 19th and early 20th century digitized as a special project with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art
  • Coverage of economics, business administration, finance, public administration, business history, accounting, management, and marketing

Public Library Collection II builds on the scope of coverage offered in Public Library Collection I and expands that scope to offer a critical resource for public libraries specializing in the sciences. Public Library Collection II includes the entirety of the Life Sciences Collection and Ecology & Botany II. This includes over 1 million articles, 161 titles, and 14 science disciplines.

Public Library Collection II specifically focuses on aquatic Sciences, biological sciences, botany & plant sciences, development & cell biology, ecology & evolutionary biology, general science, health sciences, history of science & technology, paleontology, and zoology. This collection also provides depth in medicine, nursing, epidemiology, and public health. 

PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTION II

Public Library Collection II builds on the scope of coverage offered in Public Library Collection I and expands that scope to offer a critical resource for public libraries specializing in the sciences. Public Library Collection II includes the entirety of the Life Sciences Collection. This includes over 1 million articles, 161 titles, and 14 science disciplines.  

Public Library Collection II specifically focuses on aquatic Sciences, biological sciences, botany & plant sciences, development & cell biology, ecology & evolutionary biology, general science, health sciences, history of science & technology, paleontology, and zoology. This collection also provides depth in medicine, nursing, epidemiology, and public health.

 

PUBLIC LIBRARY COLLECTION III

Public LIbrary Collection III includes Global Plants.

 

COLLECTION STATS

  • 161 titles in 14 scientific disciplines
  • More than 1 million articles
  • 8,060,000 pages of full-text content
  • Range of 400 years (1665-2007) of published journals
  • Extensive coverage in the aquatic sciences, biological sciences, botany & plant sciences, development & cell biology, ecology & evolutionary biology, general science, health sciences, history of science & technology, paleontology, and zoology
  • Extraordinary depth in the field sciences and coverage in medicine, nursing, epidemiology, and public health

Public Libraries may also choose to add the Jewish Studies Collection, current issues of  journals in the Current Scholarship Program, and books in the Books at JSTOR program to their JSTOR participation.

Current Journals

JSTOR now makes a growing number of publishers to make current journal issues available via the Current Scholarship Program. Subscriptions are available for single journals as well as collections of titles, and some journals offer tiered pricing for public libraries.

 

Primary Sources

Public Library Collection III focuses on primary source content and supporting documentation from around the globe. These collections bring together thousands of objects for leading archives, cultural institutions, and individual scholars from around the world. Types of content include manuscripts, letters, oral histories, government documents, pamphlets, images, 3-D models, and more.

The collections currently available in Public Library Collection III are:

 

The 19th Century British Pamphlet collection contains the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. Pamphlets were an important means of public debate, covering the key political, social, technological, and environmental issues of the day.

COLLECTION STATS

  • More than 20,000 pamphlets from seven UK institutions with a broad interdisciplinary appeal for studying 19th century Britain
  • Original pamphlets from leading figures Charles Dickens, William Wilberforce, and more
  • African cultural heritage materials include photographs, 3D models, GIS data sets, site plans, and more from sites such as Timbuktu, Elmina, Axum, and Lalibela
  • Contextual materials for studying the liberation movements in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

 

Books

Books at JSTOR makes scholarly monographs from a number of leading university presses and other academic publishers available on the JSTOR platform. Books are cross-searchable with the journal articles on JSTOR, and flexible purchase options for institutions are available.

 

Public libraries are an important community to JSTOR, both because of their natural extension of JSTOR's mission to provide access to archived content as broadly as possible, and because they serve the needs of scholars who may not be affiliated with JSTOR participating institutions.

JSTOR considers a number of variables when creating a classification methodology for public libraries. Since there is no recognized classification, we have worked with the public library community to determine a set of parameters that will enable us to consider the varied missions that public libraries fulfill, as well as assess the value that JSTOR participation could bring to each institution.

There are four JSTOR classifications for Public Libraries.

  1. Large
  2. Medium
  3. Small
  4. Very Small

In order to determine the JSTOR classification for any public library, we consider the following three factors:

  1. Population Served the total population of the area served by the library, according to the most recent statistics
  2. Library Materials Budget the budget for library acquisitions
  3. Periodicals the number of active serial subscriptions

Each factor is ranked on a scale of 1-4, with 1 being the low end of the range (e.g. Very Small). The classification is based on the cumulative score: Large (11-12), Medium (8-10), Small (5-7), Very Small (3-4).

Below are tables showing each classification parameter and the scale range associated with it.

JSTOR Classification Population* Weight

Large

Greater than 1 million

4

Medium

500,000 to 1 million

3

Small

250,000 to 500,000

2

Very Small

Less than 250,000

1

* Total Number of Population Served for the Latest Year Available

JSTOR Classification Materials Budget* Weight

Large

Greater than $5 million

4

Medium

$3 million to $5 million

3

Small

$1.5 million to $3 million

2

Very Small

Less than $1.5 million

1

* Library Materials Budget for the Latest Year Available (in U.S. Dollars)

JSTOR Classification Subscriptions Num* Weight

Large

Greater than 7,500

4

Medium

2,500 to 7,500

3

Small

1,000 to 2,500

2

Very Small

Less than 1,000

1

* Number of Active Serial Subscriptions

JSTOR Classification Weight

Large

11-12

Medium

8-10

Small

5-7

Very Small

3-4

Please contact participation@jstor.org with your library's information to assist us in determining your library's classification.

Please include in the body of your message the following information:

  • Population Served—the total population of the area served by the library, according to the most recent statistics
  • Library Materials Budget—the budget for library acquisitions
  • Periodicals—the number of active serial subscriptions

PUBLIC LIBRARIES 1 COLLECTION FEES

Public Library Collection I focuses on arts and humanities journals within JSTOR, featuring more than five hundred titles across approximately forty disciplines. Public Library Collection I consists of journals included in JSTOR's Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Arts & Sciences III, Arts & Sciences IV, Arts & Sciences V, Arts & Sciences VI, Arts & Sciences VII, Arts & Sciences VIII, Arts & Sciences IX, and Arts & Sciences X.

 

Classification ACF AAF
Large $15,000 $5,000
Medium $9,000 $3,000
Small $5,000 $1,500
Very Small $3,000 $750

 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2 COLLECTION FEES

Public Library Collection II focuses on science journals within the JSTOR archive and consists of journals included in the Life Sciences Collection. New titles are currently being added to this collection.

 

Classification ACF AAF
Large $5,000 $3,000
Medium $3,000 $2,000
Small $1,500 $1,200
Very Small $750 $500

 

PUBLIC LIBRARIES 3 COLLECTION FEES

Public Library Collection III will focus on primary source content and supporting documentation from around the globe.

The collections currently available in Public Library Collection III are:

 

These collections bring together in one place more than 400,000 objects from leading archives, cultural institutions, and individual scholars around the world. Types of content include: manuscripts, letters, oral histories, government documents, pamphlets, images, 3-D models, and more.

 

The 19th Century British Pamphlet collection, created by RLUK (Research Libraries UK), contains the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. Pamphlets were an important means of public debate, covering the key political, social, technological, and environmental issues of their day. They have been underutilized within research and teaching because they are generally quite difficult to access - often bound together in large numbers or otherwise hard to find in the few research libraries that hold them. The digitization of more than 20,000 pamphlets from seven UK institutions will provide researchers, students, and teachers with an immensely rich and coherent corpus of primary sources with which to study the socio-political and economic landscape of 19th century Britain. This collection was created with funding from the JISC Digitisation Programme. Read more about this project.

Classification Network Participation Fee AAF
Large $1,000 $600
Medium $800 $450
Small $600 $300
Very Small $400 $175

 

The 19th Century British Pamphlets Collection is being completed with funding from the JISC Digitisation Programme, which allows this collection to be made freely available to non-commercial educational and research institutions in the United Kindgom. For additional information please contact JISC Collections at subscriptionshelp@jisc.ac.uk.

JEWISH STUDIES COLLECTION

The Jewish Studies Archive Collection features journals that cover a unique range of historical and regional aspects of Jewish Studies. Comprising a minimum of 50 titles at completion, this collection includes published content dating back to 1889, as well as titles in English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, and Hebrew. This collection includes key publications of the Association for Jewish Studies, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Hebrew Union College, Rabbinical Council of America, and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew. A number of titles with historical depth are also featured, including the oldest English-language journal in the field of Jewish Studies.

JEWISH STUDIES COLLECTION FEES

For institutions participating in Public Libraries 1

CLASSIFICATION JEWISH STUDIES ACF JEWISH STUDIES AAF
Large $600 $600
Medium $400 $400
Small $200 $200
Very Small $131 $131

 

Please read the terms and conditions for JSTOR participation. If you are comfortable agreeing to them on behalf of your institution, then please:

  1. Download the JSTOR Participation Agreement for Public Libraries and make two copies of it.
  2. Fill out the Network Verification Form online so we can establish the best methods of access for your institution.
  3. Complete the participation agreement form with all contact information and collections information and sign it.
  4. Fax a copy of the signed participation agreement to (212) 358-6499 or email a scanned copy to participation@jstor.org.
  5. Mail the two completed and signed participation agreements toJSTOR Outreach & Participation Services in the New York office.

ADDING COLLECTIONS

  1. Download the JSTOR Collections Rider for Public Libraries and make two copies of it.
  2. Complete the Rider and sign it.
  3. Mail the two completed and signed Riders to JSTOR Outreach & Participation Services in the New York office.

PARTICIPATION RENEWAL

In mid-January of every year, a renewal invoice for the Annual Access Fee will be sent to the primary contact specified on the Participation Agreement.

Payment is due 60 days after the date of the invoice. There is no need to pay the Archive Capital Fee again for an already licensed collection, and no need to sign any further documentation in order to continue participation.

Please email participation@jstor.org if your organization would like to:

  • change its primary contact
  • make a special invoice request
  • receive its invoice early

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