SCELC and JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services
SCELC and JSTOR are collaborating to support libraries in processing, preserving, managing, and sharing digital collections that reflect the diverse histories, voices, and traditions across SCELC’s member institutions.
Partnering to strengthen digital collections across 100+ libraries
SCELC Community Digital Collections represent many perspectives chronicling the academic, cultural, and historical record of our member libraries.
Through the SCELC JSTOR Digital Stewardship Program, SCELC enables our member libraries to tell their individual stories but also to contribute to the preservation and accessibility of our shared culture across religions, ethnic and racial groups, academic disciplines, and traditions.
SCELC is an opt-in consortium composed of private academic, research, and medical institutions, with a predominance of small and medium-sized libraries. SCELC represents 100+ Member institutions, over 200+ Affiliate institutions, with a combined student population of over 1.4 million.
A values-aligned partnership
We have been looking for the right partner and services to support our Member libraries’ aspirations for impactful and sustainable digital collections programs… JSTOR gives us a path forward to meet libraries’ immediate needs and to build for the future with a values-aligned partner.”
Participating institutions
The list below shows SCELC institutions participating in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, with links to their JSTOR collection pages (where available). Please note that some participants may have only institutional collections published on JSTOR, which are not available to the public. Institutions marked with an asterisk (*) are charter participants, helping to lead and shape the future of digital stewardship.
Learn more about JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, and the charter program for institutions interested in advancing the future of AI-assisted stewardship.
- A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Arizona*
- American Jewish University
- Austin College
- Azusa Pacific University
- Biola University
- California Baptist University
- California Institute of Integral Studies*
- California Institute of Technology
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Claremont Colleges
- Gateway Seminary
- Graduate Theological Union
- Hawaii Pacific University
- Hope International University
- Huntington Library and Art Gallery
- Marshall B. Ketchum University*
- Menlo College
- Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles*
- Occidental College*
- Otis College of Art and Design*
- Our Lady of the Lake University
- Pepperdine University
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- Simpson University
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- Texas Wesleyan University*
- The Community Solution Education System*
- University of La Verne
- University of Redlands
- University of San Diego
- University of the Pacific, United States
- Vanguard University of Southern California
- Xavier University of Louisiana
Continue exploring the JSTOR-SCELC partnership
Featured collections
Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables – Pepperdine University
A vivid snapshot of Malibu and its surrounding communities from the late 19th century through the 1980s. Featuring matchbook covers, postcards, publications, business ephemera and more, the collection captures the places and everyday life of Southern California.
New Orleans Creole Fiesta Association Collection – Xavier University of Louisiana
Photo albums capturing New Orleans Creole Fiesta Association parades and events from the 1950s–1970s. Images spotlight community celebrations—from gatherings and dinners to the Creole Fiesta Parade—documenting the civic, social, and cultural life of New Orleans’ Creole community.
Spanish Colonial Collection – Our Lady of the Lake University
Documentation of Spanish rule in 18th–19th century North America. Centered on San Antonio and spanning Texas, Louisiana, California, and Mexico, the collection draws on Zacatecas Franciscan mission records to examine impacts on Indigenous peoples, colonial policy, and mapped geographies.
Carlos Sandoval Comic Art – Biola University
A collection of Spanish-language, Christian comic art by Señor Carlos Sandoval Bennett (1917–2005), a Mexico City–born animator who was involved in cartoon production in Mexico for nearly 60 years, including work on Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Flintstones, and Wonder Woman.
George Ellery Hale Papers – California Institute of Technology
Scientific, professional, and personal papers of astrophysicist George Ellery Hale (1868–1938), documenting breakthroughs in solar research and the leadership behind some of the world’s most influential observatories.
Radical Religion – Graduate Theological Union
Radical Religion: A Quarterly Journal of Critical Opinion (1973–1981) offers essays and debate on faith, politics, and social change, tracing how activists used religious traditions to think through liberation and solidarity.
Learn more about Stewardship
The University of Wyoming moves to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services to manage, preserve, and share digital collections
The University of Wyoming joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as a Tier 2 participant, migrating key collections from DSpace to JSTOR for integrated management, Portico preservation, and expanded discovery.
“AI drafts, people decide”: How Goldey-Beacom College scales archival access and enriches student learning with JSTOR Seeklight
Goldey-Beacom College used JSTOR Seeklight to scale archival metadata creation with AI and human oversight—unlocking hidden collections while building student AI literacy.
The Disciples of Christ Historical Society will move to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services and join charter community
The Disciples of Christ Historical Society will adopt JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as a unified home for its digital collections and join the Tier 3 charter community.
The purpose of stewarding distinctive collections: discovery and impact
Preserving distinctive collections is essential—but preservation alone doesn’t guarantee impact. In today’s digital research environment, discovery determines whether primary sources are found, used, and meaningfully integrated into scholarship and teaching. This post explores why platform choice now plays a central role in turning stewardship into impact.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Advanced features
Webinar time is based in EST. Training for Stewardship participants (Tiers 2-3): use Collection Builder, organize related content, and use lists. One of three sessions in a monthly Stewardship training series.
North Shore Community College joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter community
North Shore Community College has joined the JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter community as a Tier 3 participant, becoming the first community college to help shape JSTOR Seeklight and future stewardship practices.
The American Library in Paris adopts JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services to manage, preserve, and share its institutional archives
The American Library in Paris has joined JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as a Tier 2 participant, using JSTOR’s integrated platform to manage, preserve, and share its institutional archives, beginning with historic photographs from its early history.
Northwestern University joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter community
Northwestern University has joined the Tier 3 charter program of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, becoming part of a cohort of institutions working together to advance responsible, sustainable approaches to digital collections stewardship.
Creighton University joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter community
Creighton University has joined the JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter community as a Tier 3 participant, gaining access to JSTOR Seeklight and contributing to the development of responsible, scalable tools for digital collections stewardship.
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Mitock & Sons (Sherman Oaks, Calif.). Sunrise at Malibu, Surfer’s Paradise. undated. Pepperdine University Libraries. Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables. Pepperdine University. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31632410.
Unknown. Unknown Members Riding in the Creole Fiesta Parade. n.d. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31005954.
Unknown. San José Mission. 2006. Spanish Colonial Collection. Our Lady of the Lake University. https://jstor.org/stable/community.41621114.
Sandoval, Carlos. Zephaniah 2:14 : Sofonias 2:14. Digital Commons @ Biola, n.d. Carlos Sandoval Comic Art. Biola University Archives and Special Collections. https://jstor.org/stable/community.30767459.
Passports, Etc. Documents, 1916–1918. https://jstor.org/stable/community.31003539.
Community for Religious Research and Education. Radical Religion:A Quarterly Journal of Critical Thought, Vol III No. 2. Documents. Community for Religious Research and Education, 1977. https://jstor.org/stable/community.35180264.