Blog Topic: Open access

Explore JSTOR's Path to Open program, expanding access to high-quality humanities, arts, and social sciences resources through partnerships with University Presses. Offering select titles as open access, the program promotes equity in education, supporting scholars and students alike. Learn how your library can provide access and preview upcoming content to enhance teaching, learning, and research.

Amplifying marginalized voices through crowdfunding and crowdsourcing in digital archives and libraries. Learn how Reveal Digital's initiative uncovers underrepresented histories with open access collections hosted on JSTOR.

Assessing the Path to Open initiative in a recent webinar by Library Journal and JSTOR. Learn about the collaborative funding model for open access academic monographs developed with ACLS, University of Michigan Press, and The University of North Carolina Press. Key points, updates, and future directions discussed.

Discover the rise of Central American cinema through insightful essays in "The Rise of Central American Film in the Twenty-First Century." Explore the dramatic resurgence of filmmaking in the region from Belize to Panama. Learn about JSTOR's Path to Open pilot program supporting open access publishing for diverse voices in the academic world.

Unveiling the critical role of trust in open access publishing, highlighting the DOAB Trusted Platform Network's mission to combat predatory practices and uphold quality. Learn how initiatives like JSTOR ensure the integrity of scholarly works, facing challenges from perceptions of quality to generative AI, and fostering a sustainable open access ecosystem.

Learn how presses, libraries, and authors are tackling the challenges of open access publishing by exploring JSTOR's Path to Open program.

The emergence of open access is reshaping the way scholarly information is disseminated and consumed. In this comprehensive exploration, we will delve into what open access is and how JSTOR, our renowned digital library, is playing a crucial role in facilitating open access for academic journals, books, art, and research reports.