Tina Keane, “Playpen” (1981)

An article co-authored by Beth LaPensee, Principal Product Manager at JSTOR, has been published in the December issue of Against the Grain. Written with Anne Grant of Clemson University Libraries, the piece examines how libraries and nonprofit research platforms can work together to design and implement embedded AI tools that support ethical, transparent, and inquiry-driven research and instruction.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) will join JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as a Tier 3 charter program participant, expanding its partnership with JSTOR and helping shape the future of responsible, scalable digital collections stewardship.

The first 100 Path to Open books are now free to read worldwide on JSTOR—proving a community-funded model can expand access, sustain presses, and amplify scholarly impact.