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March 29, 2025

Monthly wrap-up: From fly-fishing lore to artistic resistance, March’s collections reflect lives and legacies

By Maria Papadouris, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
This March, JSTOR’s collection highlights include a vibrant mix of historical archives, health media, and pathbreaking literature. From Montana’s mid-century newsletters to a global archive on HIV/AIDS and the arts, these additions illustrate the power of preservation and the depth of human creativity. Let’s explore the highlights. Path to Open book of the month: Published […]

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March 27, 2025

Preserving the past, building the future—together: Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services

By Kevin Guthrie, President, ITHAKA
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services is a new platform designed to help libraries and archives scale their preservation efforts through a seamless, mission-aligned workflow. Built in collaboration with the library community, it combines digital asset management, AI-assisted metadata creation, and long-term preservation support.

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March 20, 2025

Bringing hidden histories to light: An archivist reflects on AI, archives, and the future of digital stewardship

By Alex Houston, Senior Marketing Manager, ITHAKA
An archivist explores how AI can help surface hidden histories, improve metadata, and support digital stewardship while emphasizing the need for human expertise in shaping archival narratives.

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March 19, 2025

Designed by the community, for the community: How archivists and librarians helped shape JSTOR’s AI-assisted solutions for digital collections

By Alex Houston, Senior Marketing Manager, ITHAKA
Discover how archivists and librarians shaped JSTOR’s AI-assisted tool that streamlines metadata creation, tackles backlogs, and enhances digital stewardship.

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March 10, 2025

A digital time machine: The power of digital primary sources in higher education

By Rumika Suzuki Hillyer, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Let’s take a time machine—right at your fingertips—with digital primary sources. Developing digital literacy and primary source analysis skills is essential in higher education, equipping learners not only for academia but also for careers in research, journalism, policy, and beyond.

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March 7, 2025

Primary source literacy is a necessary 21st century skill

By Rumika Suzuki Hillyer, Content and Community Engagement Manager, ITHAKA
Primary sources offer direct, unfiltered access to the voices, images, and documents that shape our understanding of the world and its history. And yet, despite their value, primary source literacy remains an ongoing challenge in higher education.

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March 5, 2025

Explore the latest titles in JSTOR’s Path to Open program

JSTOR’s Path to Open program continues to expand, offering valuable new resources that support teaching, learning, and research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. These titles, newly published by our University Press partners, provide scholars and students with access to high-quality academic content across a range of disciplines. By offering a selection of these […]

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