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Our mission

JSTOR’s mission is to expand access to knowledge and education for people around the world. Using advanced technology, we bring to life scholarly materials from the world’s libraries, museums, and publishers. We make access affordable and sustainable, and provide long-term preservation, so JSTOR supports research, teaching, and learning today and in the future.

Our core products and services supporting this mission include:

Our core products and services supporting this mission include:

JSTOR platform

A digital platform for research, teaching, and learning—including advanced discovery, research management, and teaching tools available through Workspace—housing a vast collection of open access and licensed primary and secondary sources from around the world.

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Content solutions

Trusted, scholarly journals, books, images and other primary sources from the world’s libraries, museums, and publishers that are affordable and sustainable, made available through innovative models like Path to Open, Reveal Digital, JSTOR Access in Prison, and more.

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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services

A seamless solution for managing digitized archives and special collections, featuring AI-powered tools like JSTOR Seeklight for long-term preservation and discovery—with the option to share collections on JSTOR.

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Collaborating closely with our community

We work hand in hand with libraries, publishers, and educators to enhance our services, grow the scholarly record, and ensure equitable access to knowledge—today and for the future.

The latest from JSTOR

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How JSTOR supports smarter research workflows

JSTOR helps teaching librarians, faculty, students, and new researchers move from early search to stronger synthesis by bringing together scholarly content, primary sources, images, collections, Workspace, citation tools, and AI-enabled features in one research and teaching platform.

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Visual Resources Association

A virtual conference dedicated to the management and use of visual materials, with a focus on digital access, rights, and metadata practices.

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Charleston Library Conference

A highly influential event known for candid, cross-sector dialogue on acquisitions, collection strategy, and the evolving scholarly publishing landscape.

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PLANNER

An international conference emphasizing strategic approaches to library development, networking, and technology-driven information services.

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International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums

A distinctive gathering centered on Indigenous knowledge systems, highlighting community-driven approaches to cultural stewardship and preservation.

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Virginia Library Association

An annual gathering of Virginia’s library community, showcasing forward-looking ideas in programming, outreach, and library leadership.

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Council of State Archivists

A national meeting focused on state-level archives and records management, emphasizing policy development, standards, and intergovernmental collaboration.

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Digital Library Forum

A focused event exploring innovations in digital libraries, including platforms, user experience, and long-term access to digital collections.

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Frankfurt Book Fair

The world’s largest publishing marketplace, where global industry leaders convene to shape trends, negotiate rights, and celebrate the written word.

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Historical handwritten letter displayed with editable metadata fields labeled Title, Creator, and Date, plus a transcript excerpt reading “Sir I have the pleasure to acknowledge the favor of yr letter dated 3d inst…”.

John Gibson. Letter from John Gibson to John Udny, Containing Information for Henry Farnum. January 9, 1850. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artstor. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.18604581.

Collage showing various types of scholarly content—open access poster, book, journal article, classroom photo, and artwork—labeled as book, journal, audio, image, and open access.

Alexander Key. “Front Matter.” In Language between God and the Poets: Ma‘na in the Eleventh Century, 1st ed., i–viii. University of California Press, 2018.

Veysel Apaydin. “Introduction: Why Cultural Memory and Heritage?” In Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage: Construction, Transformation and Destruction, edited by Veysel Apaydin, 1–10. UCL Press, 2020.

Louise Lewis. Riverbank Painting, Series 7. 1969. Part of Open: Museum of New Zealand – Te Papa Tongarewa, Artstor. https://jstor.org/stable/community.27023635.

Doubleday, Page & Company. An Academic Class; A Problem in Brick Masonry; Mr. Washington Always Insisted upon Correlation: That Is, Drawing the Problems from the Various Shops and Laboratories. Published: Garden City, N.Y., Issued: 1916. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Part of Booker T. Washington, builder of a civilization, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York Public Library), Artstor.

The Movement. January 1970. Vols. 5–12. The Movement Press. Periodical, The Movement Newspaper collection. The Freedom Archives.