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In the news: How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut

Featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s leadership section, in How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut, writer George Anders traces JSTOR’s development from a grant-funding project in the mid-1990s to an ever-evolving digital resource partnered with thousands of libraries and publishers to serve millions of learners worldwide.

Anders explores JSTOR’s growth and impact, elevating the voices of members of the library and publisher community alongside Kevin Guthrie, JSTOR’s founding president who now leads parent organization ITHAKA. Four operating… Read more»

A new books model: Publisher Collections on JSTOR

Beginning in 2026, JSTOR will offer Publisher Collections, a new model within the Books at JSTOR program. Publisher Collections will enable libraries around the world to acquire significant lists of new books from a growing set of 20+ publishers on the JSTOR platform. The model responds directly to the needs of libraries and publishers for diverse, affordable books acquisition models.

John Sherer, Director of the University of North Carolina Press is among the publisher and library leaders who worked… Read more»

JSTOR Seeklight honored with C.F.W. Coker Award for Description

The Society of American Archivists (SAA) has named JSTOR Seeklight, the AI-powered collections processing technology within JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, the 2025 recipient of the C.F.W. Coker Award for Description.

Established in 1984, the award recognizes projects that advance archival description by setting national standards, modeling best practices, and reshaping how archival materials are made discoverable. Recipients are selected by an SAA-appointed subcommittee, including members of the organization’s Description Section. In its announcement, SAA praised JSTOR Seeklight… Read more»

JSTOR and SCELC Announce Consortium-Wide Agreement to Offer Digital Stewardship Services to All Member Institutions

JSTOR and the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) announced today a consortium-wide agreement to make JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services available to all SCELC Member institutions. Through this partnership, over 100 libraries will have the opportunity to access next-generation digital asset management (DAM) tools, long-term preservation, and AI-powered collections processing support.

JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services is a new initiative designed to help institutions overcome persistent obstacles in digital collection stewardship and describe, preserve, manage, and share their distinctive… Read more»

Roger Schonfeld named managing director, JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services

ITHAKA announced today that Roger Schonfeld will lead JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as its managing director.

Launched in April 2025, JSTOR Digital Stewardship is a new digital collection stewardship solution designed to help libraries and archives describe, preserve, manage, and share their unique collections at scale. This service integrates next generation digital asset management with AI-powered collection processing using JSTOR Seeklight, long-term preservation powered by Portico, and paths for increased discovery through the JSTOR platform.

“JSTOR Digital Stewardship… Read more»

JSTOR Recognized as a Finalist for 2025 EPIC Award in Podcasting and Marketing Campaigns Categories

JSTOR, part of the nonprofit ITHAKA, has been named a finalist for two 2025 EPIC Awards, presented by the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). … Read more»

Introducing JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services

JSTOR announced today a new digital collection stewardship solution designed to help libraries and archives describe, preserve, manage, and share their unique collections at scale–—reducing backlogs and increasing discovery.

JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services integrates digital asset management, long-term preservation (powered by Portico), increased discovery through JSTOR, and a first-of-its-kind AI-assisted metadata generation tool that accelerates collection processing while maintaining expert oversight.

“Libraries and archives face significant challenges in stewarding existing and ever-growing digital collections,” said Rebecca Seger,… Read more»

JSTOR Access in Prison passes million-user threshold

In just over a year, the JSTOR Access in Prison program has doubled its reach in US state and federal prison facilities. 

In late 2023, JAIP celebrated reaching 1,000 prisons and providing access to more than 500,000 incarcerated learners. Today, more than one million incarcerated learners can now research, download, and read academic journal articles, books, and other scholarly materials via the JSTOR platform.

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JSTOR retires Publisher Sales Service

Effective December 31, 2024, JSTOR will retire its Publisher Sales Service, a program that enables publishers to sell, and individuals to buy, single articles and issues from the journals preserved and hosted by JSTOR. 

JSTOR began the Publisher Sales Service in the early 2000s to provide access to research to people finding articles on JSTOR through Google and other search engines but who did not have broader access to JSTOR’s <a… Read more»

JSTOR Daily wins a 2024 Silver Anthem Award

JSTOR Daily has received a Silver Anthem Award for excellence in mission-driven news and journalism from the producers of the prestigious Webby Awards. Daily was recognized for its contributions to the fields of Education, Arts & Culture in the News & Journalism category for non-profit institutions.

The 2024 Anthem Winners were selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences from 2,300 submissions representing 34 countries around the world. We’re proud to be honored alongside other high-profile winners,… Read more»