Librarians
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An annual gathering of Virginia’s library community, showcasing forward-looking ideas in programming, outreach, and library leadership.
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A focused event exploring innovations in digital libraries, including platforms, user experience, and long-term access to digital collections.
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One of the largest global gatherings of library professionals, offering expansive programming on policy, technology, and the future of libraries.
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A collaborative convening of academic libraries focused on shared strategies for resource licensing, collection development, and maximizing collective impact.
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An interactive showcase connecting academic libraries with leading vendors to explore innovative solutions supporting research and learning environments.
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How are libraries evaluating ebook acquisition models? Watch this on-demand Library Journal webinar to hear how SMU, Hartford, publishers, and JSTOR evaluate new programs like Publisher Collections in practice.
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Ahead of updated ADA Title II requirements, we spoke with accessibility leaders at seven public universities about what sustainable progress really looks like. Their focus: prioritization, transparency from providers, and scalable, human-centered solutions that build accessibility into systems.
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With updated ADA Title II requirements approaching, JSTOR is advancing accessibility across both its research platform and the tools stewards use to manage collections. Launched in April 2025, JSTOR Stewardship was built to align with current accessibility standards from the ground up.
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The JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services community continues to grow, welcoming new institutions and expanding access to distinctive collections. This month’s update highlights recent participants, collection spotlights, and how JSTOR Seeklight supports AI-assisted, human-reviewed description and responsible digital stewardship.
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Browse academic publishers contributing to Books at JSTOR. Explore disciplines, acquisition models, and open access titles to support data-driven, sustainable collection development.
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Preserving distinctive collections is essential—but preservation alone doesn’t guarantee impact. In today’s digital research environment, discovery determines whether primary sources are found, used, and meaningfully integrated into scholarship and teaching. This post explores why platform choice now plays a central role in turning stewardship into impact.
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As generative AI reshapes how people discover and use scholarly content, traditional usage metrics no longer tell the full story. This post explores what “invisible use” means for libraries, how COUNTER and the wider community are responding, and how JSTOR is adapting to ensure library value remains visible in an AI-mediated research environment.
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Publisher Collections are now live on JSTOR, marking a new milestone for scholarly ebooks. Developed collaboratively with libraries and academic publishers, this new model offers perpetual access to a publisher’s current-year output alongside seamless access to backlist titles on JSTOR.
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The JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services community continues to grow, bringing together libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations committed to responsible, mission-aligned digital collections. This month’s update highlights new community members, recently shared collections, and conversations shaping the future of scalable digital stewardship.
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Path to Open has reached a major milestone: the first 100 scholarly books have officially flipped to open access on JSTOR. This post celebrates what that moment represents for libraries, publishers, and authors working together to expand global access to high-quality academic monographs.
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Access ready-made outreach materials, training guides, FAQs, and social media content to help your community understand and effectively use JSTOR’s AI research tool for discovery and research.
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Let’s get off on the right foot! Boost awareness of Artstor on JSTOR’s rich content and powerful tools with these ready-to-use resources. From eye-catching social […]
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Access ready-to-use messaging, social media assets, and outreach resources to help your library promote its participation in Path to Open and highlight the impact of supporting sustainable open access models.
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Access ready-to-use messaging, social media assets, and training resources to help your institution promote its participation in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services and engage your campus community.
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Discover JSTOR’s fee structures for four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, the U.K., and worldwide. Explore classifications, fee models, and participation options.
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At this year’s Charleston Conference, JSTOR hosted two lunch events. Highlights included updates on Path to Open, Publisher Collections, and JSTOR Seeklight’s growing role in AI-assisted metadata generation.
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Roger Schonfeld introduces the concept of a collections processing tool—a new, community-driven system that reimagines how special collections are described and discovered. With JSTOR Seeklight, this approach uses digitization and intelligent recognition to make archives more accessible and impactful.
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This Library Journal webinar featured the Big Ten Academic Alliance, UNC Press, Liverpool University Press, and JSTOR discussing how Publisher Collections supports sustainable, equitable access.
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User research revealed differing bulk editing needs and guided a refined JSTOR Stewardship design that offers clearer context, stronger usability, and support for diverse workflows.
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Explore JSTOR’s resources, tools, and services for librarians. Strengthen collections, support faculty and students, and steward your institution’s distinctive materials with confidence.
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JSTOR is a nonprofit digital library advancing global access to knowledge through trusted research, teaching resources, and digital stewardship services.
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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services does more than store your collections. Explore content management that drives discovery, use, and impact.
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Bias is inherent to description, but description can and should be revised over time. We’re evolving JSTOR Seeklight’s safeguards against bias and harmful content to reflect our values, our engineering ethos, and our commitment to transparency.
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This year’s American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Philadelphia offered an opportunity to share how JSTOR is addressing two interconnected needs: helping researchers navigate trusted content more intuitively, and helping libraries manage, preserve, and activate distinctive collections at scale.
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