Help build the future of digital collections stewardship
Join a growing community of institutions partnering with JSTOR to advance responsible, scalable digital stewardship. Gain access to JSTOR Seeklight for collections processing, funding for digitization, and tools for digital asset management, preservation, and publishing on JSTOR.
*Charter participation and related digitization support are open to institutions with Tier 3 licenses active by or before 12/31/2026
A values-aligned partnership
- Collaborate with JSTOR, a mission-driven nonprofit, to develop technology that serves and strengthens the library community
- Further our shared commitment to expanding access with digitization support for materials published openly on JSTOR
- Refine JSTOR Seeklight to ensure it continues to reflect library and archival values
Help lead the future of stewardship
- Join a global community advancing the responsible use of AI in libraries and archives
- Collaborate with peers and JSTOR experts through working groups and shared initiatives
- Shape new capabilities by guiding the development of features and providing feedback
Support and visibility
- Benefit from Mellon Foundation funding to support digitization projects and expand the public impact of distinctive collections
- Strengthen your work with integrated tools for end-to-end stewardship, from digitization to long-term preservation
- Receive personalized onboarding, training, and dedicated support from JSTOR experts
Created through close collaboration with our charter participants, including:
Reflections from the community shaping JSTOR Seeklight
With JSTOR Seeklight, we’ve processed more than a thousand photographs in under 45 minutes. The scale is really life altering in terms of workload, but also impact—we can make materials discoverable faster, better and in places where people are already working.
We used JSTOR Seeklight to draft descriptions in minutes. With our ‘AI drafts, people decide’ workflow, staff verified and published in just hours. That shift—from authoring every word to reviewing and governing at scale—is the difference between backlog and discovery.
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Building capacity together: Exploring collaborative strategies for digital collections stewardship
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What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: August 2026
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