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Digital Stewardship

Explore flexible tiers for digital stewardship

JSTOR’s cloud-hosted platform is offered in three tiers to meet the diverse needs of institutions.

Developed with and for the community, our Digital Stewardship Services help institutions process, preserve, and share collections sustainably, while strengthening discovery and long-term access.

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Review to identify the level of functionality that best fits your institutional needs and collection goals.

Tier 1

Share on JSTOR

Share collections on JSTOR to:

  • Provide access to text, image, audio, and video content for users at your institution or openly to researchers around the world
  • Increase visibility through indexing in major search engines such as Google
  • Enhance discoverability in common library discovery services, including EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS), OCLC WorldCat, and ProQuest/Ex Libris Primo/Alma
  • Expand usage and reach by presenting your materials alongside primary and secondary source content on JSTOR
  • Strengthen your institution’s visibility with a dedicated, branded collections page on JSTOR
  • Drive discovery and access to audio and video content with searchable, auto-generated transcripts and robust streaming capabilities  
  • Start with 5TB of scalable storage, with options to expand as your collections grow
  • Measure your collections’ impact with a self-service usage analytics dashboard that tracks views, downloads, geographic reach, and more 
Tier 2

Preserve, manage, and share

Everything from Tier 1, plus:

  • Manage your holdings with comprehensive digital asset management capabilities
  • Preserve valuable assets with Portico’s built-in, OAIS-compliant digital preservation, safeguarding against obsolescence and loss
  • Organize records and collections with intuitive, user-friendly tools
  • Create structured metadata using standard or custom metadata schemas and linked authorities
  • Efficiently catalog using customizable templates, built-in or Excel-based bulk editing tools, and customizable workflows 
  • Create and manage custom cataloging forms and assign them to different users or projects
  • Assign permissions and manage user access at the institution or project level
  • Share broadly to JSTOR and beyond—exhibit on Omeka and share to other platforms, including DPLA and your library catalog, via OAI-PMH

Comprehensive

Tier 3

AI-assisted stewardship with JSTOR Seeklight

Everything from Tiers 1 and 2, plus:

  • Use JSTOR Seeklight to accelerate collections processing at scale while maintaining expert oversight and control
  • Rapidly transform large volumes of uploaded materials into access- and preservation-ready resources
  • Generate structured, standards-compliant descriptive metadata at the item level and at scale
  • Transcribe text from handwritten, typed, and mixed-media documents to drive discovery and support accessibility and compliance
  • Create concise, structured, project-level summaries that help identify themes and patterns across collections 
  • Review and refine AI-generated records using built-in tagging tools and confidence scores that support transparency and quality control
  • Participate in the JSTOR Digital Stewardship charter program to directly contribute to the future of AI-assisted stewardship
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Looking for more flexibility?

Add-on services are available for one-time content migration, ongoing collection harvesting, and additional content management or preservation allowances.

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Stories of collaboration and impact

Explore how institutions are shaping the future of digital stewardship through partnership, innovation, and care.

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Society of American Archivists: ARCHIVES*RECORDS

The premier U.S. conference for archival professionals, featuring thought leadership on records management, preservation, and access in a rapidly evolving field.

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What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: May 2026

This month’s update shares how institutions are advancing digital stewardship through shared infrastructure, AI-supported workflows, and newly available collections on JSTOR. Featured materials highlight efforts to improve access, description, and long-term care.

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ALA Annual Meeting

One of the largest global gatherings of library professionals, offering expansive programming on policy, technology, and the future of libraries.

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Midwest Archives Conference

A leading regional forum for archivists to engage with new ideas in preservation, digitization, and inclusive collecting while building professional connections.

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Explore JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services

Explore resources, case studies, and workflows to evaluate JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services and take the next step.

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Stony Brook University joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter program

Stony Brook University joins JSTOR Stewardship’s Tier 3 charter program as its tenth ARL institution, becoming part of a cohort shaping responsible, AI-assisted collections stewardship.

Interested in learning more about the flexible options of Digital Stewardship Services?

Our stewardship team can help you assess your collections, goals, and workflows to find the right fit. Contact us to get started.

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