SCELC and JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services
SCELC and JSTOR are collaborating to support libraries in processing, preserving, managing, and sharing digital collections that reflect the diverse histories, voices, and traditions across SCELC’s member institutions.
Partnering to strengthen digital collections across 100+ libraries
SCELC Community Digital Collections represent many perspectives chronicling the academic, cultural, and historical record of our member libraries.
Through the SCELC JSTOR Digital Stewardship Program, SCELC enables our member libraries to tell their individual stories but also to contribute to the preservation and accessibility of our shared culture across religions, ethnic and racial groups, academic disciplines, and traditions.
SCELC is an opt-in consortium composed of private academic, research, and medical institutions, with a predominance of small and medium-sized libraries. SCELC represents 100+ Member institutions, over 200+ Affiliate institutions, with a combined student population of over 1.4 million.
A values-aligned partnership
We have been looking for the right partner and services to support our Member libraries’ aspirations for impactful and sustainable digital collections programs… JSTOR gives us a path forward to meet libraries’ immediate needs and to build for the future with a values-aligned partner.”
Participating institutions
The list below shows SCELC institutions participating in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, with links to their JSTOR collection pages (where available). Please note that some participants may have only institutional collections published on JSTOR, which are not available to the public. Institutions marked with an asterisk (*) are charter participants, helping to lead and shape the future of digital stewardship.
Learn more about JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, and the charter program for institutions interested in advancing the future of AI-assisted stewardship.
- A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Arizona*
- American Jewish University
- Austin College
- Azusa Pacific University
- Biola University
- California Baptist University
- California Institute of Integral Studies*
- California Institute of Technology
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Claremont Colleges
- Gateway Seminary
- Graduate Theological Union
- Hawaii Pacific University
- Hope International University
- Huntington Library and Art Gallery
- Marshall B. Ketchum University*
- Menlo College
- Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles*
- Occidental College*
- Otis College of Art and Design*
- Pepperdine University
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- Simpson University
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- Texas Wesleyan University*
- The Community Solution Education System*
- University of La Verne
- University of Redlands
- University of San Diego
- University of the Pacific, United States
- Vanguard University of Southern California
- Xavier University of Louisiana
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Featured collections
Elizabeth (Betty) Jones Archive – Pacific Oaks College
A decades-spanning collection of Elizabeth “Betty” Jones’s reflections and collaborations on learning through play. Includes articles, speeches, workshops, and co-authored works highlighting her pioneering contributions to emergent curriculum, storytelling, and valuing diversity.
Women’s Suffrage and Equal Rights Collection – The Claremont Colleges
An archival collection tracing the women’s suffrage movement, with emphasis on California from 1901–1924. Features leaflets, flyers, clippings, and correspondence from leaders such as Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt, illuminating the fight for equal rights.
Yearbooks – Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles
Digitally preserved yearbooks from 1947 to the late 2010s showcase student life, traditions, and milestones. Together they capture the evolving culture and community spirit of Mount Saint Mary’s University across generations.
Citrus Crate Labels – Azusa Pacific University
A collection of over 300 bright and colorful citrus crate labels that were used by various California citrus growers. They represent locations in both Central and Southern California and were used to identify and advertise fruits shipped throughout the United States.
John Muir Correspondence – University of the Pacific
A decades-spanning collection of Elizabeth “Betty” Jones’s reflections and collaborations on learning through play. Includes articles, speeches, workshops, and co-authored works highlighting her pioneering contributions to emergent curriculum, storytelling, and valuing diversity.
San Diego Low Rider Archival Project – University of San Diego
An archival collection tracing the women’s suffrage movement, with emphasis on California from 1901–1924. Features leaflets, flyers, clippings, and correspondence from leaders such as Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt, illuminating the fight for equal rights.
Learn more about Stewardship
North Carolina State University becomes part of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter program
North Carolina State University has joined JSTOR’s Digital Stewardship Services charter program, partnering to advance AI-assisted tools like JSTOR Seeklight and accelerate the processing and discovery of unique digital archival collections.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services promotional toolkit
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.
RMIT joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter program
JSTOR welcomes RMIT University as the first Australian institution to join the Tier 3 charter program of JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. RMIT will pilot JSTOR Seeklight to explore AI-supported workflows, beginning with an architecture slide collection of more than 2,000 images.
Sustainable books models and digital stewardship at Charleston 2025
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.
Exploring what’s next: Your transition from Forum to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services
Reviewing the updated transition timeline and dual access period, outline what to expect as you begin working in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, and provide a detailed walkthrough of the platform.
Reclaim flexibility: Modern solutions for digital collection stewardship
In this webinar, Rachel Walton (Rollins College) and Olivia Inglin (University of Puget Sound) share their transitions from legacy systems to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services
Moving beyond DIY: Scalable digital stewardship solutions for distinctive collections
In this webinar, Zachary Johnson (Vanderbilt University) and Michael Fitzgerald (University of the District of Columbia) share how they transitioned from in-house systems to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services, offering insights into infrastructure, decision-making, and team impact.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services Tier 1 Training
You will learn how to create, add to, and edit a JSTOR collection, as well as understand your collection usage dashboard. This webinar is appropriate for Stewardship Tier 1 users who are using the collection loader tool to create and edit JSTOR collections.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services charter program surpasses 30 participating institutions
Over 30 institutions worldwide have joined the JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services Tier 3 charter program, forming a values-led community shaping the future of AI-assisted collections processing through collaboration, innovation, and shared expertise.
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Betty Jones and Children circa 1960. 1960. Photographs, Elizabeth (Betty) Jones Archive – Pacific Oaks College, Part of The Community Education System Digital Library. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32060099.
Mrs. Frank J. Shuler. A. Hadden Postcard to Alice Park. July 18, 1909. Women’s Suffrage and Equal Rights Collection, Part of The Claremont Colleges. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31048975.
MSMC Staff and Students. Mount Yearbook 1969-70. Yearbooks, Part of Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31711990.
Sequoia Citrus Association. Have One Brand. Citrus Crate Labels, Part of Azusa Pacific University. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.32623441.
John Muir. 1875 July 31 JM to Mrs Carr P1. Letters (Correspondence). John Muir Correspondence, Part of University of the Pacific. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.36019141.
Photograph of 1974 Monte Carlo. January 1, 1982. Domestic Rides Car Club, San Diego Low Rider Archival Project, Part of University of San Diego. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29335571.