Digital stewardship
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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services is designed to help libraries and archives scale preservation through a seamless, mission-aligned workflow that combines digital asset management, AI-assisted metadata creation, and long-term preservation support.
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Bringing hidden histories to light: An archivist reflects on AI, archives, and the future of digital stewardship

An archivist explores how AI can help surface hidden histories, improve metadata, and support digital stewardship while emphasizing the need for human expertise in shaping archival narratives.
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Join JSTOR’s community of institutions advancing responsible, AI-assisted digital stewardship. Help shape how technology enhances discovery, access, and care for digital collections.
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Designed by the community, for the community: How archivists and librarians helped shape JSTOR Seeklight—an AI-powered technology for digital collections processing

Discover how archivists and librarians shaped JSTOR Seeklight, an AI-powered technology that streamlines collections processing and enhances digital stewardship.
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February brought new archival collections and multimedia highlights to JSTOR. In honor of Black History Month, we also highlighted stories of activism, resilience, and creative expression.
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Highlighting key 2025 grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, preserve, and describe collections, including funding for audiovisual materials and community archives. Deadlines and award amounts vary, offering multiple pathways for support.
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January’s highlights on JSTOR showcase the power of archives to preserve stories, from student activism and South African art to Montana’s rich history and groundbreaking scientific films.
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As the final month of 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the diverse and impactful collections and multimedia added to JSTOR this December.
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At the Charleston Conference 2024, JSTOR presented its vision for managing and preserving digital collections into the future. “Not Just Another AI Session” highlighted how cutting-edge tools—including JSTOR’s digital collection processing prototype and interactive research tool (beta)—can transform access to archival materials while staying true to JSTOR’s nonprofit mission.
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November brought new opportunities to explore underrepresented voices, rich cultural artifacts, and engaging multimedia content on JSTOR. This month’s additions provide researchers, educators, and students with unique insights into history, art, and human ingenuity.
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This month on JSTOR, we continued expanding access to invaluable content, adding multimedia and archival collections that amplify voices from the past. Discover our picks from the month.
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Discover JSTOR’s latest resources, including radical newspapers, historical multimedia, and new video content. Enhance your research with diverse entries from Reveal Digital, Artstor on JSTOR, and shared collections.
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Amplifying marginalized voices through crowdfunding and crowdsourcing in digital archives and libraries. Learn how Reveal Digital’s initiative uncovers underrepresented histories with open access collections hosted on JSTOR.
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Now available on JSTOR: 800 Bard Graduate Center installation photographs documenting 10 years of exhibitions

Explore 800+ new Bard Graduate Center installation photos documenting a decade of decorative arts and design exhibitions, now on JSTOR.
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ITHAKA innovates with Project Odyssey using generative AI to help libraries process digital collections efficiently by automating metadata creation, addressing bottlenecks, and reducing backlog.
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Charting the course of digital art history: University of California San Diego Library from Artstor to JSTOR

Celebrating 20 years of digital image access at UC San Diego Library through Artstor. Explore the transformation in utilizing visual resources for teaching and research, now transitioning to JSTOR. Join us in uncovering UC San Diego’s collection legacy and future.
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At JSTOR, our mission is to improve access to knowledge and education for people around the world. We’re excited to share several new initiatives leveraging cutting-edge technology to make scholarly materials more accessible, interactive, and engaging for our users. Here’s a detailed look at the latest advancements we recently shared at ALA 2024 in San…
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Portico preserves underrepresented digital content to safeguard diverse narratives and cultural heritage for future generations. Join us in maintaining a richer historical record.
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For Middlebury and other small liberal arts schools, taking part in JSTOR’s shared collections program is almost a no-brainer, Irwin says, since JSTOR is a database with which many students are already very familiar.
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Visionary collaboration: How the Johns Hopkins Visual Resources Collection used JSTOR Forum to build cross-campus partnerships and amplify university collections

In 2020, Johns Hopkins University faced sudden closure due to COVID-19. Discover how the Special Collections team adapted by partnering with JSTOR Forum, revolutionizing access to materials for faculty and students alike.
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Explore how Skidmore College digitizes its special collections in this insightful blog post detailing David Seiler’s efforts in leading the transition to the digital age.
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Academic institutions increase the reach of their digitized collections on JSTOR: The results of a three-year initiative

Discover highlights from the Coalition for Networked Information’s biannual membership meeting, where discussions revolved around networked information technologies in higher education and research. Explore the outcomes of JSTOR’s Open Community Collections program, showcasing the benefits for participant libraries in terms of reach and visibility.
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Partnering with libraries, publishers, and museums, ITHAKA reduces costs and preserves scholarship for the future with digital special collections.
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On the road to future-proofing all digital content: How Portico now preserves libraries’ self-curated collections

Portico has earned its reputation as a trusted guardian of digital content for publishers, with over 1,000 publishers and 1,000 libraries worldwide relying on its time-honored preservation approach. Portico centers long-term content management and organizational commitment, as well as a dedication to addressing the needs of future scholars.
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On the road to future-proofing all digital content: The origin story of preserved collections with Portico

Libraries asked for long-term preservation. ITHAKA’s Preserved Collections with Portico delivers a managed, workflow-friendly way to safeguard diverse collections, extending Open Community Collections and JSTOR into durable digital stewardship.
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An update from our friends at The New Hampshire Institute of Art (NHIA) Last summer, The New Hampshire Institute of Art’s John Teti Rare Photography […]
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The Public Collections in Artstor are a library of freely accessible images, documents, and multimedia files generously made available by JSTOR Forum-subscribing institutions. To help users […]
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Good news! Artstor has made more than 1 million image, video, document, and audio files from public institutional collections freely available to everyone—subscribers and non-subscribers […]
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Editor’s note: this post was originally published in June 2017 and has been updated to reflect Artstor’s platform changes. Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection is […]
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Editor’s note: this post was originally published in May 2017 and has been updated to reflect Artstor’s platform changes. We invited Marta Chudolinska, Learning Zone […]
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