Our commitment as a nonprofit
As a trusted, nonprofit organization, JSTOR has made a commitment across our products and services to provide equitable, sustainable models to maximize access to knowledge.
Being an independent nonprofit uniquely allows us to operate between libraries and publishers and users, balancing their needs and interests—with the ultimate goal of providing equitable access to knowledge today and in the future.
Our priorities and approach
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Provide affordable access for everyone
- We actively choose to keep fees low to reach more people, whether it’s our comprehensive model for journals and primary sources, or our diverse ebook models. We lead with our mission, one decision at a time
- Through the JSTOR Access Initiative, we provide free or very low-cost access to more than 1,500 institutions around the world
- With the JSTOR Access in Prison initiative, we provide JSTOR access to learners in jails and prisons
- Our free reading program makes scholarly journals accessible to everyone anywhere in the world, regardless of their ability to pay
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Support sustainable open access content
Our partnerships with libraries and publishers help us grow open access through content and community initiatives that make more content discoverable and freely accessible worldwide, including:
- Reveal Digital, a collaboration with libraries to fund, source, digitize, and publish open access primary source collections from under-represented voices
- Path to Open, which offers a sustainable open access solution for libraries, supports the nonprofit university press community, and invests in authors, by making books in the program open access three years after publication
- JSTOR Daily, which makes scholarship more accessible through engaging articles and free teaching resources that enrich learning in the humanities, arts, and social sciences—each linking to open and freely available content on JSTOR
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Lead the preservation of scholarship
- We have secured the needed rights to ensure content on JSTOR is accessible to libraries for the long-term, providing a trusted alternative to hard copies on shelves
- Our digital content can be readily converted to newer formats as they are developed in the future
- Digital files for the entire archive are preserved using the approach and infrastructure developed by Portico
- Our archives can be transferred to a third-party steward in the extremely unlikely event that JSTOR should ever cease operations
Advance scholarship and teaching practices
- Our faculty resource library provides comprehensive support for teaching and learning
- JSTOR Workspace simplifies research organization and citation
- JSTOR’s AI-enabled features empower students to do their work more efficiently and effectively
The latest from JSTOR
Turning the Page on Path to Open: From Pilot to Program
Over the past three years, libraries, publishers, and partners have worked together to shape Path to Open, a Books at JSTOR initiative that supports the transition of high-quality scholarly monographs to open access at scale. With positive results and feedback, the pilot is now moving forward as an official JSTOR program. Watch this on-demand webinar to explore this important milestone and learn what it means for your library.
Wayne State University partners with JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services for discovery and impact
Wayne State University joins JSTOR Stewardship to expand access to its digital collections, improve discovery, and support teaching and research through a more integrated platform experience.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: Getting Started with JSTOR Seeklight
Training for Stewardship Tier 3 participants: Generate metadata, transcripts, and project summaries with JSTOR Seeklight, and review and edit your generated descriptions. Part of a quarterly Seeklight training series.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Project cataloging
Training for Stewardship participants (Tiers 2-3): catalog records, manage media, use linked fields, and organize work. One of three sessions in a monthly Stewardship training series.
JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services training: Advanced features
Training for Stewardship participants (Tiers 2-3): use Collection Builder, organize related content, and use lists. One of three sessions in a monthly Stewardship training series.
JSTOR Transitions Path to Open Pilot to an Ongoing Program, Offering a Sustainable Model for Open Access Monographs
JSTOR’s Path to Open has transitioned from a pilot to an ongoing program, demonstrating that a collaborative, community-supported model can sustainably expand open access for monographs. Early results show significant growth in participation, titles, and global usage.
Funding stewardship, not just scanning: How Hofstra University secured a grant to build long-term access with JSTOR
How Hofstra University is turning a federal grant into lasting access—using JSTOR Stewardship to digitize, describe, preserve, and share Long Island history.
Mount Holyoke College joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services to modernize digital collections management
Mount Holyoke College joins JSTOR Stewardship, migrating from Islandora to an integrated platform that unifies digital asset management, preservation, and access.
Building accessibility into every article, on demand
JSTOR is rethinking accessibility at scale by shifting from static remediation to an on-demand model, creating accessible PDFs and image descriptions the moment they’re needed. This approach expands access across centuries of materials while ensuring usability for all.
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