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JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Part of the ITHAKA nonprofit family.

More about us: https://about.jstor.org/

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 7:49 PM

Image: Dorothy Hanks and Sheldon Kotzin at the HMD Reference Desk. National Library of Medicine (NLM).

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 7:49 PM

What happens beneath the surface when a digital collections platform is rebuilt?

In a new JSTOR Blog post, Shucha Grover explains how engineers updated the foundation of JSTOR Stewardship while hundreds of libraries and archives continued their work.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3TIu7B6

Black-and-white photograph of two people at a library reference desk. A man in a suit and glasses sits with an open book while a woman in a patterned blouse stands across from him. Bookshelves and several people studying fill the background.

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:57 PM

Image: Tosa School. Scenes from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari). Late 18th century. Ink and color on paper. @metmuseum.org.

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 4:57 PM

As the fall semester gets underway, share an idea with the JSTOR community.

We welcome proposals from educators, researchers, and librarians on creative uses of JSTOR. Compensation is available for published contributions from U.S. residents.

Explore the guidelines: https://bit.ly/4ujHAMN

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@jstor.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 12:20 AM

In January 2027, nearly 300 scholarly books from the 2024 Path to Open cohort will become open access on JSTOR, free for readers everywhere.

Explore the blog post to see what’s in the next cohort and how broader access can help scholarship reach new readers: https://bit.ly/4j2dGd4

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:06 PM

Image: “The Lesbian Tide,” August 1971. The Lesbian Tide 1, no. 1. Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University. Independent Voices, Reveal Digital.

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:06 PM

For LGBTQ+ History Month, explore the stories and publications that document LGBTQ+ communities, activism, and culture.

Find more in @jstordaily.bsky.social’s reading roundup: https://bit.ly/3rt5I0o

Orange cover of the first issue of The Lesbian Tide, dated August 1971. A black line drawing shows a woman with long hair resting her head on her arms, with a smaller face appearing above her head. Text curves around the illustration: “And God created woman in her own image.” The bottom reads, “a publication of Daughters of Bilitis, Los Angeles, Calif.”

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:59 PM

Image: Elizabeth Gordon, Mother Earth’s Children, illustrated by M. T. Penny Ross, 1914, p. 92. Via Wikimedia Commons.

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:58 PM

Get into the #Halloween spirit with @jstordaily.bsky.social's roundup of stories about the holiday, ghosts, witches, vampires, haunted houses, and why we love to be scared. 🎃 👻

Each story includes free links to the academic research behind it.

Explore the roundup: https://bit.ly/3lAnFIu

A smiling ghost in a flowing white sheet dances with two children dressed as pumpkins. One child carries a tall pole topped with a smiling jack-o'-lantern, and a larger carved pumpkin looms behind them.

@staticmothhell.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:29 AMReposted by @jstor.bsky.social

October is LGBTQAI2S+ History Month in the US! And JSTOR is a great resource for lots of articles, so I thought I'd share this link to one they compiled for this topic.
#queer #reading #history

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:05 PM

Image: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Buddy the Dog in His Uniform. In Marion S. Coleman Peck Papers. February 4, 1944. Photograph. Albert Gore Research Center, @mtsuofficial.bsky.social.

@jstor.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:05 PM

How can distinctive collections reach more people?

@mtsuofficial.bsky.social asked that question as it planned a move from CONTENTdm to JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. A new case study follows how library and archival teams worked through the migration.

Read: https://bit.ly/3Vgm3Id

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@jstor.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:24 PM

Award-winning scholarship is becoming open access. 🏆

In January 2027, 300 titles from the 2024 Path to Open list, including "Zones of Encuentro," "Postconflict Utopias," "Affective Bordering," and "The Texture of Change," will be free to read worldwide.

Explore all titles: https://bit.ly/4daV1Hw

A red JSTOR graphic shows four book covers arranged in a two-by-two grid, joined by binder rings. The titles are Zones of Encuentro by Lillian Gorman, featuring a turquoise doorway; Affective Bordering by Billy Holzberg, with an abstract blue and red image; Postconflict Utopias by Tania Lizarazo, illustrated with a group of women in a boat; and Pitfalls of Prestige by Laura Elizabeth Vrana, featuring colorful figures against a black background.

@jstor.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 6:43 PM

Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings of New Mexico invite us to look beyond the frame.

A new blog post explores how Tewa artists, scholars, and culture bearers add essential perspectives on land, history, and the stories art can leave untold.

Read: https://bit.ly/4xNnNGh

JSTOR graphic titled “Looking beyond Georgia O’Keeffe: How multidisciplinary research deepens understanding.” Below the title is a colorful landscape painting of a broad New Mexico mountain beneath a cloudy sky, with fields and trees in the foreground.

@jstor.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 5:38 PM

What happens when scholarly #books become open?

In the first three months after the first 100 Path to Open titles became open access, requests increased by 176%, readers reached 156 countries, and 52% of usage came from people without institutional access.