JSTOR Labs at Code4Lib
Twice weekly, the dozen-or-so folks that work here at JSTOR Labs get together for a fifteen minute check in. We go around the (virtual) room, everyone sharing what they're working on. It's a whirlwind tour with an active and laugh-out-loud side-chat. It's also a regular reminder both of how lucky
Innovation Fellows 2023
We’re excited to announce the second annual cohort of innovation fellowships at ITHAKA on the JSTOR Labs team. In this post, I’ll describe a bit about how we work, what Fellows can expect to learn and do, and who should apply. JSTOR Labs seeks to explore the future
Constraint-storming, Not Brainstorming
Exploring the constraints governing the design of JSTOR's offline solution for prison education
Building JSTOR's Offline Solution for Prison Education
Announcing a new JSTOR Labs Report
Sharing a new JSTOR Labs report: Supporting the Academic Research Needs of Incarcerated Students: Building JSTOR's Offline Solution for Prison Education.
The Many Faces of Meetings
A Taxonomy of Emerging Models for In-Person and Hybrid Conferences
Three years into the pandemic, it has become clear that we need a more nuanced typology for thinking about conferences than the simple triad of virtual, in-person, and hybrid.
Innovation Fellowships
We’re excited to announce the 2022 inaugural cohort of innovation fellowships
Join Our Team and Help Incarcerated Learners
We are seeking to hire two new team members to contribute to our JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative.
Making JSTOR Available for all College Students in Prison
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.5 million to ITHAKA to make JSTOR accessible to incarcerated college students
My Experience Using Juncture for Kent Maps Online
Carina Chan, a student at Sheffield University, shares her experience using JSTOR Labs' Juncture for Kent Maps Online.
Introducing Juncture
I am thrilled to announce JSTOR Labs' latest: Juncture, a free-to-use, open source framework for creating engaging visual essays.
Introducing the Plant Humanities Lab
We are thrilled to announce the release of Plant Humanities Lab, a new resource aiming to explore the cultural histories of plants and their influence on human societies.
Kent Maps Online: Lose Yourself for Free…
Carolyn Oulton from Canterbury Christ Church University introduces Kent Maps Online.
JSTOR Labs to lead NEH-Funded National Text Analysis Pedagogy Institutes
JSTOR Labs has received a grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities for two national Text Analysis Pedagogy (TAP) Institutes.
Providing Secure Online Access to Incarcerated Students: New Project Announcement
Announcing a new project funded by Ascendium Education Philanthropy that will allow us to expand our current work on increasing access to quality educational resources for higher education in prison.
Expanding JSTOR’s Support for Higher Education in Prison
A quick history of JSTOR’s support for prison education programs and a description of our current Mellon-funded project to expand that support.