Building together: Reflections on JSTOR Seeklight and the 2025 C.F.W. Coker Award
How JSTOR Seeklight brings together archival expertise, AI, and community insight—reflections on winning the Coker Award and building values-driven tools.
Blog Tag: Museums
Resources and free training with the Digital Preservation Coalition
In this blog, discover how to learn digital preservation skills with free, expert-designed online courses from the Digital Preservation Coalition, which offer practical, self-paced training for beginners and professionals alike.
Next-generation integration: Rethinking digital collection stewardship from start to finish
Senior Product Manager Ann Connolly shares how JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services addresses key collection management issues with a unique integration approach.
Engineering with purpose: How JSTOR Seeklight combines AI and human expertise to transform digital stewardship
Senior Product Manager Syed Amaanullah shares how JSTOR Seeklight blends technology and human expertise to deliver a purpose-built AI application for archives.
Guidance for special collections preservation: Using JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services to support your long-term goals
Preserving digital collections is essential to safeguarding cultural memory. Discover how JSTOR’s Digital Stewardship Services help libraries and archives maintain accessible, durable, and meaningful collections for generations to come.
Reflections from ACRL 2025: Celebrating 30 years of partnership —and a new chapter in digital stewardship
At ACRL 2025, JSTOR marked its 30th anniversary while unveiling JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services—built to support libraries in managing and preserving digital collections using AI-assisted metadata creation and community-driven collaboration.
Monthly wrap-up: From fly-fishing lore to artistic resistance, March’s collections reflect lives and legacies
This March, JSTOR’s collection highlights include a vibrant mix of historical archives, health media, and pathbreaking literature. From Montana’s mid-century newsletters to a global archive on HIV/AIDS and the arts, these additions illustrate the power of preservation and the depth of human creativity. Let’s explore the highlights. Path to Open book of the month: Published […]
Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq and Artstor on JSTOR: Making Canadian, Inuit, and Indigenous art more accessible
WAG-Qaumajuq is making its world-renowned collection of Canadian, Inuit, and Indigenous art more accessible—inviting global audiences to connect with these powerful works and the stories they hold.
Seeing the bigger picture: Exhibition photos as essential research and teaching tools
When we think about art historical research and teaching, individual artworks often take center stage. But what about the curated exhibitions that shape how we experience and interpret them? Beyond Utility: Rethinking the Value of Exhibition Photos in Art Historical Research and Curation—a session at the 2025 College Art Association (CAA) conference—explored the evolving role of exhibition photography.
Grant opportunities for libraries to digitize, describe, and preserve collections in 2025
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.