l LAPI l November 18, 2008 JSTOR and Aluka Michael Spinella Executive Director JSTOR November, 2008
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 Agenda Why bring JSTOR and Aluka together? JSTOR Mission JSTOR Facts
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 Why bring JSTOR and Aluka together? Complementary staff skills External relationships and networks Technical and operational efficiencies (scale) Content synergies Mission consistency
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 JSTOR’s Mission JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the scholarly community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual content in a trusted digital archive. Our overarching aims are to preserve a record of scholarship for posterity and to advance research and teaching in cost-effective ways. We operate a research platform that deploys information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. We collaborate with organizations that can help us achieve our objectives and maximize the benefits for the scholarly community. Trusted Archives for Scholarship
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 JSTOR and Aluka Both Strive to Facilitate the Needs and Ideals of the Scholarly Community Preservation Maintain digital content through technological succession Wide accessibility, sustainable over time Intellectual Freedom Encouraging open discussion of diverse opinions Freedom of inquiry Engagement Scholar to scholar Citizen to scholar North to South
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 The JSTOR Archive Today Nearly 1,200 titles signed from 550 publishers >850 titles online now; 250+ in queue 26 million pages of scholarly content 50 disciplines covered Over 1.7 million images, including graphs, charts, maps & other non- text content Coverage from 1665 – 2007 Most content found between 1950 and 2004 Adding new content types, such as pamphlets, monographs and manuscripts Aluka collections adds substantial primary content, and plants database brings a new dimension to JSTOR
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 Plants Content Today – Over 330,000 Objects Content Type# ObjectsContent Type# Objects Artifacts216Notes82 Articles240Paintings4,334 Books271Photographs7,846 Diaries1Prints784 Drawings1,269Reference Sources52,572 Engravings99Reports11 Illustrations2Sketches28 Letters (Correspondence)6,553Slides (Photographs)812 Manuscript46Specimens255,000 Maps4Awaiting Processing~XXXXX
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 JSTOR is available in libraries worldwide * Other category includes secondary schools, government agencies, research institutes, public libraries, community colleges and museums
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 Over half of JSTOR participating libraries are non-US North America (not US) 2000: : : 202 Central/South America 2000: : : 294 Africa 2000: : : 345 Europe 2000: : : 901 Eurasia 2000: : : 78 Asia 2000: : : 671 Aust./NZ 2000: : : 108 Middle East 2000: : : 135 In 2005, participation was concentrated in 2 countries; In 2008, JSTOR is available in 35 African nations Total Non-US Participation = 2,734 US Participation = 2,469
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 JSTOR’s high traffic can expose new content to a wider audience
l LAPI l November 18, 2008 Usage of JSTOR is Growing in Africa