Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Commitment to Developing Nations Broadening and deepening access to e- resources in the developing world Training for Mortenson Associates September 29, 2008 Danielle Waugh Project Manager for JSTOR's Developing Nations Access Initiative

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Our Discussion… JSTOR: Mission and Origin Content and Collection Development A Shared Digital Archive JSTOR’s African Access Initiative JSTOR’s Developing Nations Access Initiative

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR’s Mission Over Time The First Decade: Access & Archiving Focus on preservation of and broad access to the legacy content of printed journals in aggregations of high impact titles. Continuing the Mission : - Reference linking & data mining projects to facilitate efficiency and research opportunities for scholars - Faculty and library studies to understand direction of scholarly communications and how online content is being used. A New Mission for the Present & Future: Develop the JSTOR research platform as a means for scholarly collaboration and advancement.

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR’s Mission Today JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to: - Help the scholarly community discover, use, and build upon a wide range of intellectual content in a trusted digital archive; - Preserve a record of scholarship for posterity and to advance research and teaching in cost–effective ways; - Operate a research platform that deploys information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship.

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR: A New Vision JSTOR is an internationally collaborative research platform and archive of scholarly content that aims to provide: - A trusted archive for the preservation of important scholarly material; - Diverse content from around the world; - An online space for the global academic community that will enhance scholarly collaboration

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, 2008 Participating as a Publisher All content in the archive is scholarly and peer reviewed An individual (researcher, library, publisher) inquires about journal inclusion in JSTOR JSTOR contacts researchers/ individuals about the value and or need for a specific journal Journal is then located via publisher or library and a license agreement is signed Content is then digitized to be available in the archive 6

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, 2008 Moving Wall JSTOR is not a current issues database There is a standard 3- 5 year Moving Wall The moving wall is designed to help protect the economic sustainability of our content providers Agreement with publishers allows participants to directly link to current issues with the publishers Content is full text searchable in JSTOR but may be available directly with publisher 7

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, 2008 Digitization Standards and Processes Digitized more than 26 million pages of printed literature Complete, clean, high-quality, functional digital replicas of print materials that can be trusted and relied upon by content owners, libraries, and users 600 dpi bitonal TIFF 6.0 images for every page 300 dpi grayscale or color TIFF 6.0 images when bitonal images will not accurately replicate the original page Optical Character Resolution (OCR) files containing the full text for every scanned page and data that allows highlighting of corresponding words on the page image. These files are on average 99.5% accurate 1 1 Highly accurate descriptive metadata files using an adapted version of the NLM Journal Archiving and Interchange DTD which includes data for reference linking Beginning to accept digitized and digital-first materials produced by publishers, libraries, museums, and other content owners 8

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, 2008 Participation in JSTOR Not- for-profit and commercial institutions can participate Institutions are given a JSTOR classification (Very Large- Very Small) There are two fees associated with participation Archive Capital Fee Annual Access Fee All institutions are required to sign a JSTOR Participation Agreement 9

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR Collections Multidisciplinary Collections Arts & Sciences I Arts & Sciences II Arts & Sciences III Arts & Sciences IV Arts & Sciences V Arts & Sciences VI Arts & Sciences Complement Life Sciences Biological Sciences Health & General Sciences Discipline Specific Collections Business Business II Ecology & Botany Language & Literature Mathematics & Statistics Music Regional Collections Ireland Collection Aluka Collections: African Plants Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa African Cultural Heritage and Landscapes

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Regional Collections Ireland Collection Project encompasses 100 journals (including some no longer publishing), 200 monographs, and 2,500 manuscript pages JSTOR, working closely with Queen’s University Belfast, will license in copyright works from publishers Queen’s will digitize the materials to JSTOR’s specifications; JSTOR will take responsibility for making them accessible and their long-term preservation Digitized pamphlets Majority of Journals currently have no online presence Aluka Collections African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes African Plants Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, What is Aluka Aluka is an initiative of JSTOR that seeks to aggregate digital materials from and about Africa. The initiative has collaborated with educational, research, and cultural institutions around the world to develop the Aluka Collections.

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Aluka Content African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes builds on digitization and preservation projects conducted in areas of cultural importance across Africa. This community effort combines a rich set of visual materials with scholar-selected primary source materials and what will be the world's largest collection of African rock art African Plants The African Plants Initiative (API) brings together more than 50 institutions in Africa, Europe, and the United States. The long-term goal is to build a comprehensive online research tool about African plants Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa a collaboration of more than 100 prominent scholars, senior archivists, museum specialists, and engaged public intellectuals throughout the Southern African region and the world. The project is guided by regional and national committees, and supported by formal partnerships with many institutions

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR and Aluka Integration JSTOR and Aluka have been working closely together since 2006 JSTOR has provided complimentary access to Aluka to all participating institutions since 2007 All content is available to not-for-profit institutions in Africa free of charge Usage within Africa has been steadily rising; now accounts for 12% of all Aluka access JSTOR strives to increase access in developing nations Continue to increase access in Africa Continue to develop African content Create a truly multi-national archive 2008 – Open call for already digitized materials related to Africa Purpose to broaden access and research in and about Africa of special collections from institutions and individuals

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR Participation Library Participants – 5,005 International – 2,648 Domestic – 2,357 Participating Countries- 137 Available Collections Journals Online 48 Disciplines across collections 176,525 Issues online 3,953,735 Number of Articles Participating Publishers 563 publishers 813 available titles 1,115 signed titles

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, JSTOR’s Commitment to Developing Nations African Access Initiative Launched July 1, 2006 Waive participation fees for any not for profit institution on the continent of Africa Access to all current and available content and content added over time All current African participants received an AAF refund for fees paid in 2006 Broadening access to the archive by partnering with the Partnership with the Program for the Enhancement of Research Information

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Barriers to expanding JSTOR access in Developing Countries: Library infrastructure Unstable IP’s Bandwidth Electricity/ Power outages Qualified/ Rotating staff JSTOR is just another free resource Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elitVestibulum mattis aliquet dolorEtiam iaculis. Praesent sapien urna, adipiscing sed, eleifend a, commodo vel, nisiNam non eros. Etiam eget velit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elitVestibulum mattis aliquet dolorEtiam iaculis. Praesent sapien urna, adipiscing sed, eleifend a, commodo vel, nisiNam non eros. Etiam eget velit Pedi Mural Art, by Catherine A. M. Vogel African Arts © 1985

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, How JSTOR met the needs of the community Implement Username/ password Access Introduce a Network Verification Form (provides JSTOR with better mechanisms for determining an institutions ISP) Working with Country Coordinators via the Program for the Enhancement of Research Information New and Advanced Features Training and training materials Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elitVestibulum mattis aliquet dolorEtiam iaculis. Praesent sapien urna, adipiscing sed, eleifend a, commodo vel, nisiNam non eros. Etiam eget velit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elitVestibulum mattis aliquet dolorEtiam iaculis. Praesent sapien urna, adipiscing sed, eleifend a, commodo vel, nisiNam non eros. Etiam eget velit Honing Technologies That Build Women's Economic Base, by Sazile Mtshali Agenda

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Journal Usage 2007 Sample Chart:

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, African Access Initiative Total Access

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, African Access Initiative Total Access

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Developing Nations Access Initiative Continue to waive access for all not for profit institutions in Africa Extending Access in the Developing Nations (No Cost) Afghanistan Timor-Leste Haiti Tokelau Kiribati Tuvalu Myanmar Turkmenistan Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Solomon Islands Yemen Extending Access in the Developing Nations (Low Cost) Cambodia Maldives Samoa Guyana Marshall Islands Suriname Honduras MicronesiaSyrian Arab Republic KosovoMoldova Tajikistan Kyrgyz Republic Mongolia Tonga Lao PDR Paraguay Uzbekistan Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elitVestibulum mattis aliquet dolorEtiam iaculis. Praesent sapien urna, adipiscing sed, eleifend a, commodo vel, nisiNam non eros. Etiam eget velit Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elitVestibulum mattis aliquet dolorEtiam iaculis. Praesent sapien urna, adipiscing sed, eleifend a, commodo vel, nisiNam non eros. Etiam eget velit

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Participation in Africa

Training for Mortenson Associates l September 29, Thank You Danielle Waugh Outreach Specialist th Avenue New York, NY Tel: (212) Fax: (212)