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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 2d

Image: Ledger art depicting casualties at the Battle of Little Big Horn via Flickr/Internet Archive Book Images.

JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 2d

@jstordaily.bsky.social’s roundup for #IndigenousPeoplesDay brings together stories that honor Indigenous cultures and histories, dispels myths, and examines ongoing struggles and resilience.

Read the roundup: https://bit.ly/4n2pvyn

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI!⬇️

JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · Sep 2

Flat budgets, small teams, high demand—#PublisherCollections delivers a perpetual JSTOR license to current-year titles + earlier titles from academic publishers while you participate, with tiered pricing and integrated #JSTOR discovery.

Details: https://bit.ly/472mYQh

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 4d

"Rhetoric and Resistance" (published by @ohiounivpress.bsky.social) is now on the path to #OpenAccess! This title is one of the many in our Path to Open program, which expands access to scholarship from trusted presses.

Read the blog post to see the latest additions: https://bit.ly/42Zuybu

Cover text reads “Rhetoric and Resistance: The Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain.” The pale blue cover is framed by intricate white floral/vine patterns that incorporate small placards and megaphones; a white raised fist sits near the bottom above the author’s name, Maeve Adams, in a rounded banner. The image appears on a dark blue to deep red gradient backdrop.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 5d

Image credit: Gustav Klimt. Mäda Primavesi. @metmuseum.org.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 5d

Help students slow down with #art. 🧑‍🎨

A classroom project from educator Carson Smith invites pairs to build a mini “exhibition” with images from JSTOR and Open Artstor, practicing formal analysis and visual literacy.

Try the lesson plan today: https://bit.ly/46Dcd6o

Portrait of a girl in a white ruffled dress with a rose garland and blue hair bow, hands on hips, against a pink floral backdrop.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 6d

Image: A Nobleman Reading. ca. 1750-75. @metmuseum.org.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 6d

October is #NationalBookMonth, the perfect time to discover what scholars are reading on JSTOR. 📚

A recent blog post highlights top-read frontlist ebooks and editor picks across disciplines.

See our picks: https://bit.ly/3WftTij

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 8d

Image: Edouard Manet. Open Here I Flung the Shutter, from “The Raven”, 1875. Transfer lithograph. @metmuseum.org.

JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 8d

“Open here I flung the shutter.” 🐦‍⬛ 🕯️

Edouard Manet’s lithograph catches the instant Poe’s raven bursts into the room. Created for Stéphane Mallarmé’s French translation of the poem, it’s a powerful bridge between literature & image for teaching.

Take a closer look here: https://bit.ly/46PflL7

Black-and-white lithograph of a startled figure by an open window as a raven swoops in from a city sky; rough, dynamic strokes suggest wind and motion.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 10d

Image: The Metropolitan News Co., Ye Salem Witch (postcard, 1906). @risd1877.bsky.social.

JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 10d

#October has arrived! 🎃

@jstordaily.bsky.social has compiled the best stories on the #Halloween season to get you in the spirit. You'll find holiday lore, notes on ghosts, witches, and vampires, along with other spooky topics of interest.

View the roundup: https://bit.ly/42WLkbd

Postcard illustration of a witch in a striped hat flying a broom with a black cat past a crescent moon above a small town; title “Ye Salem Witch” appears, with a handwritten note along the bottom.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 11d

Looking for your next course-friendly read? Our latest roundup of top-read JSTOR ebooks features Richard Siken’s "Crush: Twentieth Anniversary Edition" (published by @yalepress.bsky.social).

Read the post to browse the full list: https://bit.ly/3WftTij

Black-and-white book cover for “Crush: 20th Anniversary Edition” by Richard Siken. A close-cropped photograph shows a person’s lips and fingers in soft focus. Type on the cover reads “Yale Series of Younger Poets,” “with a new afterword,” “foreword by Louise Glück,” and “introduction by Dana Levin.”

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 12d

How do transcripts transform discovery and access?

In a new post, Syed Amaanullah shares how transcript functionality in JSTOR Seeklight helps institutions boost the impact of text-based collections while keeping human expertise at the center.

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

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 13d

For #NationalCoffeeDay, we’re savoring Mary Cassatt’s "After-Dinner Coffee" (c. 1889), a delicate graphite study of pause and presence. ☕

We hope you get to enjoy your favorite brew today!

Image: Mary Cassatt. After-Dinner Coffee, c. 1889. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Graphite drawing by Mary Cassatt of a seated young woman in a light dress, seen in three-quarter view, holding a small coffee cup and saucer and gazing left; loose sketch lines suggest a chair and tabletop. Warm-toned paper, c. 1889.

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Helen Rozwadowski @oceanhistories.bsky.social · 16d

Look! My research is featured on JSTOR Daily today :)
daily.jstor.org/arthur-c-cla...

Arthur C. Clarke’s Scuba Adventures and Ocean Frontiers - JSTOR Daily

Clarke’s interest in oceanic exploration in the 1950s was, like his undersea fiction, often neglected by an audience focused on the race for outer space.

daily.jstor.org

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 16d

Image: The entrance to Oregon State Penitentiary. Created by M.O. Stevens. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license for open use.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 16d

JSTOR engineer Ryan McCarthy visited Oregon State Penitentiary with Chemeketa Community College’s prison education team and spent time helping students do academic research on JSTOR. 💻

Read the story in the Inside & Connected blog series from JSTOR Access in Prison: https://bit.ly/46plizJ

Split design: the left half is a close crop of the brick entrance gate and trees at Oregon State Penitentiary; the right half is a white panel with ‘JSTOR Blog,’ a red corner triangle, the headline ‘A visit to Oregon State Penitentiary,’ the subhead ‘Reflections from a JSTOR engineer,’ and the byline ‘By Ryan McCarthy.’

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 16d

What can you do on JSTOR besides read journals? A lot. 💡

Think Artstor’s museum-quality images, music journals, ready-to-use teaching tools, Spanish-language open books, and more.

@mellon.org rounded up 10 favorites to explore. See them here: https://bit.ly/46yw6Kt

Ten Surprising Things You Can Enjoy Online, Thanks to JSTOR

A Ithaka Harbors, Inc. grant story from the Mellon Foundation.

www.mellon.org

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 17d

Image: Guanyin of the Southern Sea, (between 907-1234). William Rockhill Nelson Trust. Image and data from Nelston-Atkins Museum of Art.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 17d

More than 200 images from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art are now available to view on JSTOR through Artstor. The post highlights an encyclopedic collection that reflects cultures across 5,000 years.

Read the blog and explore the images: https://bit.ly/4nnZ1Z2

Painted and gilded wooden statue of Guanyin seated in a relaxed ‘royal ease’ pose on a rocky base, with flowing red-green robes and an elaborate crown against a neutral backdrop. (Chinese, Liao/Jin dynasty)

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 18d

How are generative AI technologies impacting the stewardship, access, and use of scholarly collections? 💡

Join us tomorrow, September 25th, from 2 to 3 PM ET. Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum welcomes Kevin Guthrie, president of ITHAKA.

RSVP or join live: https://bit.ly/3Vus6Wq

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 19d

In January 2026, the first 100 Path to Open books will flip to open access. By the end of 2026, 1,000 titles will be on the path. 📖

Learn how libraries and presses are working with JSTOR to make it happen, and what it means for authors, students, and librarians: https://bit.ly/426cwUA

Path to Open stacked bar chart showing title growth: 100 (2023), 400 (2024), 700 (2025), then 1,000 each year 2026–2028. Light gray = new titles for participants, red = backlist for participants, black = open access; share of open access increases, reaching all 1,000 by 2028.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 19d

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rachel @stonefruits.bsky.social · 19d

shoutout to jstor ❤️ i love jstor

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Matt Lincoln @mdlincoln.bsky.social · 19d

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