Participation Information for Canadian Academic Institutions

We invite academic institutions to become participating JSTOR sites. Participation fees, an explanation of JSTOR Classifications for determining fees, and the Archive License Agreement for Canadian Academic Institutions are all available through the links below.

If you are from an institution outside of the United States or Canada, please see the participation information for either International Academic Institutions or United Kingdom HE and FE Institutions. If you are from an institution within the United States, please see the participation information for the United States and select the category that best describes you or your institution.

Participation Fees by Collection
JSTOR Classifications
Archive License Agreement

Participation Fees by Collection

Multidisciplinary Collections

Discipline-Specific Collections

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JSTOR Classifications for Canadian Academic or Other Research Institutions

In setting participation fees, JSTOR's fundamental aims are to recover our costs and to match the contributions institutions make to the value they derive from participation. In the United States, institutions are classified into groups based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The Carnegie Classes "group American colleges and universities according to their missions," and thus offer an opportunity to relate fees to the degree to which an institution regards research as a fundamental aim. The Carnegie Classes are used to place institutions into one of five JSTOR fee classes ranging from "Very Large" to "Very Small."

There is no universal equivalent to the Carnegie Classification for grouping academic institutions outside of the United States. Nevertheless, just as we have done with the U.S. fee structure, we aim to match the contributions that participating institutions make to the value they derive from participation. Through analysis of JSTOR usage and collecting patterns at participating libraries, we have developed a methodology for setting value-based fees for libraries around the world. Institutions are first placed into JSTOR classes ranging from "Very Large" to "Very Small." Fee levels are then set taking into account the relative value of the JSTOR journal titles to the higher education community in the country as well as the local availability of fiscal and technological resources.

Before we can provide fee information for your institution's participation in any combination of JSTOR's collections, we will need to obtain further information about your institution to help us determine the appropriate JSTOR Classification for your institution. In addition to the list below, please offer a brief description of your institution as well as the collection(s) in which your institution would like to participate. For more information regarding available collections, please visit Currently Available Collections and Journals.

To help us determine your JSTOR Classification please provide the following information to participation@jstor.org:

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Last updated on April 17, 2007