Mission and Goals
In the broadest sense, JSTOR's mission is to help the scholarly community take
advantage of advances in information technologies. In pursuing this mission, JSTOR
has adopted a system-wide perspective, taking into account the sometimes
conflicting needs of libraries, publishers, and scholars.
JSTOR's goals include the following:
- To build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal
literature
- To improve dramatically access to these journals
- To help fill gaps in existing library collections of journal backfiles
- To address preservation issues such as mutilated pages and long-term
deterioration of paper copy
- To reduce long-term capital and operating costs of libraries associated with
the storage and care of journal collections
- To assist scholarly associations and publishers in making the transition to
electronic modes of publication
- To study the impact of providing electronic access on the use of these
scholarly materials
