Early in June, JSTOR began delivering its fourth major collection in the JSTOR archive. This collection, which we are calling Arts & Sciences II (A&S II), will include a minimum of 100 titles and will be completed before the end of 2002. Following the release of two discipline specific collections in 2000, A&S II represents a return to the roots we established in our first collection. The content will include titles from 19 disciplines, 8 of which are disciplines that were not included in A&S I. In addition, we hope to add titles that were not included in fields such as History, Sociology and Asian Studies. According to Heidi McGregor, Director of Publisher Relations at JSTOR:

We hear constantly from scholars, librarians and publishers who make suggestions to us about journals they would like to see added to the JSTOR archive. One message that has come through very clearly is that the broad interdisciplinary appeal of our first collection is highly valued. We are very excited now to be in a position to add new fields to the archive, such as area and regional studies, and classics and archeology. The new collection allows JSTOR to serve an even broader range of researchers.

In Autumn 2001, JSTOR will also finish work on its fifth collection, which will be called the Business Collection. For institutions that are not presently participating in any JSTOR collections, the Business Collection will be comprised of 45 titles (URL for business titles). Institutions already participating in A&S I will see twenty-eight (28) new titles added to the JSTOR archive when they sign up for Business, while those participating in both A&S I and A&S II will see twenty (20) new titles. As is our normal practice, participation fees for the Business Collection for institutions already licensed for A&S I and/or A&S II will reflect this overlap in titles.

JSTOR has also begun work on two additional collections in the humanities -- a Language & Literature Collection and an Art History Collection. The Language & Literature Collection is being developed in cooperation with the Modern Languages Association (MLA). According to Phyllis Franklin, Executive Director for the MLA:

We are delighted to be working with JSTOR on the Language & Literature Collection. This important group of journals will now be accessible to scholars and students in a new way. We are pleased, as well, to include PMLA in the collection. With its mission to build a long-lasting electronic archive of scholarly journals, JSTOR is playing an important role in the scholarly community that we enthusiastically support.

With grant funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JSTOR has initiated work on the development and creation of an Art History Collection. James L. Shulman, Financial and Administrative Officer at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Executive Director of ArtSTOR, states:

We are delighted that JSTOR is moving forward with an art history collection. As we all know, scholarship is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and the role of art and art images plays a vital role, especially in the humanities. We look forward to working with JSTOR to provide services that make connections from the scholarship that will be offered in this collection and the images repository we will be building for ArtSTOR.

To keep abreast of JSTOR's content plans, and to see journals signed to date, please go to http://www.jstor.org/about/bus.list.html. The list is updated regularly as new journals are added.

Last updated on September 8, 2006