In December, JSTOR completed its largest journal release to date, making available the final 47 titles in the Arts & Sciences II Collection (A&S II). This brings the total number of titles in the JSTOR archive to 322. According to Heidi McGregor, Director of Publisher Relations at JSTOR:

Completing the A&S II Collection marks an important milestone for JSTOR. With the release of the first titles in the A&S II Collection in June 2001, we promised our participating institutions that we would build the collection to 100 titles by the end of 2002. Delivering on this promise with a total of 122 quality titles and some 3.4 million pages of content is tremendously gratifying. What is even more exciting is the breadth of journal coverage in the collection, expanding our long-term commitment to the humanities and social sciences.

Journals in African Studies, Archaeology, Classics, Geography, History of Science, Latin American Studies, Middle East Studies, and Slavic Studies are at the core of the collection, currently accessible to over 800 participating institutions.

Additional information about the Arts & Sciences II Collection, including a complete list of titles and participation information, is available on the JSTOR website at http://www.jstor.org/about/asII.list.html.

Beginning in January, JSTOR will also make available a collection of journals in mathematics and statistics. The Mathematics & Statistics Collection, as it is named, will bring together 30 journals from various existing JSTOR collections (22 journals from Arts & Sciences I, 5 journals from Arts & Sciences II, 2 journals from General Science, and 1 journal that appears in both Arts & Sciences I and Business).

Unlike other JSTOR collections where we have always added new journals to the archive, the Mathematics & Statistics Collection will be comprised entirely of journals already available through existing JSTOR collections. We are taking this new approach, unique in our experience, in response to the expressed interests of a targeted research community that does not currently participate in JSTOR, and who have a limited need for the broad spectrum of disciplines available through our larger collections. We were encouraged to make this collection available by academic departments and library groups, primarily based in Europe, that focus on research in mathematics and statistics. We are delighted to reach out to this new group of institutions and scholars.

It is important to emphasize that the Mathematics & Statistics Collection does not offer new content for the vast majority of our existing participants. Therefore, should you be interested in participating in the Mathematics & Statistics Collection, we urge you to look carefully at the list of journal titles at http://support.jstor.org/mathstats/list.html. To request additional information about this collection, please contact participation@jstor.org.

Last updated on September 8, 2006