thank you jstor i love you jstor i just finished my masters degree & you got me through it

YOU got you through it, but we're happy to have been part of your journey :D

For those of you interested in modern and contemporary art, Art Resource recently added around 750 new images to JSTOR–featuring iconic figures like Georgia O'Keefe and Jacob Lawrence.

Learn more about the collection in our recent blog post.

Image: Wayne Thiebaud. Pie Counter, 1963. Oil on canvas. © Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala / Art Resource, NY

I don’t know how often this is manned my friend, but you made college worth it. You made LEARNING worth it. I JUST learned I can have a jstor account outside of the academic world and I am crying. I’m so excited. I literally would spend all my printing credits each term just printing articles I desperately wanted to read but didn’t fit in my curriculum. Do you know how much your site improved my quality of life and of learning? Thank you so much. There was never a question I had that you DIDNT have an article on, no matter how obscure. I’m so excited to get back to the archive, thank you so much. 💕

Glad to see you're able to dive back in!!

JSTOR I would delete all my saved lots and households in the Sims if you gave me merch.

—an MLIS student

i have to imagine being the social media manager of Jstor must be one of the most fulfilling jobs on the market

It's super fulfilling!! It's so cool to dialogue with such a diverse, intelligent group of people every day <3

hello jstor, i would just like to thank u for opening my eyes to the free articles i could get with a personal account once i graduate and lose my uni access. thank u for finding my silly little tumblr post and helping me out!

No problem!!

i'm making a bibliography at the 11th hour and your citation feature saved my gay ass

Thinking you're done with your paper and remembering the bibliography still isn't finished

THANK YOU JSTOR

I know most people get access through their schools, but don't forget to check out if your library (local or state) gives you access! I've got access through my state library and love it <3

Yes!! Check with local and state libraries as well!

A registered personal account will get you free access to 100 articles per month!

actually not emotional over graduating university, just over losing my jstor access

i am so thankful that i exist at the same time as jstor. i love reading 130 y/o journals about the representation of centaurs in ancient greek pottery while drinking my morning coffee. what a time to be alive <3

Is there a link to a place where we can send our concerns about AI to? Instead of, you know, sending asks to the social media person who can't make decisions or changes.

Yes! You can reach out via email to [email protected].

Friendly reminder to other anons that the person/people running the jstor tumblr is probably not the same person making business decisions, let's keep the feedback civil for them. (Thumbs up emoji)

This is true! Though I do help make your voices heard to the broader team, so constructive feedback about any of our initiatives is welcome and encouraged.

While I try to get to as many people as possible via social media, you can also reach out to [email protected] for anything you might need help with.

> "ethical use of AI"

as the other anon said, "AI" technology is deeply environmentally impactful. you can't "ethically" utilize something that's causing massive detriment to the planet just because you think it's hip and cool.

We're starting with a limited beta so we can explore concerns just like this. As we learn more, we'll evaluate how to implement this powerful technology as equitably and sustainably as possible.

Read more about our approach here.

Why is JSTOR using AI? AI is deeply environmentally harmful and steals from creatives and academics.

Thanks for your question. We recognize the potential harm that AI can pose to the environment, creatives, and academics. We also recognize that AI tools, beyond our own, are emerging at a rapid rate inside and outside of academia.

We're committed to leveraging AI responsibly and ethically, ensuring it enhances, rather than replaces, human effort in research and education. Our use of AI aims to provide credible, scholarly support to our users, helping them engage more effectively with complex content. At this point, our tool isn't designed to rework content belonging to creatives and academics. It's designed to allow researchers to ask direct questions and deepen their understanding of complex texts.

Our approach here is a cautious one, mindful of ethical and environmental concerns, and we're dedicated to ongoing dialogue with our community to ensure our AI initiatives align with our core values and the needs of our users. Engagement and insight from the community, positive or negative, helps us learn how we might improve our approach. In this way, we hope to lead by example for responsible AI use.

For more details, please see our Generative AI FAQ.

feel free not to answer this but it does kinda suck that even jstor is using ai. im not sure what you can do about that but if you can add a tally to whatever ticker there is to keep track of people who use jstor who dont want ai for me that would be amazing. thank you anyway, love your work, i hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Hi! We understand that there are very real concerns surrounding AI, especially in education and research. Right now our generative AI research tool is in beta, meaning that most users are not obligated to see it while researching.

Those who have been invited to try out the tool in beta should've received a pop-up asking whether they'd like to try the tool. Users were given the option to opt-out. Rest assured, we are evaluating the number of users opted-in and opted-out to learn more about the tool's future state.

Feel free to look into the tool on this FAQ page, which includes info on the limits of the tool in terms of how it can be used.

I've got a friend who is researching the use of AI in research, and when I told her about the beta JSTOR AI tool, she was really interested! Is it still available for people to sign up to try?

Hi! Any user who is accessing JSTOR via an institution like their school or library is eligible to join the beta right now. Your friend (and anyone else interested in the beta) can email us at [email protected] to request activation!