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October 14, 2022
Constraint-storming, Not Brainstorming
Exploring the constraints governing the design of JSTOR's offline solution for prison education.
By Alex Humphreys
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October 5, 2022
Building JSTOR’s Offline Solution for Prison Education
Sharing a new JSTOR Labs report, "Supporting the Academic Research Needs of Incarcerated Students: Building JSTOR's Offline Solution for Prison Education."
By Alex Humphreys
Publication
October 3, 2022
Supporting the Academic Research Needs of Incarcerated Students: Building JSTOR’s Offline Solution for Prison Education
A JSTOR Labs white paper by Alex Humphreys, Laura Hillegas, Jessica Pokharel and Ronald Snyder.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
July 29, 2022
The Many Faces of Meetings
Three years into the pandemic, it has become clear that we need a more nuanced typology for thinking about conferences than the simple triad of virtual, in-person, and hybrid.
By Jessica Pokharel
Blog Post
January 7, 2022
Innovation Fellowships
We’re excited to announce the 2022 inaugural cohort of innovation fellowships.
By Jessica Pokharel
Blog Post
October 8, 2021
Join Our Team and Help Incarcerated Learners
We are seeking to hire two new team members to contribute to our JSTOR Access in Prison Initiative.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
October 8, 2021
Making JSTOR Available for all College Students in Prison
The Mellon Foundation awards $1.5 million to ITHAKA to make JSTOR accessible to college students who are incarcerated.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
October 8, 2021
My Experience Using Juncture for Kent Maps Online
Carina Chan, a student at Sheffield University, shares her experience using JSTOR Labs' Juncture for Kent Maps Online.
By Guest
Blog Post
September 20, 2021
Introducing Juncture
Introducing Juncture, a free-to-use, open source framework for creating engaging visual essays.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
April 2, 2021
Introducing the Plant Humanities Lab
We are thrilled to announce the release of Plant Humanities Lab, a new resource aiming to explore the cultural histories of plants and their influence on human societies.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
December 17, 2020
Kent Maps Online: Lose Yourself for Free…
Carolyn Oulton from Canterbury Christ Church University introduces Kent Maps Online.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
November 3, 2020
JSTOR Labs to Lead NEH-Funded National Text Analysis Pedagogy Institutes
JSTOR Labs has received a grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities for two national Text Analysis Pedagogy (TAP) Institutes.
By Guest
Publication
October 28, 2020
Hacking for Good
Summary of a workshop held at the 2019 Charleston Conference, by Alex Humphreys, Curtis Michelson, Heather Staines, Geoffrey Timms and Caroline Muglia, in Charleston Technology and Trends
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
October 19, 2020
Providing Secure Online Access to Incarcerated Students: New Project Announcement
Announcing a new project funded by Ascendium Education Philanthropy that will allow us to expand our current work on increasing access to quality educational resources for higher education in prison.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
September 11, 2020
Expanding JSTOR’s Support for Higher Education in Prison
A quick history of JSTOR’s support for prison education programs and a description of our current Mellon-funded project to expand that support.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
September 11, 2020
Redesigning JSTOR Labs’ Site Using Ghost
The journey that led to a simple and amazing JSTOR Labs website using the Ghost platform.
By Guest
Blog Post
September 10, 2019
Initial User Research
Post #3 on JSTOR Labs Discovery Process: How we root our investigations in the users we're trying to help.
By Jessica Pokharel
Blog Post
August 20, 2019
Creating the Sandbox
Post #2 on JSTOR Labs Discovery Process: How we define the area we want to explore.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
July 12, 2019
Interview Archive: Demo Video
The Interview Archive lets you search and browse the full-length interviews with civil rights leaders that contributed to the documentary 'King in the Wilderness' about Martin Luther King's final years.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
July 10, 2019
Announcing the Interview Archive
The Interview Archive is a collection of full-length interviews from the Martin Luther King, Jr. documentary 'King in the Wilderness' – from the cutting room floor to your classroom.
By Alex Humphreys