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What we’re learning. We share successes, challenges, and emerging insights from our projects to contribute to the broader conversation about technology, education, and social impact.

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Stick figures of three people at a meeting, with speech bubbles on funds, justice, and research
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

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Blog Post

January 7, 2022

Innovation Fellowships

We’re excited to announce the 2022 inaugural cohort of innovation fellowships.

By Jessica Pokharel

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Blog Post

September 20, 2021

Introducing Juncture

Introducing Juncture, a free-to-use, open source framework for creating engaging visual essays.

By Alex Humphreys

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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

Papers laying side by side
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

Children playing in a sandbox
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

Interview archive, a collection of documentary interviews - from the cutting room floor to your classroom
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

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Blog Post

June 26, 2019

Our Recipe

Post #1 on JSTOR Labs Discovery Process: A description of the overall process.

By Alex Humphreys

Wireframe sketches of web pages
Blog Post

May 30, 2019

The Two Types of Labs Projects You’ll Meet

Discovery and incubation projects, and how JSTOR Labs uses prototypes and beta labels to explore new ideas through multiple stages of development.

By Alex Humphreys