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June 26, 2019
Our Recipe
Post #1 on JSTOR Labs Discovery Process: A description of the overall process.
By Alex Humphreys
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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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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
Publication
November 13, 2018
Scientific American Blog: How Have Plants Shaped Societies?
Yota Batsaki (Dumbarton Oaks) and Alex Humphreys describe the Plant Humanities Initiative on the Scientific American blog.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
November 9, 2018
Announcing the Plant Humanities Initiative
Announcing the Plant Humanities Initiative, in collaboration with Dumbarton Oaks.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
September 24, 2018
Baseball Labs Week at Library of Congress
In July 2018, the Labs teams at the Library of Congress and JSTOR met for a weeklong "flash build" to create new tools for baseball researchers.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
August 9, 2018
Conceiving New Tools for Public Health Researchers
In April 2018, JSTOR and Rutgers University convened a workshop of scholars, librarians and students to brainstorm new ways to support Public Health researchers.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
August 8, 2018
Introducing Cultural History Baseball Cards
We are thrilled to announce the release of Cultural History Baseball Cards. Pick a player, view their card, browse through primary and secondary resources about that player.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
July 6, 2018
Inside Baseball
A collaboration with Library of Congress Labs exploring the cultural history of baseball.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
July 2, 2018
Text Analyzer Wins SSP’s First Ever Previews Session People’s Choice Award
Good news alert! Watch a video of the 5-minute preview session itself.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
March 19, 2018
Botany and the Humanities: Workshop at Dumbarton Oaks
Learn about a workshop, cohosted by JSTOR and Dumbarton Oaks, exploring primary sources and the social and historical contexts of botany and horticulture.
By Alex Humphreys
Publication
February 28, 2018
Reimagining the Digital Monograph: Design Thinking to Build New Tools for Researchers
A JSTOR Labs white paper, by Alex Humphreys, Christina Spencer, Laura Brown, Matthew Loy, and Ronald Snyder, published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
February 28, 2018
The Journal of Electronic Publishing
A white paper we wrote as part of the Reimagining the Monograph project is now itself part of the scholarly record.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
January 18, 2018
Sprechen Sie Textanalysierer?
Text Analyzer is now multilingual! Submit a document and find relevant content in English.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
November 6, 2017
Cited Loci of the Aeneid
Co-authored by Matteo Romanello, an introduction to a cool new DH tool which makes use JSTOR data to explore Virgil's Aeneid.
By Ron Snyder
Blog Post
October 17, 2017
You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
You can't innovate when you're afraid of failure; here are a suite of tools and methods we use to create a safe space for failure (and innovation).
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
August 7, 2017
SXSWedu 2018 PanelPicker: 5 Reasons to Vote for JSTOR Labs!
JSTOR Labs needs your support! We’ve proposed to host a workshop at SXSWedu 2018 in Austin, TX.
By Alex Humphreys
Blog Post
August 2, 2017
I Am Lean QA (and You Can Too)
How does JSTOR Labs approach quality assurance?
By Guest
Blog Post
July 25, 2017
Livingstone’s Zambezi Expedition
A poster featuring the JSTOR Labs-JSTOR Plants project, "Livingstone’s Zambezi Expedition" presented as part of the 15th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium on May 19, 2017.
By Guest
Blog Post
June 12, 2017
Reimagining the Digital Monograph
Introducing the final version of our white paper, incorporating community feedback, from the Reimagining the Monograph project.
By Alex Humphreys