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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September 24, 2018
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
August 9, 2018
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
August 8, 2018
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
July 6, 2018
A collaboration with Library of Congress Labs exploring the cultural history of baseball.
By Alex Humphreys
July 2, 2018
Good news alert! Watch a video of the 5-minute preview session itself.
By Alex Humphreys
March 19, 2018
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
February 28, 2018
A white paper we wrote as part of the Reimagining the Monograph project is now itself part of the scholarly record.
By Alex Humphreys
January 18, 2018
Text Analyzer is now multilingual! Submit a document and find relevant content in English.
By Alex Humphreys
November 6, 2017
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
October 17, 2017
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
August 7, 2017
JSTOR Labs needs your support! We’ve proposed to host a workshop at SXSWedu 2018 in Austin, TX.
By Alex Humphreys
August 2, 2017
How does JSTOR Labs approach quality assurance?
By Guest
July 25, 2017
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
June 12, 2017
Introducing the final version of our white paper, incorporating community feedback, from the Reimagining the Monograph project.
By Alex Humphreys
March 31, 2017
How does a heavyweight research technique like ethnography fit into a lean user research process? Hint: It doesn’t. We cheated. #worthit #sorrynotsorry
By Jessica Pokharel
March 17, 2017
Hear about how Amy and Amir find research they need with this new type of search called Text Analyzer.
By Jessica Pokharel
March 7, 2017
The Text Analyzer is a new way to search JSTOR. Upload your own text or document, and Text Analyzer processes the text to find the most significant topics and named entities in the text and the recommends similar or related content from JSTOR.
By Ron Snyder
March 6, 2017
Introducing Text Analyzer, a new way to search JSTOR.
By Alex Humphreys
