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Notes from the Field

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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Forest landscape with mountain in distance
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September 1, 2015

JSTOR Sustainability Topic Pages

Learn how JSTOR Sustainability Topic Pages can help researchers navigate an interdisciplinary terrain.

By Jessica Pokharel

Paint
Blog Post

August 13, 2015

My Summer at JSTOR Labs

JSTOR Labs intern Xinyu Sheng shares her experience in user research and web application development with the Labs team.

By Guest

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May 15, 2015

Livingstone’s Zambezi Expedition

Livingstone’s Zambezi Expedition lets you explore material related to Dr. David Livingstone’s mid-nineteenth century exploration of southeastern Africa.

By Jessica Pokharel

Map
Blog Post

May 14, 2015

Exploring with Livingstone

Introducing Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition, in partnership with JSTOR Global Plants.

By Alex Humphreys

Geometric sculptures in white
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February 21, 2015

Labs Week

JSTOR Snap enables you to take a picture of any page of text and get a list of research articles from JSTOR on the same topic. Learn how we built it in one week.

By Jessica Pokharel

Prism
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February 18, 2015

JSTOR Snap

Interaction design of JSTOR Snap.

By Jessica Pokharel

Three mobile views of the JSTOR Snap app on iphones.
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February 12, 2015

JSTOR Snap

Introducing JSTOR Snap, which lets you search JSTOR using your phone's camera.

By Alex Humphreys

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January 24, 2015

NYPL Open E-book Hackathon

Introducing ReflowIt, which reflows page images for optimal viewing on smaller screens.

By Alex Humphreys and Ron Snyder

Illustration of Shakespeare, with text "Data data, toil and trouble."
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December 17, 2014

Understanding Shakespeare

In the third post for the Understanding Shakespeare series, we share our approach in content matching for the project.

By Ron Snyder

Illustration of Shakespeare with words, "Is this an article which I see before me?"
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November 11, 2014

Understanding Shakespeare

Introducing Understanding Shakespeare and our partnership with the Folger Shakespeare Library.

By Alex Humphreys