JSTOR

**Overview of JSTOR**:
– Founded in 1994 by William G. Bowen to address library challenges with academic journals.
– Offers content from over 900 publishers in 75+ disciplines.
– Provides access to 12 million+ journal articles.
– JSTOR labs offer Data for Research service and JSTOR Plant Science for plant-related content.
– Initially considered CD-ROM distribution but shifted to network distribution.

**Access and Usage**:
– Licensed mainly to academic institutions, public libraries, and research institutions.
– Over 7,000 institutions in 150+ countries have access.
– In 2012, 152 million searches, 113 million article views, and 73.5 million article downloads occurred on JSTOR.
– Nearly 3 million works on JSTOR are toll access, with over 200,000 in open access.
– Blocks 150 million attempts by non-subscribers annually.

**Partnerships and Collaborations**:
– Collaborates with over 700 publishers, universities, institutions, and Wikipedia.
– Register & Read program expanded in 2013 to include 1,200 journals.
– Pilot program with Wikipedia in 2014 for reading privileges.
– Significant role in supporting the Wikipedia Library Program.
– JSTOR has partnerships with universities, institutions, and Wikipedia.

**Controversy and Response**:
– Aaron Swartz incident involving bulk-downloading of academic journal articles.
– JSTOR settled with Swartz, who faced federal charges related to data theft.
– Introduced public domain access in 2011 and Register & Read program in 2012.
– Conducted a pilot program with Wikipedia in 2014.
– Swartz controversy and Greg Maxwell’s protest led to free public domain access.

**Impact and Initiatives**:
– Used for linguistics research and gender inequities analysis.
– Over 8,000 institutions in 160 countries had access to JSTOR in 2013.
– JSTOR metadata available through CrossRef and Unpaywall dump.
– Initiatives needed to address gender imbalances in scholarly publishing.
– Advocacy for open infrastructure in advancing open science initiatives.