Help build the future of digital collections stewardship
Join a growing community of institutions partnering with JSTOR—a mission-driven nonprofit—to advance responsible, AI-assisted digital stewardship. Charter participants gain early access to JSTOR Seeklight, and help guide how technology enhances discovery, access, and care.
*Open to institutions with Tier 3 licenses active by or before 12/31/2026
A values-aligned partnership
- Help develop technology that serves and strengthens the library community
- Advance our shared purpose to expand access to knowledge and education
- Refine JSTOR Seeklight, our AI-powered collection processing tool, to ensure it reflects our community values including care, accuracy, and context
Help lead the future of stewardship
- Join a global community advancing the responsible use of AI in libraries and archives
- Collaborate with peers and JSTOR experts through working groups and shared initiatives
- Shape new capabilities by guiding the development of features and providing feedback
*Open to institutions with Tier 3 licenses active by or before 12/31/2026
Visibility and support
- Gain recognition through case studies, spotlights, and field-wide presentations
- Share your work and insights as part of panels, presentations, and community discussions
- Receive personalized onboarding, training, and dedicated support from JSTOR experts
Created through close collaboration with our charter participants, including:
Reflections from the community shaping JSTOR Seeklight
With JSTOR Seeklight, we’ve processed more than a thousand photographs in under 45 minutes. The scale is really life altering in terms of workload, but also impact—we can make materials discoverable faster, better and in places where people are already working.
We used JSTOR Seeklight to draft descriptions in minutes. With our ‘AI drafts, people decide’ workflow, staff verified and published in just hours. That shift—from authoring every word to reviewing and governing at scale—is the difference between backlog and discovery.
Explore how JSTOR Seeklight is evolving with our community
What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: January 2026
The JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services community continues to grow, bringing together libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations committed to responsible, mission-aligned digital collections. This month’s update highlights new community members, recently shared collections, and conversations shaping the future of scalable digital stewardship.
What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: December 2025
The JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services community continues to grow as libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organizations collaborate to strengthen responsible digital collections practices. This month’s update highlights new participants, featured open collections, and insights from the wider community—offering inspiration for teams looking to scale or refine their digital stewardship programs.
Sustainable books models and digital stewardship at Charleston 2025
At this year’s Charleston Conference, JSTOR hosted two lunch events. Highlights included updates on Path to Open, Publisher Collections, and JSTOR Seeklight’s growing role in AI-assisted metadata generation.
What is a collections processing tool?
Roger Schonfeld introduces the concept of a collections processing tool—a new, community-driven system that reimagines how special collections are described and discovered. With JSTOR Seeklight, this approach uses digitization and intelligent recognition to make archives more accessible and impactful.
Beyond description: Introducing transcript generation in JSTOR Seeklight
JSTOR Seeklight now generates transcripts for typed and handwritten items, making every word searchable and accessible while keeping editors in control. Available now for Tier 3 participants.
Illuminating possibility: Early reflections on JSTOR Seeklight from our charter community
This summer, charter participants in JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services shared their early enthusiasm for JSTOR Seeklight, our AI-powered tool for accelerating collection processing. We share their feedback, ideas, and a glimpse of what’s ahead.