![]() However, Ira Fuchs, Princeton University's vice president for Computing and Information Technology, convinced Bowen that CD-ROM was becoming an increasingly outdated technology and that network distribution could eliminate redundancy and increase accessibility. īowen initially considered using CD-ROMs for distribution. ![]() Online access and full-text searchability improved access dramatically. By digitizing many journal titles, JSTOR allowed libraries to outsource the storage of journals with the confidence that they would remain available long-term. Most libraries found it prohibitively expensive in terms of cost and space to maintain a comprehensive collection of journals. JSTOR was originally conceived as a solution to one of the problems faced by libraries, especially research and university libraries, due to the increasing number of academic journals in existence. Bowen, president of Princeton University from 1972 to 1988, founded JSTOR in 1994. Most access is by subscription but some of the site is public domain, and open access content is available free of charge. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals. ![]() Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary sources as well as current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences. JSTOR ( / ˈ dʒ eɪ s t ɔːr/ JAY-stor short for Journal Storage) is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994. English (includes content in other languages) ![]()
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