Announcing the Plant Humanities Initiative
We couldn't be more thrilled to announce, in collaboration with Dumbarton Oaks, the Plant Humanities Initiative. This three-year project will combine scholarly programming from Dumbarton Oaks with a new research tool from JSTOR Labs to help foster the development of this exciting new academic field.
Baseball Labs Week at Library of Congress
In July 2018, the labs teams from the Library of Congress and JSTOR met for a weeklong "flash build" to create new tools for baseball researchers. This video shows the design thinking process the teams used and the tools they created. The video also has donuts.
Conceiving New Tools for Public Health Researchers
with Rutgers University
In April 2018, JSTOR and Rutgers University convened a workshop of scholars, librarians and students to brainstorm new ways to support Public Health researchers. This video describes the workshop and shares the ideas that emerged.
Introducing Cultural History Baseball Cards
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.
Come Work with Us!
JSTOR Labs is Hiring
JSTOR Labs is hiring!
Inside Baseball
A Collaboration with Library of Congress Labs
A collaboration with Library of Congress Labs exploring the cultural history of baseball.
Text Analyzer Wins SSP's First Ever Previews Session People's Choice Award
Good news alert! Here's the press release. And here's a video of the 5-minute preview session itself:
Botany and the Humanities: Workshop at Dumbarton Oaks
The goal of this workshop was to discuss primary sources and the social and historical contexts of botany and horticulture.
The Journal of Electronic Publishing
I'm pleased to announce the white paper we wrote as part of the Reimagining the Monograph project is now itself part of the scholarly record. The Journal of Electronic Publishing has published it in its most recent issue. Check it out: http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/3336451.
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Creating a Multilingual Text Analyzer
Text Analyzer is now multilingual: submit a document in Russian/Korean/etc., find relevant content in English.
Cited Loci of the Aeneid
Searching through JSTOR's content the classicists' way
Co-authored by Matteo Romanello. An introduction to a cool new DH tool which makes use JSTOR data to explore Virgil's Aeneid.
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
And You Can't Innovate When You're Afraid
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).
SXSWedu 2018 PanelPicker: 5 Reasons to Vote for JSTOR Labs!
JSTOR Labs needs your support! We’ve proposed to host a workshop entitled “Design Thinking: New Ways to Teach Old Texts” at SXSWedu 2018 in Austin, TX. To be accepted, however, we need your votes!
I Am Lean QA (and You Can Too)
And You Can Too
By Aparna Bankston. How does JSTOR Labs approach quality assurance?
Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition
The Poster
By Jason Przybylski. 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.