Editing JSTOR (section)

==Access==
JSTOR is licensed mainly to academic institutions, public libraries, research institutions, museums, and schools. More than 7,000 institutions in more than 150 countries have access.<ref name="JSTOR glance" /> JSTOR has been running a pilot program of allowing subscribing institutions to provide access to their alumni, in addition to current students and staff. The Alumni Access Program officially launched in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://about.jstor.org/alumni | title= Access for alumni | publisher= JSTOR | access-date= December 1, 2012 | archive-date= November 30, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121130231346/http://about.jstor.org/alumni | url-status= live}}</ref> Individual subscriptions also are available to certain journal titles through the journal publisher.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://about.jstor.org/content/individual-subscriptions | title= Individual subscriptions | publisher= JSTOR | access-date= December 1, 2012 | archive-date= September 8, 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120908073528/http://about.jstor.org/content/individual-subscriptions | url-status= dead}}</ref> Every year, JSTOR blocks 150 million attempts by non-subscribers to read articles.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/every-year-jstor-turns-away-150-million-attempts-to-read-journal-articles/251382/ Every Year, JSTOR Turns Away 150 Million Attempts to Read Journal Articles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116212025/http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/every-year-jstor-turns-away-150-million-attempts-to-read-journal-articles/251382/ |date=November 16, 2016 }}. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved January 29, 2013.</ref>

Inquiries have been made about the possibility of making JSTOR [[open access]]. According to Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig, JSTOR had been asked, "How much would it cost to make this available to the whole world? What would we have to pay you?", reportedly responding with a figure of $250 million dollars.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAw1i4gOU4#t=44m39 Lessig on "Aaron's Laws—Law and Justice in a Digital Age"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324010436/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAw1i4gOU4#t=44m39 |date=March 24, 2013 }}. YouTube (February 20, 2013). Retrieved on 2025-04-07.</ref>

===Aaron Swartz incident===
{{Main|United States v. Aaron Swartz}}
{{See also|Aaron Swartz#United States v. Aaron Swartz case}}

In late 2010 and early 2011, [[Aaron Swartz]], an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist, used [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]'s data network to bulk-download a substantial portion of JSTOR's collection of academic journal articles.<ref name="JSTORstatement" /><ref name="HuffPost" /> When the bulk-download was discovered, a video camera was placed in the room to film the mysterious visitor and the relevant computer was left untouched. Once video was captured of the visitor, the download was stopped and Swartz was identified. Rather than pursue a civil lawsuit against him, in June 2011 JSTOR reached a settlement wherein Swartz surrendered the downloaded data.<ref name="JSTORstatement" /><ref name="HuffPost" />

The following month, federal authorities charged Swartz with several [[data theft]]–related crimes, including [[wire fraud]], computer fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a [[Computer security|protected computer]], and recklessly damaging a protected computer.<ref name="Bilton"/><ref name="open-access-adv" /> Prosecutors in the case claimed that Swartz acted with the intention of making the papers available on [[Peer-to-peer file sharing|P2P file-sharing sites]].<ref name=HuffPost /><ref name="Feds: Harvard fellow hacked millions of papers"/>

Swartz surrendered to authorities, pleaded not guilty to all counts, and was released on $100,000 bail. In September 2012, U.S. attorneys increased the number of charges against Swartz from four to thirteen, with a possible penalty of 35 years in prison and $1 million in fines.<ref name = JusticeGov /><ref name =Wired/> The case still was pending when Swartz [[Aaron Swartz#Death|died by suicide]] in January 2013.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21001452 "Aaron Swartz, internet freedom activist, dies aged 26"] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113035949/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21001452 |date=January 13, 2013 }}), [[BBC News]].</ref>

===Limitations===
The availability of most journals on JSTOR is controlled by a "[[Embargo (academic publishing)|moving wall]]", which is an agreed-upon delay between the current volume of the journal and the latest volume available on JSTOR. This time period is specified by agreement between JSTOR and the publisher of the journal, which usually is three to five years. Publishers may request that the period of a "moving wall" be changed or request discontinuation of coverage. Formerly, publishers also could request that the "moving wall" be changed to a "fixed wall"—a specified date after which JSTOR would not add new volumes to its database. {{As of |2010|11}}, "fixed wall" agreements were still in effect with three publishers of 29 journals made available{{Update inline|date=March 2021|reason=This information is over a decade old.}} online through sites controlled by the publishers.<ref name="Wall" />

In 2010, JSTOR started adding current issues of certain journals through its Current Scholarship Program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about.jstor.org/content/about-current-journals |title=About current journals |publisher=JSTOR |access-date=December 1, 2012 |archive-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126060006/http://about.jstor.org/content/about-current-journals |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Increasing public access===
Beginning September 6, 2011, JSTOR made public domain content available at no charge to the public.<ref name="JSTOR_EJC_announcement"/><ref name = LibraryJournal /> This "Early Journal Content" program constitutes about 6% of JSTOR's total content, and includes over 500,000 documents from more than 200 journals that were published before 1923 in the United States, and before 1870 in other countries.<ref name="JSTOR_EJC_announcement"/><ref name = LibraryJournal /><ref name=JSTOR_EJC_about/> JSTOR stated that it had been working on making this material free for some time. The Swartz controversy and Greg Maxwell's protest [[torrent file|torrent]] of the same content led JSTOR to "press ahead" with the initiative.<ref name = "JSTOR_EJC_announcement" /><ref name=LibraryJournal/> {{as of|2017}}, JSTOR does not have plans to extend it to other public domain content, stating that "We do not believe that just because something is in the public domain, it can always be provided for free".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://about.jstor.org/individuals-faq#Do_you_have_plans_to_make_other_content_in_the_public_domain_freely_available|title=About JSTOR: Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=JSTOR|access-date=May 18, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511080512/http://about.jstor.org/individuals-faq#Do_you_have_plans_to_make_other_content_in_the_public_domain_freely_available|archive-date=May 11, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2012, JSTOR started a pilot program, "Register & Read", offering limited no-cost access (not [[open access]]) to archived articles for individuals who register for the service. At the conclusion of the pilot, in January 2013, JSTOR expanded Register & Read from an initial 76 publishers to include about 1,200 journals from over 700 publishers.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tilsley|first1=Alexandra|title=Journal Archive Opens Up (Some)|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/09/jstor-offer-limited-free-access-content-1200-journals|access-date=January 6, 2015|work=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|date=January 9, 2013|archive-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106093939/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/09/jstor-offer-limited-free-access-content-1200-journals|url-status=live}}</ref> Registered readers may read up to six articles online every calendar month, but may not print or download PDFs.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/360000585347-NEW-MyJSTOR-Read-Online-Free | title = My JSTOR Read Online Free | publisher = JSTOR | access-date = March 26, 2018 | archive-date = March 26, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180326142153/https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/360000585347-NEW-MyJSTOR-Read-Online-Free | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2013, more than 8,000 institutions in more than 160 countries had access to JSTOR.<ref name="Annual Summary">{{cite web|title=Annual Summary|url=http://about.jstor.org/sites/default/files/misc/JSTOR-Annual-Summary_2012_v6.pdf|work=JSTOR|access-date=April 13, 2013|date=March 19, 2013|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111020127/http://about.jstor.org/sites/default/files/misc/JSTOR-Annual-Summary_2012_v6.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of 2014<!-- and still continuing in early August 2021 -->, JSTOR is conducting a [[Wikipedia:JSTOR|pilot program with Wikipedia]], whereby established editors are given reading privileges through the [[Wikipedia Library]], as with a university library.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Orlowitz|first1=Jake|last2=Earley|first2=Patrick|title=Librarypedia: The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia|url=http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/01/discovery/librarypedia-future-libraries-wikipedia/|department=The Digital Shift|work=[[Library Journal]]|access-date=December 20, 2014|date=January 25, 2014|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220040150/http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2014/01/discovery/librarypedia-future-libraries-wikipedia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Price|first1=Gary|title=Wikipedia Library Program Expands With More Accounts from JSTOR, Credo, and Other Database Providers|url=http://www.infodocket.com/2014/06/22/wikipedia-library-programs-expands-with-new-accounts-from-database-providers/|department=INFOdocket|work=[[Library Journal]]|access-date=December 20, 2014|date=June 22, 2014|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220035814/http://www.infodocket.com/2014/06/22/wikipedia-library-programs-expands-with-new-accounts-from-database-providers/|url-status=live}}</ref>