1. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 1 JSTOR Music Collection And Potential Links to Other Projects Mellon All Projects Meeting Musicology and Music Information Retrieval June 5-7,2007 Heidi McGregor Director, Strategic Planning

2. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 2 Today’s Discussion Background Who is JSTOR? What is the JSTOR archive? Music Collection History and Development Outcomes Impact & Opportunity How well served are musicologists? Future Growth in digital content Integration and innovation

3. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 3 Background

4. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 4 Who is JSTOR? JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization with a mission to help the scholarly community take advantage of advances in information technology. Aims and Objectives Reducing long-term costs Preserving and increasing access to scholarship Improving productivity and efficiency in research and teaching Enabling new, innovative academic work Current Areas of Activity Building shared digital archives (JSTOR archive; Portico) Building/facilitating development of print repositories Conducting/supporting research Seeking new areas of need/opportunity Role and approach Third-party that enables collective action Balance interests Collaboration among those that share values

5. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 5 What is the JSTOR archive? The JSTOR archive is a shared repository providing long-term preservation and access to scholarly literature. Approach Identify and prioritize important academic journals Secure rights from publishers; establish “moving wall” Convert from print to digital form (soon ingest born-digital) Release to participating institutions in collections Maintain preservation and delivery systems and practices Re-invest (inward and outward facing) Financial support Foundation grants for specific collections and projects Institutional fees for preservation and access Additional fees (individual access, publisher sales service)

6. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 6 The JSTOR archive 2007 729 titles online 23.8 million pages & 3.7 million articles 47 disciplines covered (humanities, social sciences, sciences) Over 1.7 million images, thousands of maps & non-text content Coverage from 1665 – 2007; most content between 1950 – 2003 Full-text searchable; site-wide multi-user access Recent functionality improvements: article language search; highlighted search terms; cut and paste capabilities; reference links 2001 (Music Collection conceived) 169 titles online 8 million pages 18 disciplines covered

7. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 7 Community Support Participating Publishers and Journals Signed 900 th journal on May 22, 2007 446 publishers 368 US 78 International Participating Institutions 3,635 institutions in 117 countries 1,828 US 1,807 International Users and Use 95,458,763 articles viewed (2006) 41,503,596 articles printed (2006) Annual usage growth of approximately 45%

8. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 8 Music Collection

9. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 9 History and Development 2000 -- 2001Rising interest in music library community Conversation initiated by RILM Project conceived RILM leads advisory group and title selection JSTOR applies and receives grants from Mellon and Hewlett 2002 – 2003 Introductions and invitations to publishers (RILM) Agreement negotiations Print acquisition and conversion to digital form Development work (language challenges) October 28, 2003Music Collection Launch Music titles also part of Arts & Sciences III Collection

10. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 10 Music Collection Titles 19 th -Century Music Acta Musicologica American Music Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft Asian Music Black Music Research Journal Cambridge Opera Journal Early Music Early Music History Ethnomusicology Galpin Society Journal International Review of Aesthetics and Sociology of Music Journal of Music Theory Journal of Musicology Journal of the American Musicological Society Journal of the Royal Musicological Association Latin American Music Review Leonardo Music Journal Lied und populare Kultur Music & Letters Music Analysis Music Theory Spectrum Musical Quarterly Musical Times Notes Perspectives in New Music Popular Music Revue de Musicologie Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae Tempo Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis Yearbook for Traditional Music

11. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 11 Outcomes Publisher and title participation 26 publishers and 32 titles 90% invited titles signed 585,000 pages; 148,000 articles (+ annual updates) Moving wall: 3-5 years Additional incremental growth 6 music titles in new collections Black Perspective in Music, Computer Music Journal, Journal of Research in Music Education, Lenox Avenue: A Journal of Interartistic Inquiry, Music Educators Journal, Revue belge de Musicologie Occasional requests for more (6-12 per year)

12. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 12 Outcomes Institutional participation 1,500 institutions (93 Music; 1,407 Arts & Sciences III) Annual cost per title (A&S III) ranges from $0 to $66 * Maximum annual cost per page is less than $0.01 Cost per download (Very Large institutions) is less than $0.01 Usage (since launch) 6.5 million articles viewed 1.95 million articles printed 60% of articles accessed at least once * $66 is paid by relatively few Very Large institutions; most pay $50 as Charter JSTOR participants.

13. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 13 Cumulative Music and A&S III Participation

14. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 14 Efforts to Increase Use and Efficiency Linking from core resources RILM, Music Index (2002-2003) – 1,665 links during April 2007 RILM retrospective indexing project Visibility in search engines Google and Google Scholar (2006) – 545,454 links during April 2007 Microsoft Live Academic (soon in 2007) Total external links during April 2007 = 955,326 Article views (resulting from internal and external links) = 494,947 Expanding access options Launched Publisher Sales Service in December 2006 7 music journals (and growing) Fees range from $7-$12 per article Musical Times is highest selling journal in entire program (average of 65 articles sold per month)

15. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 15 Efforts to Increase Use and Efficiency Capture and linking of references 35% of the collection complete (226,273 pages) 234,834 citations; 7,339 (3%) linked within JSTOR Remainder cite: Journals not included in JSTOR Books Musical scores Musical performances Primary sources

16. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 16 Impact and Opportunity

17. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 17 What impact are we having? // How can we have an impact? 2006 survey of US faculty conducted by Odyssey on behalf of JSTOR and Ithaka Impact of JSTOR Awareness and impression Use of JSTOR Level of satisfaction Areas for improvement/Opportunities Recommendations for JSTOR (and others!) Trends and expectations

18. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 18 JSTOR Impact

19. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 19 Awareness of JSTOR varies tremendously by discipline…

20. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 20 But awareness of JSTOR among music faculty has increased over time, as its image has improved as well

21. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 21 Number of occasions in the past year that music faculty have used JSTOR (Base: Music faculty using JSTOR)

22. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 22 JSTOR more often used to search for journal articles of which people are unaware (Percent stating extremely or very likely, Base: Music faculty aware of JSTOR)

23. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 23 Is JSTOR primary or secondary destination for research among music faculty? (Base: Music faculty using JSTOR)

24. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 24 Music faculty use both current issues and back issues, but many are frustrated with their access options—a fact that hasn’t changed much since 2003 (Percent of music faculty believing that the statement describes their point of view extremely or very well)

25. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 25 Opportunities

26. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 26 How music faculty find information in journals “How often do you use each of the methods listed below to find information in academic journals?”

27. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 27 Music faculty believe JSTOR can increase its value by adding more content Music faculty viewing factor as increasing JSTOR’s value a great deal Nearly nine in ten music faculty believe that JSTOR will become significantly more valuable if more journals in fields already covered are offered and if current issues are made available Strong majorities of music faculty view the addition of primary source documents and books as valuable activities for JSTOR to pursue

28. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 28 Music faculty believe JSTOR can increase its value by adding more content Music faculty viewing factor as increasing JSTOR’s value a great deal There was strong support for JSTOR becoming more of a gateway to scholarly content, not just an archive of journals Many music faculty members thought there was value in including more disciplines in JSTOR Majorities of music faculty expressed interest in the possibility of having non-English titles and local content accessible through JSTOR

29. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 29 Music faculty are less interested in JSTOR’s potential to offer interactive content Music faculty viewing factor as increasing JSTOR’s value a great deal Only a third of music faculty were interested in accessing the article preprints of their colleagues through JSTOR Few music faculty respondents believed JSTOR could be made more valuable by offering access to blogs or podcasts Fewer than a fifth of music faculty thought that a potential JSTOR investment in article sharing would be valuable

30. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 30 Frequently used tools for teaching and research are not always perceived as important but are generally expected to grow in importance

31. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 31 Interactive teaching resources are not frequently used, but are expected to grow in importance

32. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 32 The Future

33. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 33 Growth in Digital Content for Music Should JSTOR invest in expanding the collection? Faculty survey suggests more journals valuable MLA and RILM interest Other forms of content appear to be valuable (reference links; faculty interest) Books Primary source materials Other content? Next steps Evaluate priorities Stimulate and leverage community action

34. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 34 Integration and Innovation What can we do for together to increase impact? Federated searching Intelligent linking Audio and text integration Improved faceted navigation Improved intersection with course management systems Consider unique needs of field (device compatibility, for example) Sharing platform and services Experiments to stimulate ideas: JSTOR – ARTstor search (http://www.jstor.org/search/)http://www.jstor.org/search/ Faceted navigation (enhanced by NLP techniques) (http://sandbox.jstor.org/)http://sandbox.jstor.org/ NINES (http://staging.nines.org/collex/browse)http://staging.nines.org/collex/browse Topic mapping ( http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lemur/science/) http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lemur/science/

35. l JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization that serves and is supported by the scholarly community. 35 Thank You Heidi McGregor Director, Strategic Planning hm@jstor.org JSTOR 149 5 th Avenue New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212)358-6400 Fax: (212)358-6499