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NEW FROM ME TODAY: Over the past two years, my JSTOR colleagues and I have been partnering with librarians & archivists to co-create a "collections processing tool"—a new kind of service that empowers practitioners to expand discovery & impact of distinctive collections at scale. WHAT IS A COLLECTIONS PROCESSING TOOL?https://about.jstor.org/blog/what-is-a-collections-processing-tool/

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.

About JSTOR

Roger C. Schonfeld Sep 9, 2025

I'm incredibly grateful to Lisa Peet of Library Journal for all the recent coverage of archives and preservation, including this interview with me about JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services. https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/programs+/roger-schonfeld-qa

New Tools for Stewardship: Q&A with JSTOR's Roger Schonfeld

Nearly all archival institutions, at every scale, holds a backlog of material awaiting processing. JSTOR’s recently created Digital Stewardship Services aims to address this situation with a next-gen service designed to help libraries and archives describe, preserve, manage, and share their collections using JSTOR’s AI-driven Seeklight tool (in conjunction with human expertise. Roger Schonfeld, who was recently named Managing Director of JSTOR Stewardship, spoke to LJ about bringing machine knowledge to a human-centered workflow.

Library Journal

Roger C. Schonfeld Aug 21, 2025

I am incredibly excited about our launch of JSTOR's Publisher Collections, which will dramatically increase access to scholarly monographs through an innovative new model based on tiered annual participation fees. Publisher Collections brings front-list and back-list books together in a familiar interface that will transform the discovery and impact of these foundational scholarly works. https://about.jstor.org/blog/a-new-model-for-scholarly-ebooks-publisher-collections/

A new model for scholarly ebooks: Publisher Collections built with, and for, librarians and publishers, to serve readers today and tomorrow

A new nonprofit-led model from JSTOR offers libraries and publishers a more sustainable, equitable, and integrated ecosystem for scholarly ebooks.

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Roger C. Schonfeld Aug 3, 2025

Coalition for Networked Info Jul 7, 2025

Networking Networks: A Festschrift in Honor of Clifford Lynch, guest edited by Joan K. Lippincott is open access from portal: Libraries and the Academy via Project Muse 📔 https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55108

The essays were completed before Cliff's passing on April 10, 2025, and the original text is unchanged. We're grateful to all who made this tribute possible. Networking Networks is a vital resource for scholars of networking, digital preservation, and research libraries.

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Roger C. Schonfeld Oct 30, 2024

My analysis of this week's big news in scholarly publishing: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/28/silverchair-buys-scholarone-from-clarivate/

Silverchair Buys ScholarOne from Clarivate

Analysis from Roger Schonfeld on today's news that Silverchair is buying ScholarOne from Clarivate, a transaction that realigns infrastructure and allows each to focus on its strengths.

The Scholarly Kitchen

Roger C. Schonfeld Oct 15, 2024

William Gunn Oct 15, 2024

Want to know which scholarly publishers are signing deals with AI companies? @rschon is tracking them: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/15/licensing-scholarly-content-llms/

Tracking the Licensing of Scholarly Content to LLMs

ITHAKA has developed a tool that tracks publisher deals to license scholarly content for use as training data by LLMs

The Scholarly Kitchen

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Roger C. Schonfeld Oct 15, 2024

Here is a direct link to the tracker of scholarly publisher deals with LLMs at Ithaka S+R https://sr.ithaka.org/our-work/generative-ai-licensing-agreement-tracker/

Generative AI Licensing Agreement Tracker - Ithaka S+R

In recent months, several publishers have announced that they are licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLMs. These deals

Ithaka S+R

Roger C. Schonfeld Oct 15, 2024

Several scholarly publishers are licensing their content at scale to companies that are building large language models (LLMs). Today, my colleagues Maya Dayan and Dylan Ruediger and I are releasing the first edition of a tracker of these deals. https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/10/15/licensing-scholarly-content-llms/

Tracking the Licensing of Scholarly Content to LLMs

ITHAKA has developed a tool that tracks publisher deals to license scholarly content for use as training data by LLMs

The Scholarly Kitchen

Roger C. Schonfeld Jul 16, 2024

Great to see that Annie Callanan will be leading @ebsco Information Services. She is a talented leader in our community who sees the big picture and appreciates the responsibilities that the information sector holds. What fantastic news for EBSCO. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240712882216/en/EBSCO-Industries-Announces-Annie-Callanan-as-New-CEO-of-EBSCO-Information-Services

EBSCO Industries Announces Annie Callanan as New CEO of EBSCO Information Services

EBSCO Industries, Inc. (EBSCO) today announced the appointment of Annie Callanan as the new CEO of EBSCO Information Services (EIS), effective August

Roger C. Schonfeld Mar 5, 2024

We face vital scholarly communication issues today,: research integrity, trust in science, and the atomization of the scholarly record. Can advocates and policy-makers — from universities, academic libraries, and funding organizations — fully address these current and emerging scholarly communication focus areas and priorities? Or, I ask today in The Scholarly Kitchen, are price, value, and openness the most important scholarly communication priorities? https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/03/05/scholarly-communication-priorities/

Are Price, Value, and Openness the Most Important Scholarly Communication Priorities?

Roger Schonfeld emphasizes scholarly communication priorities that merit focus beyond price, value, and openness and which require cross-sector collaboration.

The Scholarly Kitchen