JSTOR: a case study in the recent history of scholarly communications

Purpose - To argue for the consideration from an historical perspective of technology-enabled changes in higher education.Design methodology approach - Uses examples from the author's history of JSTOR as a case study.Findings - That the case of JSTOR offers evidence that technology-enabled changes in higher education will have historical interest.Research limitations implications - Although the author presents only examples from JSTOR, historians should begin to give attention to the overall changes taking place in scholarly communications and higher education.Practical implications - Suggests further areas of research for historians, information scientists, and graduate students.Originality value - This work should be of interest to library and information professionals, business historians, and perhaps economic historians interested in the information industries.