Mission

Ithaka is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping the academic community take full advantage of rapidly advancing information and networking technologies.  We serve scholars, researchers and students by providing the content, tools, and services needed to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.  We are committed to working in collaboration with other organizations to maximize benefits to our stakeholders.

Services

Ithaka’s services include:
JSTOR – helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other content. JSTOR uses information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship.

Portico – preserves scholarly literature published in electronic form – more than 14,000 electronic journals and books – and ensures that these materials remain accessible to future scholars, researchers, and students.

Research– shares trends and lessons learned to help the higher education community understand, and manage, the transition to an electronic environment.

Strategic Services – helps organizations and initiatives in higher education address pressing strategic issues and develop sustainable models.

History

Ithaka was founded in 2003 and received start-up funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation.  JSTOR was founded in 1995, also with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and merged with Ithaka in 2009.

Contact Information

New York:

151 East 61st Street

New York, NY 10065

212-500-2600

149 Fifth Avenue, 8th floor

New York, NY 10010

212-358-6400

New Jersey:

100 Campus Drive, Suite 100

Princeton, NJ 08540

609-986-2200

Michigan:
301 East Liberty, Suite 250

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

734-998-9100