In an effort to enhance access options for people who aren’t affiliated
with universities, colleges, or high schools, not-for-profit digital
library JSTOR has launched JPASS, a
new program offering individual users access to 1,500 journals from
JSTOR’s archive collection. The move follows the March 2012 launch of
JSTOR’s Register & Read
program, which allowed independent researchers to register for a free
MyJSTOR account, and receive free, online-only access to three full-text
articles every 14 days. That service has since attracted almost one
million users including independent scholars, writers, business people,
adjunct faculty, and others, and JSTOR plans to continue offering the
service in its current form. However, in a recent survey, many of
Register & Read users expressed interest in an individual
subscription model that would offer enhanced access, encouraging JSTOR
to move ahead with JPASS.
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