I don't know about the image quality, but you may want to check that the content will always be there in JStor before discarding journals that are essential.   Awhile back, content was available at the will of the publisher.

Patricia Fazio

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Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Weeding of Print Titles in JSTOR Archives Products

We have been routinely weeding anything that is in JSTOR Archives packages for several years now, regardless of subject or the presence of pictures or music.  We have not had any complaints from faculty from any department.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Barbara Pope <bpope@pittstate.edu> wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
>
> We subscribe to several of the JSTOR Archives packages and have done
> considerable amount of weeding of our print and microfilm based on our
> JSTOR Archives access.  I have been hesitant to weed anything that is
> an art journal or others that might have pictures, illustrations, or music in them.
> Has anyone gotten a handle on how good the images present in the print
> journal look compared to the same in the JSTOR content?  Have any
> faculty at your institutions been resistant to weeding such journals
> from the collection?  I am going to compare some issues that have
> pictures, illustrations, or music and compare them, but I also wanted
> to get a feel for what other institutions are doing.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Barbara M. Pope, MALS
> Periodicals/Reference Librarian
> Axe Library
> Pittsburg State University
> 1701 S. Broadway
> Pittsburg KS  66672
> 620-235-4884
> bpope@pittstate.edu
>
>
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