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New Journal Backfile Purchase and Lease Options Available from SAGE



*** Apologies for cross posting ***

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Journal Backfile Purchase and Lease Options Available from SAGE

Thousand Oaks, California; London, United Kingdom; and New Delhi, 
India (June 7, 2006) - SAGE Publications, publisher of over 400 
scholarly journals, announced today that it will be offering 
journal deep backfile for lease and purchase for the 2007 
subscription year.

Included in the deep backfile is the content of a journal from 
its first issue through the last issue of 1998 (content from 
January 1999 to the present is included in the current 
subscription). The backfile will be available for the majority of 
SAGE's peer-reviewed scholarly journals in the humanities, social 
sciences, and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. In 
order to meet the needs of both individual libraries and 
consortia, the following options will be available:

Pricing and Licensing Options for Individual Libraries:

* Annual subscription (lease) of the deep backfile of individual 
SAGE Journals

* Purchase of the deep backfile of individual SAGE journals 
(guarantees perpetual access)

Pricing and Licensing Options for Library Consortia:

* Annual subscription (lease) of deep backfile for all SAGE 
journals (where available)

* Ownership (perpetual access) of deep backfile for all SAGE 
journals (where available)

"SAGE is very excited to be able to offer these flexible options 
to the library market," commented Mark Kendall, SAGE's Director 
of Sales. "We asked librarians and consortia how we could best 
package the backfile to meet their needs and we then developed 
these options as a direct result of their feedback."

Pricing for the deep backfile will be included in SAGE's annual 
journals price list, scheduled to be released in July 2006. For 
more information on the SAGE journal deep backfile, please visit 
www.sagepub.com/backfile. Libraries and consortia interested in 
the purchase/lease options should contact 
backfilesales@sagepub.com.

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About SAGE

SAGE Publications is a leading international publisher of 
journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, 
and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and 
educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, 
researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas 
including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, 
technology, and medicine.  SAGE Publications, a privately owned 
corporation, has principal offices in Thousand Oaks, California; 
London, United Kingdom; and New Delhi, India. 
www.sagepublications.com


Valerie Johns
Senior Marketing Manager

SAGE Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
E:  valerie.johns@sagepub.com