Re: SAGE reports 158% increase in online usage via SAGE JournalsOnlineplatform

[David Groenewegen <david.groenewegen@lib.monash.edu.au>]

When Sage launched this service in September they sent out the following:

"Free access to SAGE Journals Online is available from September 1 through
October 31, 2004."

I wonder if this was in any way responsible for the increase in usage? Yet
it doesn't seem to be mentioned at all in this press release.

David

"Johns, Valerie" wrote:
> 
> CONTACT:
> Elena Nikitina
> Director of Journals Marketing
> SAGE Publications
> Tel: 805-410-7204
> Fax: 805-499-0871
> Email: elena.nikitina@sagepub.com
> www.sagepublications.com
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> SAGE reports 158% increase in online usage via SAGE Journals Online
> platform
> 
> Thousand Oaks, California, and London, United Kingdom (February 24, 2005)
> - SAGE Journals Online, SAGE's powerful new journal delivery platform
> developed by HighWire Press, was launched on September 1, 2004. In the
> first quarter of use alone, the number of full-text article downloads
> exceeded the entire previous year's usage on ingenta by 158%!
> 
> Why the increase? SAGE responded to the needs of the library and scholarly
> community by changing to a platform that dramatically enhances the
> functionality of SAGE journals. The platform provides users with flexible
> searching and browsing capabilities, customizable alerting services, and
> advanced toll-free inter-journal reference linking. SAGE Journals Online
> boasts one of the largest collections of prestigious and highly cited
> journals in the social sciences, including major society journals, as well
> as an extensive STM list.

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> About SAGE
> 
> SAGE Publications is a leading international publisher of journals, books,
> and electronic media for scholarly, educational and professional markets.
> Since 1965, SAGE (www.sagepublications.com) has helped inform and educate
> a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students.
> 
> ####

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