Fyi - I think this early announcement will be of interest to the list. We
will be regularly updating www.sagepublications.com/sageonline with general
information, do bookmark it, however SAGE subscribers will also contacted
directly. In the meantime, do contact us should you have any query. Kind
regards, Karine

Karine Chapuis
Senior Marketing Manager - Electronic Products

SAGE Publications London
The academic and professional publisher of choice

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Blaise Simqu
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SAGE Publications Launches Advanced Journal Platform with Stanford’s
HighWire Press

Thousand Oaks, California and London, United Kingdom, June 4, 2004 – SAGE
Publications announced today the development of its new online search
platform. Powered by Stanford University’s HighWire Press, the new platform
will launch in September 2004. The platform will host all SAGE journals in
both the social sciences and STM disciplines, providing institutions with
premier search technology, toll-free linking features, a social science
specific taxonomy, and enhanced subscription options for their journal
collections.

The new platform will dramatically enhance the functionality of SAGE online
journals. HighWire features are developed with constant feedback from
librarians and readers and provide flexible and customizable searching,
browsing by topic based on peer-reviewed subject taxonomies, PDA
downloading options, and a high level of reader customization such as
favorite journals, linking tools, search re-execution and e-mail alerts.

Not only will SAGE become the publisher with the largest number of journals
hosted by HighWire, but it will also be adding the most substantial
collection of social science titles, including a large number of major
society journals.

“SAGE Publications is one of the leading independent scholarly publishers
with an international reputation for serving the academic community,”
commented Richard Newman, Associate Director of HighWire Press. “We are
honored that SAGE has chosen to work with HighWire to host their electronic
journals.”

“The journals on HighWire are highly respected and HighWire itself is state-
of-the-art in online sophistication. They are helping shape the electronic
future of scholarly communication,” said Blaise Simqu, Executive Vice
President of SAGE Publications. “We believe that our experience in the
field, our dedication to disseminating research, and the comprehensiveness
of our publication portfolio will meet the evolving demands of an
increasingly digital publishing environment.”

SAGE Publications is carefully managing the transition of its journal
content from its current host, Ingenta, to HighWire Press. This will ensure
that the content migration is seamless to subscribing institutions, users,
and intermediaries.

SAGE Publications will be inviting academic, corporate, and governmental
librarians to preview the new platform and to provide advice and feedback
via the SAGE Library Committee.

About HighWire Press
HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, produces
the online versions of 360 high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other
scholarly content. A recipient of the 2003 ALPSP Award for "Service to Not-
for-Profit Publishing," HighWire Press delivers a collection of the finest,
fully searchable research online in high-quality Web environments. HighWire
Press hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed
articles in the world with more than 700,000 free, full-text articles
online.

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. SAGE Publications, a
privately owned corporation, has principal offices in Thousand Oaks,
California, and in London, United Kingdom.

SAGE Publications actively supports Book Aid International, the Journal
Donation Project, and the World Health Organization HINARI initiative.

SAGE Publications is a member of CrossRef and of the COUNTER Project.

Visit SAGE Publications at www.sagepublications.com.