Thanks Karine.

I just thought it might be useful for publishers to make Highwire aware of the importance of ATHENS authentication within the UK and Europe - a fact I have brought to their attention ever since we had been dealing with BMJ journals within the KA24 service. When visiting their stand a few years ago at Online, no one really took this problem that seriously passing me back to BMJ. To BMJ's credit I think they have been pointing out that ATHENS users do not receive adequate journal usage statistics because Highwire haven't done development on their side, but I now understand that this is changing. If SAGE can also point out that there are a lot of their users accessing Sage journals via Athens - thus requiring accurate usage statistics through this entrance point - then this can only be better!

Regards,

Andy Richardson
Electronic Services Manager
electronic Knowledge Access Team eKAT
London Health Libraries
20, Guilford St
London WC1N 1DZ
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tel. 0207 692 3388
mobile 07739303494




-----Original Message-----
From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Karine Chapuis
Sent: 08 June 2004 18:20
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SAGE Publications Launches Advanced Journal Platform

Hi Andy - As mentioned earlier, SAGE allows for remote electronic access by
authorized users at subscribing institutions. Please go to our website at:
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/eaccess to review the Site License - we will be
posting an updated version, which reflects SAGE's new subscription model (e-
only/e+print/print), in September.

To come back to on the specific Athens issue, we are working with HighWire
to implement it for SAGE subscribers. I note your experience on other
journals. I would welcome your emails [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask] on this subject. I am at a conference this week
but will get back to your messages when back in office.

Many thanks & Kind regards, Karine

Karine Chapuis
Senior Marketing Manager - Electronic Products

SAGE Publications London
The academic and professional publisher of choice

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:04:51 +0100, RICHARDSON, Andy
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Interesting Sage has gone with Highwire.
>For the past 2 years we have been unable to see individual journal usage
stats of over 25+ BMJ journals because our KA24 service uses Athens only
access and Highwire can't cope with Athens very well. They can tell us how
many times we've been into the BMJ journals as a whole - but not the number
of times per individual title.
>I have heard whispers that this may change...
>
>Andy Richardson
>Electronic Services Manager
>electronic Knowledge Access Team eKAT
>London Health Libraries
>20, Guilford St
>London WC1N 1DZ
>[log in to unmask]
>tel. 0207 692 3388
>mobile 07739303494
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:LIS-E-
[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Karine Chapuis
>Sent: 07 June 2004 19:27
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: SAGE Publications Launches Advanced Journal Platform
>
>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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>For immediate release:
>
>Contact:
>SAGE Publications
>Blaise Simqu
>Executive Vice President
>+1(805) 499-0721
>www.sagepublications.com
>
>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.