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** With apologies for cross-posting** SAGE Announces Journal Backfile Digitization Thousand Oaks, CA and London, UK (March 15, 2006) - SAGE Publications announced today that work has commenced on its complete journal backfile digitization project. This major undertaking will ensure that the fullest possible backfile for more than 400 SAGE journals will be available online to users at academic, government and corporate institutions worldwide. SAGE journals span a wide range of subject areas in the humanities, social sciences and scientific, technical and medical fields. Currently, SAGE offers deep backfile for selected journals through the SAGE Full-Text Collections. Once digitized, the complete SAGE backfile will be available through a range of flexible purchase and subscription options. Further information will be announced at a later date. "We are excited to embark on this project," said Blaise Simqu, President and CEO of SAGE Publications, Inc. "SAGE is committed to assisting librarians and consortia to offer the most complete content for their patrons by providing a reliable and sustainable online archive of the valuable content we publish." For further information, please contact: Karine Chapuis, Head of Journals Marketing SAGE UK at [log in to unmask], or Elena Nikitina, Director of Journals Marketing SAGE Inc at [log in to unmask] ### About SAGE SAGE Publications is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for scholarly, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students. www.sagepublications.com