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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Journal Backfile Purchase and Lease Options Available from SAGE

Thousand Oaks, California; London, United Kingdom; and New Delhi, India
(June 6, 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 [log in to unmask] 

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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


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