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Presentation to ICOLCPresentation to ICOLC

29 September 200529 September 2005

About SAGEAbout SAGE Founded 1965 by Sara Miller McCuneFounded 1965 by Sara Miller McCune Independent and privately ownedIndependent and privately owned Committed to long termCommitted to long term 100% dedicated to scholarly and 100% dedicated to scholarly and

educational publishingeducational publishing Now publishing over 400 journal titles Now publishing over 400 journal titles

per annum and 500 new booksper annum and 500 new books Origins in the social sciences; since Origins in the social sciences; since

1995, we have been entering into STM 1995, we have been entering into STM publishingpublishing

BackgroundBackground

From 1998: emerging consortial From 1998: emerging consortial models for purchasing journal models for purchasing journal contentcontent

The Big Deal: publishers deliver The Big Deal: publishers deliver added content and accept pricing added content and accept pricing restrictions; libraries accept restrictions; libraries accept limitations on cancellation plus pay limitations on cancellation plus pay upsell for extra contentupsell for extra content

Why wasn’t SAGE doing deals?Why wasn’t SAGE doing deals?

SAGE’s strategySAGE’s strategy 1999: all refereed journals available 1999: all refereed journals available

electronically, initially through Ingentaelectronically, initially through Ingenta 2003: launch of SAGE Full-Text 2003: launch of SAGE Full-Text

Collections, in conjunction with CSACollections, in conjunction with CSA 2004: initial offers of SAGE Full-Text 2004: initial offers of SAGE Full-Text

Collections to consortiaCollections to consortia 2004: launch of SAGE Journals Online in 2004: launch of SAGE Journals Online in

conjunction with HighWire Pressconjunction with HighWire Press 2004-5: offer of combined ‘Collections 2004-5: offer of combined ‘Collections

Plus’ deal to consortiaPlus’ deal to consortia

Discipline-specific databases, Discipline-specific databases, including deep backfiles that extend including deep backfiles that extend for up to 57 years and with full for up to 57 years and with full current contentcurrent content

High quality functionality in terms of High quality functionality in terms of indexing, searching, thesaurus and indexing, searching, thesaurus and integration with A&I informationintegration with A&I information

Now available in nine social science Now available in nine social science disciplines and in materials sciencedisciplines and in materials science

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Feedback on SAGE’s Feedback on SAGE’s offeroffer

Positives:Positives: Option for discipline-by-discipline Option for discipline-by-discipline

purchasepurchase Inclusion of deep back file in Inclusion of deep back file in

CollectionsCollections Enhanced functionality in Enhanced functionality in

CollectionsCollections


““Right from the beginning, our usage statistics Right from the beginning, our usage statistics have indicated that all four of the Collections have indicated that all four of the Collections are being used more heavily than many of the are being used more heavily than many of the other databases we have.” A librarianother databases we have.” A librarian

““Criminology...: A SAGE Full-Text Collection is Criminology...: A SAGE Full-Text Collection is an excellent, easy-to-use resource for students an excellent, easy-to-use resource for students or professionals involved with criminology. or professionals involved with criminology. The ease of searching, combined with the The ease of searching, combined with the quality of the search results, make this quality of the search results, make this resource a must-have for academic resource a must-have for academic institutions.” institutions.” ChoiceChoice


Negatives:Negatives: Dual platform complicationDual platform complication Different from standard big Different from standard big

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““the sort of agreement that we would be the sort of agreement that we would be looking for from SAGE would be for looking for from SAGE would be for access to all SAGE titles on HighWire” A access to all SAGE titles on HighWire” A librarianlibrarian

““We saw no point in considering We saw no point in considering individual Collections because this individual Collections because this university covers all of the subjects university covers all of the subjects concerned and it would be invidious to concerned and it would be invidious to favour some and not others”. A librarianfavour some and not others”. A librarian

SAGE’s offer for 2006SAGE’s offer for 2006

Three options:Three options:

SAGE PremierSAGE Premier SAGE Full-Text CollectionsSAGE Full-Text Collections SAGE Collections PlusSAGE Collections Plus

SAGE PremierSAGE Premier

Electronic access to all 400 SAGE Electronic access to all 400 SAGE journal titles from SAGE Journals journal titles from SAGE Journals Online (hosted by HighWire)Online (hosted by HighWire)

Disciplines span social sciences, Disciplines span social sciences, humanities, medicine, engineering, humanities, medicine, engineering, and physical and life sciencesand physical and life sciences

Includes backfile to 1999Includes backfile to 1999

SAGE Full-Text SAGE Full-Text CollectionsCollections

Discipline-specific databases hosted Discipline-specific databases hosted on the CSA Illumina platformon the CSA Illumina platform

Including backfiles that extend for Including backfiles that extend for up to 57 yearsup to 57 years

Choice of 10 disciplinesChoice of 10 disciplines

SAGE Collections PlusSAGE Collections Plus

Includes all 10 SAGE Full-Text Includes all 10 SAGE Full-Text Collections hosted on CSA IlluminaCollections hosted on CSA Illumina

Plus all other SAGE titles not Plus all other SAGE titles not included in Collections, delivered included in Collections, delivered through SAGE Journals Onlinethrough SAGE Journals Online

Includes deep back file in Includes deep back file in Collections and back file to 1999 for Collections and back file to 1999 for other titlesother titles

Sales processSales process 2003-4: Consortial relations handled by CSA2003-4: Consortial relations handled by CSA 2004-5: initial SAGE journal sales team 2004-5: initial SAGE journal sales team

working with CSAworking with CSA 2005-6: Parallel track: SAGE journal sales 2005-6: Parallel track: SAGE journal sales

team to talk direct to consortia for big deal-team to talk direct to consortia for big deal-based options; CSA sales team deal with based options; CSA sales team deal with consortia for Collections-based consortial consortia for Collections-based consortial deals as well as selling Collections to deals as well as selling Collections to individual librariesindividual libraries

2007 onwards: further expansion of SAGE 2007 onwards: further expansion of SAGE journal sales teamjournal sales team

The futureThe future

2006: continued deepening of back file 2006: continued deepening of back file availability included in the Collectionsavailability included in the Collections

2007: deeper back file options also to 2007: deeper back file options also to be available for access from SAGE be available for access from SAGE Journals OnlineJournals Online

What other options should SAGE offer?What other options should SAGE offer? You tell us!You tell us!