From a U. of Illinois Library Blog Post: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library has made an acquisition from Adam Matthew Publications [a SAGE company], a scholarly publisher in England, which represents a significant increase in the total number of databases that it provides to its users. The acquisition includes 44 electronic resources or modules […]
Primary Sources: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Licenses 45 Databases From Adam Matthew Publications
Filed by on February 20, 2013
SAGE To Launch Three New Open Access Publications
Filed by on June 15, 2012
From a SAGE Announcement: SAGE today announced they are launching three broad-spectrum open access journals – SAGE Open Medicine, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports and SAGE Open Engineering. The new journals build on SAGE Open: the only broad-spectrum open access journal for the humanities and social sciences. Launched in March 2011, the journal has received […]
SAGE: Index On Censorship Celebrates 40 Years with 40 Days of Free Access
Filed by on March 26, 2012
From a SAGE News Release: SAGE celebrates Index on Censorship’s 40th anniversary with free access to the magazine’s historic archive for 40 days, from 26 March until 4 May. After that date, the archive from 1972-2010 will remain free for the rest of the year. Index’s award-winning magazine was the first to publish much of […]
All SAGE Journals Now Available Via Mobile Devices
Filed by on February 2, 2012
From SAGE: SAGE’s entire online journal collection is now available in a mobile-optimized format with the help of HighWire Press’ Mobile Web Interface. Visitors to one of the more than 640 SAGE journal sites using their iPhones, Androids or other smartphones are automatically redirected to the mobile version. Subscribers can now view content in a […]
Scholarly Publishing: "HighWire Introduces 5-Star Article Rating Feature on SAGE Open"
Filed by on September 6, 2011
From a Highwire Press Announcement: With the recent launch of the peer-reviewed research journal, SAGE Open (www.sageopen.com), and its new, interactive article rating feature, HighWire Press demonstrates its support of independent scholarly publishers with a tool designed for Open Access publications. This new feature, 5-star article rating, gives readers the opportunity to weigh in on […]
Mass Digitization: Aptara Digitizing 730,000 Pages of Content for SAGE’s New eBook Platform"
Filed by on August 2, 2011
From a News Release: Aptara announces the award of a 730,000 page digitization project from SAGE. Within 8 months, Aptara will transform a significant collection of legacy print titles into XML format for posting to SAGE’s eBook platform. Converting to the flexible digital format of XML gives SAGE the ability to easily repurpose their content […]
Info Industry Headlines: News from Worlfram|Alpha; SAGE; Copyright Clearance Cntr, Klout; and IEEE
Filed by on July 13, 2011
1. Introducing Wolfram Personal Assistant Apps for iOS 2. SAGE acquires six journals from A B Academic 3. Copyright Clearance Center’s Academic Pay-Per-Use Services Offer Entire Book Reuse Rights 4. Klout adds Foursquare checkins to better measure your social influence 5. IEEE Announces Expanded Service Agreement with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
Info Industry Briefs: News From SkyRiver; GoodReads; SAGE; and Ex Libris
Filed by on June 23, 2011
"SAGE Journals Going Mobile with HighWire"; More Than 600 Titles Will Be Optimized For Mobile Devices
Filed by on June 1, 2011
From a SAGE News Release (PDF): SAGE is pleased to announce that their entire collection of online journal sites will soon be available in a mobile-optimized format, taking advantage of the HighWire Mobile Web interface. Readers visiting a SAGE journal site on their iPhone, Android or other smartphone device will automatically be redirected to the […]
