SAGE Publications Announces New Offering to NESli2 Institutions for 2006

["Johns, Valerie" <Valerie.Johns@sagepub.com>]

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David Horwitz
Vice President of Sales
SAGE Publications, Inc.
E-mail: david.horwitz@sagepub.com

Helen Crook
Head of Journals Sales
SAGE Publications, Ltd.
E-mail: helen.crook@sagepub.co.uk

SAGE PUBLICATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW OFFERING TO NESli2 INSTITUTIONS FOR 2006

SAGE Premier now available to all UK research institutes and 
universities via national licensing initiative

Thousand Oaks, California and London, United Kingdom (January 19, 
2006) - SAGE Publications is pleased to announce a new offer for 
NESli2 institutions in 2006.  The offer, which is open to all UK 
research institutes and institutes of further education, has been 
developed in direct response to the dialogue that SAGE continues 
to have with librarians and faculty at UK academic institutions.

The new offering from SAGE is called SAGE Premier, and provides a 
single, easy route for institutions to 389 full text titles, all 
via the SAGE Journals Online platform hosted by HighWire. 
Currently, 11 UK institutions have already opted to purchase SAGE 
Premier via NESLi2 for 2006. A full list of the titles available 
via SAGE Premier can be viewed at 
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/PDF/Journals/2006_SAGE_Premier_Title_list.pdf.

The new NESli2 offer for SAGE Premier will initially run from 
January to December 2006, with a view to expanding it to longer 
term, multi-year deals.

"The SAGE package is especially important to us because of its 
strengths in the humanities and social sciences," commented Dr. 
Peter King, Director of Library Services at the University of 
Bristol. "HighWire is an excellent platform, with first-class 
backup and support from John Sack and his staff at Stanford."

The previous NESli2 offer for access to the SAGE Full-Text 
Collections hosted by CSA is still available and institutions 
that have already signed up will continue to have access to SAGE 
titles via their current access routes.

For more information about SAGE Premier and the terms and 
conditions please visit www.nesli2.ac.uk and click on the 'NESLi2 
Representatives Secure Area' link.

Further details of SAGE's online offerings for library consortia 
are available at 
http://www.sagepublications.com/promos/consortia.htm.

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. http://www.sagepublications.com

About NESli2

NESLi2 is the UK's national initiative for the licensing of 
electronic journals on behalf of the higher and further education 
and research communities, 2003-2006. NESLi2 is a product of the 
JISC and underwritten by the Higher Education Funding Council for 
England on behalf of the Funding Bodies. http://www.nesli2.ac.uk

Valerie Johns
Senior Marketing Manager
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