SAGE Announces New Journal Sales Director

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

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

SAGE ANNOUNCES NEW JOURNAL SALES DIRECTOR

Thousand Oaks, California, and London, United Kingdom (April 6, 
2006) - In order to promote new journal offerings to be released 
in the near future and to substantially increase its interactions 
with consortia, SAGE Publications is pleased to announce that it 
has hired Mark Kendall as Journal Sales Director.

Mark comes to SAGE after ten years as National Sales Director for 
YBP Library Services, the leading provider of collection 
management and technical services to scholarly libraries. Before 
that, he was Vice President of Library Services for Ingenta, 
Director of Sales for Warren Gorham and Lamont Publishing and New 
England representative for the Bureau of National Affairs. He is 
also currently active in ALA's Association for Library 
Collections & Technical Services and leads various local 
nonprofit organizations.

In his new position, Mark will be responsible for representing 
SAGE journals to scholarly libraries and consortia in North 
America, including the company's new consortia offering, SAGE 
Premier, which offers access to nearly 400 journals and 100,000 
full-text articles from leading international peer-reviewed 
titles. Mark will also be on hand to meet librarians at the 
upcoming conferences for the Medical Library Association, Special 
Libraries Association and the American Library Association.

"I'm delighted to join SAGE at this exciting time in its proud 40 
year history," says Kendall about the position. SAGE's reputation 
for providing outstanding scholarly content and its continued 
commitment to serving the evolving information needs of libraries 
and consortia were influential factors in my decision to join the 
company.  I'm pleased to be part of an organization committed to 
delivering timely and innovative content in both a human and 
collaborative manner that meets the needs of researchers, 
authors, and, most importantly, society at large."

"We've always enjoyed a very strong partnership with CSA, our 
contracted sales agent and technology partner," said David 
Horwitz, SAGE's Vice President of Sales. "When we decided to 
bolster this sales effort by creating an internal team to assist 
the CSA sales force, we were thrilled that Mark was available to 
spearhead the objective. His strong leadership skills and 
long-term relationships with libraries and consortia will be an 
enormous help to SAGE and our customers."

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. SAGE Publications, a privately owned 
corporation, has principal offices in Thousand Oaks, California, 
and in London, United Kingdom. www.sagepublications.com

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Valerie Johns
Senior Marketing Manager

SAGE Publications
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Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

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