From: "Lucraft, Mithu" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:46:40 +0000

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Dear colleagues,  We hope the below may be of interest.

Kind regards,  Mithu

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New SAGE License enables access to scholarship for university alumni

Los Angeles, CA (November,02  2012) – SAGE today announced a change to
its licenses that will provide university alumni with access to the
content hosted on the SAGE Journals, SAGE Research Methods and SAGE
Knowledge platforms through their university library. All alumni
registered with subscribing or purchasing libraries will be able to
access all SAGE products including over 645 scholarly and professional
journals at no extra fee.

University libraries already support current students and scholars
with access to online resources through both on-site and remote
services. This new license will extend this offering to alumni via
secure authentication, with alumni being authorised by their
institutions. Libraries will have the option to opt in to this new
license on renewing current subscriptions for 2013.

“SAGE is strongly committed to helping libraries to serve their
communities by delivering access to quality content.” remarked Stephen
Barr, President SAGE International. “There is an untapped opportunity
here to support those who leave academia but remain keenly interested
in research and scholarship via their academic libraries. Librarians
remain at the heart of the dissemination of research support within
their institutions, and this firmly supports their role in enabling
life-long learning.”

Nicky Whitsed, Director of Library Services at The Open University
remarked, “We warmly welcome the extension of SAGE licences to embrace
alumni and hope that other publishers will extend their licences in
this way.  This is an important development that supports our wish to
foster continuing links with our alumni.”

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SAGE 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. An independent
company, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi,
Singapore, and Washington DC. www.sagepublications.com

Mithu Lucraft (Mrs)
PR Manager
SAGE Publications Ltd
1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road
London, EC1Y 1SP
UK