SAGE Library News - May 2010
Welcome to the second issue of SAGE Library News for 2010. Thank you for stopping by the SAGE/CQ Press booth at the Public Library Association in Portland, Oregon in March. We also hope to see you at the upcoming Medical Library Association Conference in Washington, DC; Special Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA; and the American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, DC in the next couple of months. We’ll be providing demos of our award-winning platforms and products. We’ve featured a few of them here. Click on any of the links below to quickly get to the sections you want to read.
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SAGE has been part of the global academic community for 45 years, supporting quality research that transforms society and our understanding of individuals, groups, and cultures. SAGE is the independent, innovative, natural home for scholars and educators who share our commitment and passion for the social and behavioral sciences.
Throughout 2010, SAGE will be implementing a broad program of activities that celebrate our contributions to social science over the past 45 years and that also advocate the broader impact and relevance of social science research around the world. We are proud to be partnering with a number of leading organizations in the social sciences to host events and discussions. Watch out for further information about events and activities across the year.
Next Generation of SAGE Journals Online—in progress
The upgrade of the SAGE Journals Online platform is currently in progress. All 560+ SAGE journals will be migrated individually onto the next generation platform, supported by HighWire Press’ “2.0” technology (H2O). New features and functionality will include the following:
(Click on the image at right for more detailed information and screen shots)
Expanded discipline search and browse – New capabilities to search and browse content across 50+ disciplines.- Abstract preview – Mouse-over entries available from tables of contents and search results provide pop-up previews of abstracts, without you having to leaving the page.
- Popular articles list – Most-viewed and most-cited article lists are now readily available from all pages within a journal site.
- Keyword pivot searches – For all journals, keywords are now hyperlinked to perform quick searches of that term within all content in that journal.
- Feature hideaway – Author affiliations, related links, and other functions can be expanded or hidden from view. These preferences are then retained throughout your session.
- Redesigned portal page – Providing targeted options for improved navigation by all types of users
- XML-based sites - Providing a more agile, robust content architecture, hosted in industry-standard, NLM metadata format
To ensure that the migration causes minimal disruption to access, this upgrade has been scheduled to coincide with academic summer recess, with the bulk of journal sites planned to migrate from mid-June 2010. All sites will be migrated individually to minimize disruption to customers and end users, with each site expected to experience minor disruption. SAGE and HighWire anticipate no downtime of the platform during the migration.
Access control for institutions and individuals will not be affected by the migration. Administrative features and access to usage reports will also remain the same.
A major goal of our platform upgrade is to improve the user experience and keep readers in context as they conduct research. The new interface is based upon a flexible three-column design that makes features available without taking attention away from the substantive article content. Features most closely associated with the manuscript pages are placed closest to it. Several individual sites have already been migrated in 2009 and early 2010, including:
- American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Sports Health
- Genes and Cancer
- Veterinary Pathology
- Aesthetic Surgery Journal
- Association for Psychological Science journals:
Please see the below documents and training materials for more information:
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For technical questions about the SAGE Journals Online platform, please contact onlinesupportUS@sagepub.com in the Americas or onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk in the EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and India.
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SAGE Research Methods Online—the essential tool for researchers from the world's leading research methods publisher
Provide your patrons access to more than 100,000 pages of book, journal and reference content, supported by a newly devised taxonomy.
SAGE Research Methods Online's one-of-a-kind taxonomy links together over 100,000 pages of content from books and journals. A simple search will return information as basic as dictionary and encyclopedia entries and as complex as specific case studies to aid users’ understanding of research methods and their applications. The Methods Map creates a visual search “map” linking different methods and authors. It shows relationships between methods and guides users to related content to assist with searches. Exploring is made user-friendly with the underlying bread crumb trail, allowing for easy return to a previous place in the search.
The SRMO Lists feature functions like a playlist, allowing for grouping of research-relevant materials from all SRMO content; articles, chapters, and multimedia content. Lists can then be made public and searchable among members, enhancing the SRMO learning experience by drawing on researchers’ insight. SAGE Research Methods Online also contains an About the Author section for more information about major contributors. There are videos with some of the authors, along with other relevant content, in our multimedia files.
Sign up now to test the beta version, live in the fall of 2010.
How do I learn more about it?
- Sign up for more information about SRMO
- Read our SRMO blog
- Join Methodspace: http://www.methodspace.com
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SAGE is proud to publish Index on Censorship, the award-winning magazine devoted to protecting and promoting free expression. Index on Censorship reports on free expression violations around the world, publishes banned writing and shines a light on vital free expression issues through original, challenging and intelligent commentary and analysis, publishing some of the world's finest writers. Editor: Jo Glanville ISSN: 0306-4220 |
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SAGE’s Deep Backfile digitization is nearly complete
SAGE has digitized 97% of the overall expected volume of backfile issues included in the SAGE Deep Backfile Package. Access to the SAGE Deep Backfile Package is provided on SAGE Journals Online. SAGE will continue to locate and digitize the remaining issues.
Reminder—Free Access to SAGE Launch Journals in 2010
You’ve come to know SAGE as a leading publisher of peer-reviewed, must-have content in the fields of business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. We are continuing our tradition of providing high-quality research to libraries by launching titles in new and emerging fields.
In 2010, we are launching 13 journals (learn more about each title) and are offering libraries free online access via an IP-registered trial. This offer includes perpetual access to volume 1 at your library.
Please note that consortia libraries participating in SAGE Premier will receive access to 2010 launch journals (volume 1 through 3) free of charge and do not need to register for this offer.
Register your library for access by filling out this form.
SAGE highly commended in the JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Awards
SAGE has been awarded joint second place in the first-ever JISC TechDis Publisher Lookup Awards, recognizing publishers who have excelled in changing and adapting their business processes to meet their customers’ accessibility needs.
SAGE has always striven to provide content in accessible formats to visually impaired (VIP) customers. We have implemented procedures whereby any requests from disability libraries or VIPs are handled as a priority before any other piece of business and turnaround time for requests is, at most, 24 hours. Getting hold of content in an accessible format is key to the success of students with visual impairments and print disabilities. Therefore, we make every effort to have every one of our titles available in PDF format. We currently have 2,000 titles available (around 66% of our total in-print publishing list) and we scan requested titles from our backlist that are not currently available, for no additional charge.
SAGE works closely with a multitude of disability librarians around the UK and the rest of the world and are particularly pleased to have been recognised by the Lookup Awards. We shall be endeavouring to make even more of our titles available in the coming months and to make sure we uphold our high standards of service to our customers.
The SAGE Reference series on Green Society
SAGE Reference is proud to introduce our first e-only series, Green Society, edited by our award-winning editor of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Environment & Society, Paul Robbins. Six Green Society titles will be published this spring and six more will be published next year. This series explores all aspects of environmentalism from energy, business, and food to technology, education, culture and much more.
Click here to purchase individual e-titles or save $110 and buy all six for the price of five!
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Green Technology Green Culture Green Issues and Debates |
For more information, visit: www.sagepub.com/greenseries
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Encyclopedia of Motherhood |
Order now and save with the pre-publication price.
For more information contact librarysales@sagepub.com or call 800.818.7243
Available on the SAGE Reference Online platform.
Expand your library collection with CQ Global Researcher
CQ Global Researcher delivers definitive, in-depth coverage of newsworthy global affairs from a multitude of international viewpoints. Available exclusively online, CQ Global Researcher offers focused, readable, single-topic reports on vital world issues.
The CQ Global Researcher presents issues in a digestible, easy-to-access format featuring popular sections such as “Issue Questions” and “Pro-Con.” CQ Global Researcher is published monthly, with each report—also available in magazine-style PDF format—covering a pressing political, social, environmental, or regional issue from around the globe. Each original report is written by a seasoned journalist with years of international experience.
For further information about other resources from CQ Press go to http://www.cqpress.com.
New print references from CQ Press
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For information about ordering CQ Press titles please visit http://www.cqpress.com
Contact your regional Library/Consortia Sales Manager.
For technical support for SAGE's electronic products, please contact onlinesupportUS@sagepub.com.
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