(22 January 2015, Los Angeles, CA) What are the biggest challenges that librarians face in promoting discovery of scholarly content? What can libraries, publishers, and other members of the community do to overcome them? “Improving the Discoverability of Scholarly Content: Academic Library Priorities and Perspectives,” a new SAGE white paper out today, discusses new ways for…
(9 October 2014) Following the recent announcement that Swets Subscription Agents requested the court declare a suspension of payments and appoint an administrator, Swets Information Services B.V. bankruptcy has been announced. Please see the message on Swets website: http://www.swets.com/news/swets-information-services-bv-declared-bankrupt. In light of this, it is essential that you send subscription renewals and payments for SAGE…
(31 October 2014) Details about your subscriptions via Swets. (28 October 2014) Swets foreign companies included in bankruptcy proceedings. (9 October 2014) SAGE advises customers about payments. (25 September 2014) In a posting to liblicense-1, Ann Shumelda Okerson says: Dear Readers, We appreciate the goodwill of all, especially the publishers who’ve forwarded numerous messages to liblicense-l,…
(14 July 2014) Taiwan’s Education Minister Chiang Wei-ling resigned on Monday 14 July over his links to a researcher whose papers were retracted from an international scientific journal because of alleged fraud. SAGE, the British publisher of the Journal of Vibration and Control or JVC, where the papers appeared, announced on 8 July that it…
(8 July 2014, London) SAGE announces the retraction of 60 articles implicated in a peer review and citation ring at the Journal of Vibration and Control (JVC). The full extent of the peer review ring has been uncovered following a 14 month SAGE-led investigation, and centres on the strongly suspected misconduct of Peter Chen, formerly…
(17 June 2014) This new White Paper from SAGE, shows that the introduction of new technologies, the pervasive nature of free internet sources, and tightened budgets have caused librarians to conceive of and purchase reference differently. Reference service, whether it is provided at a service desk or via research consultations, remains necessary because patrons are…
(27 March 2014) How has the rapid evolution of digital tools and information access changed the reference landscape? What will reference look like in 2, 5, and 10 years? On 19 March the Special Library Association and SAGE held a free webinar featuring Elisabeth Leonard, Market Research Analyst for SAGE. Elisabeth unveiled the preliminary results of a SAGE…
SAGE is offering free access to its award-winning online research tools and resources until 31 October 2013. More here.
Raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating library value in developing countries, concludes a new report published recently. The findings are the result of a six month research study with twelve developing country institutions conducted by SAGE exploring perceptions of the value of academic libraries by teaching…
The QR based revision tool for innovative on-the-go learning (Los Angeles, CA, 13 May 2013) SAGE today announced the launch of its highly innovative digital revision tool, MobileStudy to aid student learning on the go. As one of the first revision tools to use a QR reader, SAGE’s MobileStudy is a significant step in supporting…
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