Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 14:02:45 -0500
From: "Thomas W.  Evans" <evans@canisius.edu>
Subject: RE: Sage Full Text Collections -- Carol Morse

We have ProQuest and EBSCOHost databases and recently noticed our
full-text content to Sage journals was gone in EBSCOHost but not
ProQuest (yet). I contacted EBSCO (our subscription vendor) and they
informed me (sent me a copy of a July Sage press release) that all Sage
full-text titles would only be available in aggregate databases through
the end of 2003, and, thereafter, only through their own full text
collections. EBSCO made the decision to pull all the Sage full-text
immediately to be in compliance. I can send you the release if you want,
or you can contact EBSCO for verification.

 >===== Original Message From "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion
Forum"
<SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> =====
 >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:17:04 -0800
 >From: "Carol Morse" <MorsCa@wwc.edu>
 >Subject: Re: Sage Full Text Collections -- Robert L. Bothmann
 >
 >
 >We decided to target about a dozen titles that our social work students
 >use a lot, order the print and obtain the online through Ebsco (EJS) or
 >Ingenta.  Hopefully after having done that, Sage will not decided next
 >year that INgenta can't carry them or whatever.  Like you say, the
 >collections are way beyond what we can pay, and they don't have a
 >collection for clinical social work, which is what we need, not
 >criminology, etc.
 >Carol Morse
 >
 >
 >Subject: Sage Full Text Collections
 >Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:31:47 -0600
 >From: "Bothmann, Robert L" <robert.bothmann@mnsu.edu>
 >
 >
 >Our library would like to know what others are considering with regard
 >to the new Sage Full-Text Collections which will be provided via
 >Cambridge Scientific (CSA).
 >
 >As you probably know, Sage plans to pull their journal article content
 >from aggregators to make it available exclusively through their newly
 >created full text collections. (To the best of my knowledge, full text
 >access to specific journals to which a library subscribes will still
 >remain via such vendors as Ingenta and EBSCO.)
 >
 >We are now facing overwhelming budget issues as are many other states
 >in
 >the U.S., which are forcing us to begin cancellations to meet our
 >budget
 >reduction requirements. Therefore it becomes rather difficult to
 >justify
 >paying the prices which Sage is charging to retain any access which we
 >now have through such vendors as Proquest and Expanded Academic.
 >
 >Just to illustrate, here are the prices which Sage is charging by
 >collection:
 >
 >Communication Studies:       $6000
 >
 >Criminology:                        $5440
 >
 >Politics and Inter. Relations:  $6880
 >
 >Sociology:                           $10800
 >
 >
 >This is for one year with a 20% discount. Although they say there is
 >no
 >price increase for the next two renewal years, those years will be an
 >additional 20% since the discount is only for the first year.
 >
 >We would like to know what your library may be considering and how you
 >may be planning to make up for the loss of access.
 >
 >
 >*******************************************
 >
 >Robert Bothmann
 >
 >Electronic Access/Catalog Librarian
 >
 >Minnesota State University, Mankato
 >
 >Voice: 507-389-2010
 >
 >Fax: 507-389-5155
 >
 >mailto:robert.bothmann@mnsu.edu

Tom Evans
Periodicals Librarian
Canisius College Library
evans@canisus.edu
Phone 716-888-2932
Fax  716-888-2887