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The SAGE Difference

The SAGE Difference. Hob Brooks Senior Library Sales Manager. The SAGE Difference. Our unique vision Our role in the information industry How we are responding to the serials crisis. The SAGE Vision.

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The SAGE Difference

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  1. The SAGE Difference Hob Brooks Senior Library Sales Manager

  2. The SAGE Difference • Our unique vision • Our role in the information industry • How we are responding to the serials crisis

  3. The SAGE Vision • We believe passionately that engaged scholarship lies at the heart of any healthy society and that education is intrinsically valuable • Sara Miller-McCune – co-founder, publisher, chairman of the board and principal shareholder • Started in 1965 in New York with one journal and one employee – Sara • More than 45 years as an independent publishing company run by publishers, not accountants • Recognition that publishing is fundamentally a relationship business

  4. Philanthropy • Sara’s estate plan leaves SAGE as a charitable trust for at least 99 years – will never be sold • Passion for social justice and improved policy through scholarship • Extensive giving program – education, arts, health & welfare • SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB • Miller-McCune Magazine – translating research into policy

  5. Commercial Academic Informa Stanford Cambridge UP Palgrave Wiley Blackwell American Association Publishers Springer Oxford UP McGraw Hill Yale UP Harvard Elsevier North Carolina Macmillan/NPG MIT Press Random House Chicago Uniquely positioned between huge conglomerates and university presses SAGE Our Expertise – Your Journals

  6. Part of the library community • Library advisory board across SAGE products • ALA Library Champion Sponsor • Founding publisher member of Project Transfer • Counter compliant • Research4Life (HINARI, AGORA and OARE) • Newbury Park High School library (near SAGE corporate HQ) named the SAGE Library • Staff hosts library/research/publisher events, speak at library conferences, contribute to library publications

  7. Market leader by the numbers • Total number of journals ranked – 385/635 (2010 title list) • Top rankings in the JCR: • Top-ranked journals in 7 categories • 43 rankings within the top 5 • 96 rankings within the top 10 • Titles Ranked #1 • Educational Researcher • American Sociological Review • Journal Of Material Culture • Trauma Violence & Abuse (#1 in 2 categories) • International Journal of Robotics Research • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

  8. Partners with more than 245 top learned and academic societies • Increase the depth and overall quality of our content • Greater efficiencies for our society partners • Growth helps cover the costs of fixed overheads and keep prices down • Gives us a stronger competitive edge

  9. American Educational Research Association • Top education association in the world • 25,000 members • Top 2 journals in Education: ER is ranked No.1 (3.774 IF) and RER is ranked No. 2 (3.127 IF) • ER is largest circulation education journal • AERJ is flagship title • SAGE publishes all six of AERA’s journals

  10. Association for Psychological Science • SAGE publishes all four titles for APS • APS is the largest Psych Science Association in the world with 20,000 Members • Psychological Science is ranked 7/120 in Multidisciplinary Psych (4.699 IF).

  11. American Sociological Association • Top Sociology Association in the World • 18,000 Members • No. 1 ranked journal in Sociology: ASR with a 3.693 IF • SAGE publishes 8 ASA titles in 2011 with two more joining in 2012

  12. British Sociological Association • The BSA was founded in 1951. • Most of its 2,300 members are based in the UK – through reciprocal arrangements with organisations abroad it has members based in over 400 institutions in 45 countries • The BSA owns and publishes with SAGE two internationally renowned journals, Sociology and Work, Employment & Society. The BSA also jointly owns Cultural Sociology with SAGE

  13. Competing demands of libraries, societies, and scholars • Libraries • High quality content fairly priced • Societies • Wide dissemination of content • Reliable revenue stream to fund other scientific activities • Scholars • Unfettered access to information when, where and how they want it delivered

  14. Addressing the serials crisis • SAGE Open • First Open Access general social science journal • When the “big deal” doesn’t work – options for librarians • HSS/STM Collections – Premier Subsets • 11 Discipline Based Subject Collections • Title by Title Purchasing • Exploring article based purchasing models

  15. Digital Publishing • SAGE journals – e-only format is our cheapest format • Reflects the direct cost savings resulting from not having to print or ship materials • SAGE e-reference – 20% surcharge for electronic • Reflects the increased opportunity for usage – unlimited user sitewide license

  16. Tokens / Article Based Purchasing • SAGE has received permission to invest in developing this technology through HighWire Press • Exploring options for a business model that works for both libraries/publishers • Pros and Cons to a token based purchase model

  17. Backfile Pricing Models • Archives priced per article • Per article price is lowest for our largest backfile package • Tiering based upon FTE/Carnegie – nine tiers available • Additional discounts for consortium and group purchases through WALDO • Full dark archive participant

  18. Innovative new library products • SAGE Journals Online • Choice magazine award for best online platform • PSP award for best online platform • Mobile device enabled websites for all titles • SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO) • Over 600 books - Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks as well as all the “Little Green Books” • Two major works collating a selection of journal articles • Newly commissioned videos • SAGE Reference Online • Award-winning platform • High quality content • User-friendly interface

  19. SAGE Reference award-winning content • Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2010 • Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Encyclopedia of Journalism; Encyclopedia of Death and Dying; Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery • RUSA 2011 Outstanding Reference Sources • Encyclopedia of Identity; Encyclopedia of Geography; 21st Century Economics, Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Encyclopedia of Group Processes and Intergroup Relations • Library Journal Best Reference 2010 • Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication; Encyclopedia of Geography; Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine

  20. The future “I promise that our company will remain independent and will remain committed to its vision by giving back through both corporate and personal philanthropy. Our employees will continue to give of their time and talent in their own communities. We enjoy our work and take pride in what we do. We believe in education and its contribution to the building of social capital and beneficial social change.’ Sara Miller-McCune (2010)

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