Information Research Weblog

I had an interesting message on a mailing list today:

SAGE Publications are pleased to offer free online full text access to the current and back issues of the following selected Information Sciences <https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FT77503> journals, until 30 September 2007, as listed below:

• IFLA Journal
• Journal of Information Science
• Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
• Information Development
• Business Information Review
• Journal of Health Informatics

No reason is given for this interesting trial, but I assume that it is something to do with the success of open access journals. Perhaps income from them is low, since journals in the field typically have quite small subscription lists and perhaps funding them through advertising is on the cards?