CILIP | ONLINE LIBRARY & INFORMATION JOURNALS FREE TO SAMPLE FOR LIMITED PERIOD : Try-out period open to all prior to CILIP member-only access

Try-out period open to all prior to CILIP member-only access

News 30/06/04

CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is to make two flagship professional journals available free online for a limited period, prior to access being restricted to CILIP members only. Following agreement with the publishers Sage Publications, Journal of Information Science and Journal of Librarianship and Information Science will be available to search full text online until 1 November.

“We’re very pleased to be able to offer free access to these two important journals in the run up to the introduction of the member-only area on the CILIP web site towards the end of the year,” says CILIP’s Information Manager Caroline Nolan. “The intention is to give CILIP members the opportunity to put these two journals through their paces before perhaps opting to take one or other free online thereafter, and either or both in hard copy on subscription.,” she continues, “as we’re sure that this will encourage more people to sign up for CILIP membership with all its other benefits as well.”

To access the journals online, users should go to www.cilip.org.uk/practice/journals.html. A simple click-through then takes them to one or other journal. CILIP members will additionally be invited to register, to ensure that their free online access to one or the other continues beyond the trial period.

Contact: Tim Buckley Owen, Head of Membership, Marketing & Media.
Tel: 020 7255 0652. Email: tim.buckleyowen@cilip.org.uk

Notes to Editors

Journal of Information Science is an international journal of high repute covering topics of interest to all those researching and working in the sciences of information and knowledge management. 6 issues a year, 2004 subscription rate: £241.

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science is the international quarterly journal for librarians, information scientists, specialists, managers and educators interested in keeping up to date with the most recent issues and developments in the field. 4 issues a year, 2004 subscription rate: £240.

Both journals are published by Sage, and in addition CILIP owns Journal of Information Science. As a result, CILIP members can subscribe to the print version of Journal of Information Science for only £15 a year, which represents a saving of £226 on an annual subscription.

CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with around 23,000 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries.

Updated: 03 July 2006