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SEATTLE, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Serials Solutions(®), a ProQuest(®) business, today announced its six Development Partners are actively using and providing feedback on the second iteration of Intota, a web-scale collection management solution for academic and special libraries. Integrated with a newly structured knowledgebase, this code drop represents another milestone toward interoperability with other information systems and unified, intelligent workflows. (Logo:...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) has partnered with ebrary, a ProQuest business, and YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor, to make it easier and more affordable for its member libraries to acquire authoritative e-books from publishers including Princeton University Press, Wiley, and Brill. Participating BLC member libraries are now offering seamless access to titles eligible for Consortium-wide...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When The Annual Register debuted in 1758, libraries were still scarce around the world and protective of their holdings, which were often chained to desks as a safeguard. During the ensuing 254 years, the chains were broken; libraries evolved even further by pushing content outside their walls, providing patrons with 24/7 remote access via computers. That "liberation" continues as the 253rd edition of The Annual Register, one of...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ann Arbor-based ProQuest(®) has been named in the 2012 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. ProQuest is best known for its creation of information and technology tools that support research. InformationWeek is a premier source of news and analysis of leading-edge products and vendors in the business IT industry. Its InformationWeek 500 list is considered unique among...
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bowker® Syndetics Solutions, the popular OPAC and discovery layer enrichment tool, is adding more than 25,000 reviews from key literary journals Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) and Quill and Quire. Libraries who subscribe to Syndetics Solutions can add the reviews to the bibliographic data displayed to patrons through their OPAC or discovery layer, the most common entry points to the library collection. (Logo:...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest LLC, a global information firm central to research, will release its second quarter 2012 financial results (through June 30, 2012) on Friday, August 10, 2012. On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 2 p.m., CEO Kurt Sanford and CFO Phil Evans will host a conference call for lenders and bond investors to discuss the results. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120620/DE27948LOGO-a ) Call-in details are available on ProQuest's...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest, an information company central to global research, is combining the best of its popular development programs for library schools to create a single, wide-ranging source that connects students and faculty with free resources designed to advance education and careers. The new Graduate Education Program (GEP) captures programs from ProQuest and business units such as Dialog, and includes access to products and services, teaching...
SEATTLE, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Syracuse University Library today unveiled their new website highlighting the Summon web-scale discovery service from Serials Solutions(®), a ProQuest(®) business. Librarians expect the robust search solution to improve access to the library's vast collection. Students and staff will experience simplified discovery of many types of resources across multiple disciplines. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120802/DE50885) (Photo:...
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Buyers of travel guidebooks are much more likely to travel outside their home country than general book buyers and they like printed guidebooks to help them get the most out of their exotic destinations. That's according to new research from Bowker, an affiliate of global information company ProQuest. In the new exhaustive study, Bowker explores the information-gathering and social networking habits of recreational travelers in the...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is expanding its acclaimed Digital National Security Archive with newly declassified files that provide researchers with fresh insights into the modern relationship between the U.S. and Japan. Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, Part III, 1961-2000 continues a series that provides the first broad digital access to memoranda of conversation between U.S. presidents and their Japanese...
