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Technology innovation drives adoption with more than 400 libraries in 40 countries embracing the Summon Service Seattle, WA (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business unit, commemorates the anniversary of introducing the Summon® service at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter meeting in 2009. In just three years, the service has grown its unified index, from 200 million items to more than 800 million and built a client base from 2 beta...
Information firm and civil rights organization work together to preserve archives and improve access ANN ARBOR, Mich. (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 The first step in broad, digital access to the archives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) commences in April when ProQuest and the venerable civil rights organization release the first in a series of modules for libraries and researchers. ProQuest® History Vault’s NAACP Papers 1 will provide the first...
As first phase of overall platform roll-out completes, ProQuest reveals rich enhancements Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) January 20, 2012 Libraries can offer their users a powerful research environment that goes where they are when ProQuest introduces a mobile interface for its new platform in the first half of 2012. The ability to discover, manage and share ProQuest’s unique content via smart phones and tablets is part of a series of enhancements launching as the company completes the first...
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive digitizes 20th Century’s most important chronicles Ann Arbor, Mich. (PRWEB) November 29, 2011 ProQuest will accelerate serious research into 20th century popular culture with the creation of the digital Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. For the first time, researchers will be able to explore every edition, cover-to-cover of nearly 30 major entertainment trade and consumer magazines in a single online search. The Archive’s 2.5...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest LLC, an information company central to global research and creator of award-winning technologies, has organized into strategic business units designed to provide strong, clear focus on customer needs. Chief Executive Officer Kurt Sanford, a highly experienced information services executive, joined the company in July and created the new, agile structure consisting of six business units, led by seasoned, proven executives. "ProQuest...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest LLC, a global information company central to research, will release its third quarter 2011 financial results (through September 30, 2011) on Thursday, November 10, 2011. On Monday, November 14, 2011 at 2 p.m., CEO Kurt Sanford and CFO Phil Evans will host a conference call for both bank and bond investors to discuss the results. Call-in details are available on ProQuest's secure investor exchange. Contact bondinvestor@proquest.com...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ann Arbor-based ProQuest has ranked 65th in the 2011 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 industry...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest LLC, a global information firm central to research, will release its second quarter 2011 financial results (through June 30, 2011) on Wednesday, August 10, 2011. On Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11 am, CEO Kurt Sanford and CFO Phil Evans will host a conference call for both bank and bond investors to discuss the results. Call-in details are available on ProQuest's secure investor exchange. Contact bondinvestor@proquest.com for...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest LLC, an information firm central to global research, today announced that Kurt Sanford will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors on July 13, 2011. Mr. Sanford, a highly experienced information services executive, previously spent the past 14 years at LexisNexis, serving most recently as President, Global Operations for its global legal business. Mr. Sanford will succeed Marty Kahn, who...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Just over five months after acquiring e-book innovator ebrary®, ProQuest launched technology that will link the companies' search platforms, enabling users to discover e-books in the context of their libraries' ProQuest content and use tools from both environments. ProQuest's all-new platform is rolling out in libraries around the world, bringing a flexible technological architecture that allows users to dive deeper into multiple content...
