Shawn Morin named CEO and President of Ingram Content Group Inc. - April 5, 2016
Ingram Content Group has announced that Shawn Morin, president and chief operating officer, has been named chief executive officer and president, effective immediately. John R. Ingram will continue to be active as chairman of the company. Ingram noted that he will continue his own leadership… Read More
NLM awards 2016-2021 Regional Medical Library cooperative agreements - April 4, 2016
On April 1, 2016, the National Library of Medicine awarded five-year cooperative agreements to eight institutions to serve as Regional Medical Libraries (RMLs) and five National Coordinating Offices in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM). The agreements begin May 1, 2016. The Network consists… Read More
OCLC and the National Library of the Netherlands sign new long-term agreement for metadata management and discovery services - April 1, 2016
OCLC and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the National Library of the Netherlands, have signed a new long-term partnership agreement for metadata management and discovery services that will increase the visibility of Dutch public libraries' collections. Under the new agreement, library metadata workflows will be moved… Read More
ProQuest partners with premier Chinese publishers connecting researchers with essential Asian language materials - April 1, 2016
ProQuest is supporting libraries specialising in Asian Studies or interested in building their Chinese-language collection with carefully selected scholarly titles from renowned Chinese publishers and university presses – all available for perpetual access. Until now, acquiring a comprehensive, high quality collection of Chinese-language titles has been… Read More
Ingram Content Group acquires Perseus’ Distribution Businesses - April 1, 2016
Ingram Content Group has completed the transaction to purchase Perseus' distribution businesses. Ingram has acquired Perseus' four distinct publisher services brands: Publisher Group West (PGW), Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Perseus Distribution Services and Legato, along with Constellation, Perseus' digital asset management and distribution service. … Read More
Simon & Schuster titles now available via ProQuest’s MyiLibrary platform - March 31, 2016
Key titles from publisher Simon & Schuster are now available for the first time to the academic library market as ebooks through ProQuest's MyiLibrary® platform. More than 1,200 titles in subject areas such as business, psychology, history, social sciences, political sciences and literature will provide libraries… Read More
