ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has announced that it has acquired RefWorks LLC, a leading provider of web-based research management, writing and collaboration services for the academic and research communities. Cambridge Information Group has had an ownership position in RefWorks since May 2001. Complete ownership will enable ProQuest to integrate RefWorks into its COS business, which serves the same market, creating powerful, single-source networking and management tools for scholars around the world.
Jeff Baer, ProQuest Vice President and General Manager of RefWorks/COS, will lead the newly merged group. RefWorks CEO Earl Beutler will remain a consultant to support strategic projects from RefWorks/COS. The remaining senior management team of RefWorks will report directly to Baer. The other RefWorks staff will be combined with the COS staff to create a single, integrated organisation.
RefWorks' acclaimed tools, best known for their ability to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, are uniquely complementary to COS Scholar Universe. COS Scholar Universe is known for its networking capability, which provides direct access to over 1.4 million active researchers from around the world working in over 200 disciplines.
With RefWorks and COS joining forces, researchers will now be able to turn to one source for tools that help them identify colleagues with similar research interests around the world, establish alliances and manage joint research projects.
More News in this Theme
