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ProQuest merges into Clarivate: an update on business integration
Posted today on Library Technology Guides.
https://t.co/syYOxyzrVk
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@ProQuest
@clarivate
@ExLibrisGroup

LTN feature: Axiell acquires Infor Library and Information Solutions, including the V-smart portfolio of library technologies. Infor includes the legacy of Geac, a pioneer of the library technology industry
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BARATZ, the Madrid-based company offering the AbsysNet ILS has been acquired by Total Specific Solutions, an operating company of Constellation Software, Inc. (which also owns BiblioCommons, Softlink, Prima, and ResourceMate).https://t.co/z6bFNkeOGq
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@grupobaratz

OverDrive to acquire video streaming service Kanopy
https://t.co/qInqVWrvsT
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@Kanopy

Clarivate to Acquire ProQuest: $5.3 billion deal expands academic library workflows
Posted on American Libraries:
https://t.co/8z84Bl8mEk
My brief summary of the pending acquisition.
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@ProQuest
@clarivate
@amlibraries

Major news: Clarivate to acquire ProQuest. Clarivate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ProQuest for $5.3 billion.
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@clarivate
@ExLibrisGroup
@iii_Innovative
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My 2021 Library Systems Report: Advancing library technologies in challenging times has been published by American Libraries.
https://t.co/sEDu24TI6D
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Capita to sell its Education Software Solutions business, including Capita Libraries and its Capita LMS (formerly known as Alto) to Tiger UK Bidco Limited and will be merged into ParentPay Group.
https://t.co/zN876t44Sh
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@CapitaLibraries

ProQuest has announced that Oded Scharfstein will succeed Bar Veinstein as president of Ex Libris, with the transition planned for Jan 2021
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@ExLibrisGroup
https://t.co/4yYPSdcShH

18 Québec university libraries participating in the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) have implemented OCLC WorldShare Management Services for collaborative collection management and union catalog.
https://t.co/KvJGBpLKtE
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@OCLC

The Clark Family Library of Washington and Jefferson College has implemented FOLIO with support from ByWater Solutions and hosting services by EBSCO Information Services; migrated from SirsiDynix Symphony.
https://t.co/r2m9AVEXlU
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Kari Paulson has joined TIND as its new Chief Operating Officer and member of the board. Paulson founded Ebook Library and served as VP and GM of ProQuest Ebooks following its acquisition.
https://t.co/FALZBd70p4
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@tind_io

Well-known science fiction author, activist, and journalist, Cory Doctorow, will be a keynote at their next annual NISO Plus conference to be held virtually, February 22-25, 2021.
https://t.co/Bosk2IrZJr
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@TAC_NISO

University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky has selected Ex Libris Alma library services platform and Primo discovery service; will migrate from Sierra.
https://t.co/9ocxsCWdZz
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@ExLibrisGroup
@UCumberlands

Michigan State University to implement to the FOLIO library services platform with hosting and support from EBSCO Information Services; migrating from Sierra
https://t.co/yO6bx206UV
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@FOLIO_LSP
@EBSCO

Axiell has acquired CultureConnect, a NYC-based company providing digital engagement technologies for museums and otehr cultural institutions.
Press announcement:
https://t.co/iPsKoqIfXD
Updated M&A Chart for Axiell
https://t.co/y01MtcOsJa
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ProQuest has delayed its plans to integrate Innovative Interfaces into Ex Libris pending outcome of additional evaluation by the FTC.
https://t.co/u9n3XkcKME
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@ProQuest
@ExLibrisGroup
@iii_Innovative

EBSCO Information Services to acquire Zepheira, a provider of large-scale, decentralized linked data infrastructure.
https://t.co/kVhuK8t592
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@EBSCO
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My article on the acquisition of BiblioCommons by Constellation Software has been posted on American Libraries @amlibraries @bibliocommons #LibTechNews
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