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<p>you might also be interested in Roger Schonfeld's thoughtful analysis </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.sr.ithaka.org/blog/what-are-the-larger-implications-of-proquests-acquisition-of-exlibris/">http://www.sr.ithaka.org/blog/what-are-the-larger-implications-of-proquests-acquisition-of-exlibris/</a></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 7, 2015 12:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] ProQuest is buying Ex Libris!</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(22, 53, 90); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Interesting, indeed! In case you haven’t seen it yet, there’s more information in an article by Marshall Breeding that was published yesterday in
American Libraries: <a href="http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/proquest-to-acquire-ex-libris/">
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/proquest-to-acquire-ex-libris/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: rgb(22, 53, 90); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nina Pitts</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Fuhrman, Tim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] ProQuest is buying Ex Libris!</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Wow. This should be interesting!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Discussion list for Ex Libris' Voyager Integrated Library
System [<a href="mailto:VOYAGER-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU">mailto:VOYAGER-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Dicus<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 06, 2015 9:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:VOYAGER-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU">VOYAGER-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [VOYAGER-L] ProQuest and Ex Libris Join to Accelerate Innovation for Libraries Worldwide</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b>Dear Customers – below is copy of the PR we have just released. Exciting news we wanted to make sure you are not missing. Please also find an attached FAQ.</b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 106, 170); font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">ProQuest and Ex Libris Join to Accelerate Innovation for Libraries Worldwide</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: rgb(93, 93, 93); line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Complementary capabilities will break new ground in helping libraries meet
evolving needs; current products to be supported and enriched</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">ANN ARBOR, Mich., and JERUSALEM, Israel, October 6, 2015 --
<b>ProQuest</b>, an information solutions provider, central to global research, has signed an agreement to acquire
<b>Ex Libris Group</b>, a leading global provider of library automation solutions. The capabilities of ProQuest and Ex Libris span expertise in print, electronic and digital content, as well as solutions for library management, discovery and research workflows.
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Bringing these complementary assets together will enable ProQuest and Ex Libris to enhance existing products and accelerate innovation of new services to quickly address some of libraries’ most pressing
challenges</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">: disparate workflows for print, electronic and digital resources, and navigation of complex and rapidly changing technology, content and user environments. The acquisition is expected
to close in the coming months. <span style="background: yellow;"></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">“We are excited to have Ex Libris join ProQuest and welcome its proven track-record of innovation on behalf of libraries. One great example of their expertise in action is the success of Ex Libris’ Alma unified
resource management solution in helping hundreds of institutions worldwide improve their libraries’ value to their users,”
<b>said <span style="color: black;">Kurt Sanford, ProQuest CEO</span>. </b> “Together, the companies will build on and create more groundbreaking library services, bringing additional value to our customers and the broader industry.”</span></p>
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<span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“The acquisition of Ex Libris by ProQuest enriches our commitment to the global library community and will enhance our ability to carry out our product roadmaps and strategies,”
</span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">said
<b>Matti Shem-Tov, Ex Libris CEO. </b>“</span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The combined talent and expertise of ProQuest and Ex Libris will enable more efficient development and support of our leading
solutions, and will accelerate innovation in both current and new products. We will identify opportunities to deliver the best of what both companies have to offer by expanding key features in resource management, knowledge base capabilities and discovery
services to enhance existing products.” </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">“Combining our companies enables us to create even more opportunities and choices for libraries -- especially
our existing customers,” said <b>Oren Beit-Arie, Ex Libris Chief Strategy Officer</b>.
<span style="background: white;">“Both ProQuest and Ex Libris are deeply engaged with the global library community and benefit from active, collaborative and forward thinking customers and user groups. Continuing our tradition of cooperation, we are committed
to working with our user communities to get input and guidance as we enhance current solutions and create new ones.”</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Both companies will continue their longstanding commitment to openness and collaborations with other organizations in the
industry, including <b>OCLC, Google, Gale Cengage, HARRASSOWITZ</b> and <b>YBP/EBSCO</b>, for the benefit of customers.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">After closing, ProQuest and Ex Libris will form a distinct business unit called
<b>Ex Libris, a ProQuest Company</b>. This unit will be led by Mr. Shem-Tov, and supported by the Ex Libris management team along with ProQuest Workflow Solutions management. ProQuest and Ex Libris will continue to support the broad selection of products their
customers depend on and will enhance each company’s offerings, including <b>Alma, Aleph, bX, Intota, Primo, Rosetta, SFX, SIPX, Summon, 360 Link, Voyager</b> and the newly launched
<b>Leganto</b> reading list solution and <b>campusM</b> mobile campus solution.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">About Ex Libris
</span></b><u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(</span></u><a href="http://www.exlibrisgroup.com"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.exlibrisgroup.com</span></a><u><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); line-height: 150%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Ex Libris is a leading global provider of library automation solutions. Offering SaaS solutions for the management and discovery
of the full spectrum of library and scholarly materials, as well as mobile campus solutions driving student engagement and success, Ex Libris serves over 5,600 customers in 90 countries. 43 of the top 50 universities worldwide and over 40 national libraries
deploy Ex Libris solutions to create a unified platform for both the management and discovery of library resources.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">About ProQuest
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(</span><a href="http://www.proquest.com"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.proquest.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company’s products are a gateway to the
world’s knowledge including dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, historical collections and ebooks. ProQuest technologies serve users across the critical points in research, helping them discover, access, share, create and manage information.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The company’s cloud-based technologies offer flexible solutions for librarians, students and researchers through the ProQuest<sup>®</sup>,
Bowker<sup>®</sup>, Coutts<sup>®</sup> information services, Dialog<sup>®</sup>, ebrary<sup>®</sup>, EBL™, and SIPX<sup>®</sup> businesses – and notable research tools such as the Summon<sup>®</sup> discovery service, the RefWorks<sup>®</sup> citation and
reference management platform, MyiLibrary<sup>®</sup> ebook platform, the Pivot<sup>®</sup> research development tool and Intota™. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with offices around the world.</span></p>
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