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SSRN Joins Mendeley and Elsevier
SSRN has announced that it is joining Mendeley and Elsevier. Here’s the announcement on SSRN. Here’s Elsevier’s blog post about it. Both statements promise that SSRN users should face little disruption on the cost front. They also promise the entanglement will lead to new features (throwing Scopus out as an example of what might occur). Continue reading
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Lexis Acquires Lex Machina
Under the headline, “Lex Machina is Accelerating With LexisNexis,” Lex Machina announced this morning that it had been acquired by the larger corporation. Robert Ambrogi discusses the deal (while it was still an unconfirmed rumor) here. His report of the confirmation of the deal is here. Additional coverage from Bloomberg BNA is here. Text of… Continue reading
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Vendor News: Fastcase Acquires LoisLaw
Fastcase has purchased LoisLaw from WoltersKluwer. Robert Ambrogi broke the news on Law Sites after current Loislaw customers started receive notices of the change. Fastcase has confirmed it, and posted some FAQs on the transition. It looks like Fastcase has expanded it customer base by acquiring the current LoisLaw subscriptions and brand. The legacy LoisLaw… Continue reading
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Vendor news: LexisNexis aquires MLex
Press release: http://www.relx.com/mediacentre/pressreleases/2015/Pages/lexisnexis-announces-agreement-to-acquire-MLex.aspx Commentary from Dewey B and iBrary Guy http://deweybstrategic.blogspot.com/2015/07/lexisnexis-locks-up-another-legal-news.html https://ibraryguy2.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/ex-citing-news-mlex-joins-relx-group-mlex-relx-lexisnexis-libraries/ Continue reading
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ProQuest acquiring Coutts and MyiLibrary, partnering with Ingram.
ProQuest announced today that it is acquiring Coutts and MyiLibrary from Ingram Content Group. It is also “entering into a strategic partnership” with Ingram for print distribution. The press release can be read on the ProQuest website (the same release can also be read on the Ingram website). More info on these changes from ProQuest… Continue reading
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