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MORRISVILLE, N.C., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The completely rebuilt Dialog® information service is making its official debut at the Special Libraries Association Conference underway in San Diego. Now called ProQuest Dialog(TM), the service reinvents a classic resource making its rich, unique content - about a ... read more

Scholarship named for Dialog founder Roger K. Summit aims to fill information profession pipeline with promising students ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest, an information firm central to global research, has awarded the 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Allana Mayer, an MLIS student at McGill ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest, an information company central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL), significantly expanding its e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities with libraries worldwide. The acquisition supports ProQuest's overall goal of enhancing the research experience ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Simon Beale, ProQuest Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company's North American Government, Public Library and Schools unit, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Attendees at the UKSG and Association of College and Research Libraries conferences are getting a look at the next generation of document and reference management as ProQuest demos its new RefWorks Flow(TM), a cloud-based collaboration platform for research ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is streamlining research by enabling ebrary® and ProQuest® content to be discovered within a single search experience. Now, researchers can surface e-books side-by-side with relevant reports, videos, journal and newspaper articles and more in one step. The ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is digitizing more than 15,000 dissertations from premier European universities, providing broad, online access to these works for the first time. Digital discovery of the works from University College London, University of Aberdeen, Cardiff University, University of Leicester, University of Bath and ... read more

SEATTLE, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In support of delivering a superior customer experience, ProQuest appointed Tiffany Williamson as Vice President of Operations for Marketing, Sales and Customer Experience. In this new role, Williamson will drive strategy and operations excellence across sales and marketing, with a ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest and OCLC are launching a far-reaching data exchange program that will enhance the library discovery experience for users of OCLC's WorldCat Local service, ProQuest's Summon® service, the full-text of ProQuest Central and ebrary e-books. ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the insights and knowledge shared at SXSW Interactive (SXSWi), ProQuest, and ER&L are creating the ER&L + ProQuest #ideadrop house at this year's festival, March 8-12. Located in the heart of Austin, (TX) the house will be ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest is seeking applicants for its 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Celebrating its 20(th) anniversary and open to applicants from around the world, the US$5,000 award is given annually to a promising graduate student in library and ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest unveiled its new ProQuest Congressional, which has been rebuilt with an all-new technological framework that supports richer, more in-depth exploration and expanded use of its unique content. Acquired by ProQuest in late 2010, the one-of-a-kind service captures ... read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest, an information company central to global research, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ebook Library (EBL), which will significantly expand its e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities with libraries worldwide. The acquisition will further ProQuest's goal of ... read more