I’m guessing this is a case of Arlene misunderstanding something her Harrassowitz representative said. This is probably a good example of why we should wait for official press releases rather than pass along information gotten secondhand.
Katy G.
Katy Ginanni, Collection Development Librarian
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Fallon
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 9:32 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] ** SPAM ** Re: [SERIALST] De Gruyter emails??
Hi,
And let me reassure the members here that DeGruyter is very sound financially. In the last six months we have gone through some unprecedented growth with the acquisition of the BE Press journals and Versita, to become the third largest International Open Access Publisher. In addition, we have just reached a collaboration with Harvard University Press to sell their eBook content globally.
Also, in April we have moved our office from New York to Boston in order to establish a proper editorial department and grow our sales team. Our office staff has more than doubled in the same six months.
DeGruyter has been around since 1749 and is still owned by the DeGruyter family. As we look to continue our growth as a publisher now and in the future we look forward to working with you and expanding our reach into the scholarly community.
If anyone has any further questions about this, please let me know.
Best regards,
Steve Fallon
Sales Director
Americas
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From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Friedemann Weigel
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No. HARRASSOWITZ has not bought and has no intention to buy DeGruyter.
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Am 06.01.2012 um 14:32 schrieb "Arlene Sievers-Hill" <axs23@CASE.EDU>:
> To all:
>
> Re: Walter de Gruyter
>
> In a recent discussion I had with a Harrassowitz representative I
> learned from him that Harrassowitz has taken over De Gruyter. During
> these kinds of changeovers there are more often than not lots of
> confusion. I will try to get all the information I can on this and
> pass it on.
>
> I suspect De Gruyter was about to go under and Harrassowitz may have
> seen the opportunity to step in. They publish important material in
> linguistics as many of you know.
>
> De Gruyter and Mouton in the Netherlands have always, it seems, been
> in trouble. When I worked there they were located near or in Lisse
> where I worked with Swets. I remember Mouton going through a similar
> vanishing act.
> My thoughts.
>
> Arlene Moore Sievers-Hill
> Collection Development and Management Officer
>
> Case Western Reserve University
> Kelvin Smith Library
> 10900 Euclid Ave.
> Cleveland, OH 44106
> USA
>
> Telephone: (216) 368-3328
> Fax: (216) 368-3669
> Email: Arlene.Sievers@case.edu
>
> p.s. Someone may want to pass this on to ACQNET and WESL of ACRL. I
> will if I get a chance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/5/12, Jenny Lockwood <jelockwo@lib.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> > Thank you Steve for the update and all those who checked their access.
> > Sincerely
> > Jenny
> > On 1/5/2012 12:28 PM, Steve Fallon wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I do apologize for these inconveniences. Below was sent from our
> >> customer service in Germany regarding access issues:
> >>
> >> *New Platform *
> >>
> >> The platform launch was unfortunately accompanied by some technical
> >> problems, we have already been able to solve many of them.
> >>
> >> Redirects from the old to the new platform and DOI links are reliable.
> >> More information on the redirects (as well as other topics) can be
> >> found in the FAQs (http://www.degruyter.com/page/286).
> >>
> >> Institution IPs were transferred, so you should be authenticated
> >> and your institution should be identified on the platform. Should
> >> this not be the case then please send an email including your
> >> current IPs to service@degruyter.com <mailto:service@degruyter.com>
> >> and we will match and update accordingly or identify another cause for this.
> >>
> >> Sometimes an error page stating 'An error has occurred in the
> >> application. Please contact support. Thank you for your patience
> >> and understanding.' appears. This does not mean that the content or
> >> the page itself is not available, but a bug in the platform while
> >> loading a page. We are working to fix this as soon as possible.
> >> Please be informed that the 'Institutional Administration' section
> >> on the new platform is not yet in place. It will be available End
> >> of January 2012 and we will inform all previous administrators about the details.
> >>
> >> *On Friday January 6^th a new release of the platform will be
> >> pushed live, correcting many problems, and there will be ongoing
> >> process of upgrading and enhancing the platform*. For all problems
> >> concerning access please send an email to service@degruyter.com
> >> <mailto:service@degruyter.com> and we will try to answer as quickly
> >> as possible.
> >>
> >> *Email Technical Issues *
> >>
> >> If you are receiving a bounced e-mail, please forward it to our IT
> >> technician, Cody Anderson at cody.anderson@evenerable.com
> >> <mailto:cody.anderson@evenerable.com> . The bounced e-mails will
> >> have the diagnostic information we need to make the proper corrections.
> >> Cody is working with our IT colleagues in Berlin to get these
> >> communication issues resolved. In the meantime, you can always
> >> contact me (contact information below) or Daniela Somary in Sales
> >> Support at
> >> 857-284-7073 x103 or Daniela.Somary@degruyter.com
> >>
> >> Again, I apologize for any inconvenience. We are working diligently
> >> to correct these technical issues in a timely manner.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> Steve Fallon
> >>
> >> Sales Director
> >>
> >> Americas
> >>
> >> DE GRUYTER
> >>
> >> 121 High Street, Third Floor
> >>
> >> Boston, MA 02110
> >>
> >> USA
> >>
> >> T (857) 284-7073 x108
> >>
> >> F (857) 284-7358
> >>
> >> M (646) 492-1346
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *From:* SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> >> [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jenny Lockwood
> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:02 PM
> >> *To:* SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> >> *Subject:* Re: [SERIALST] De Gruyter emails??
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> I was able to send an email but no response yet. Is anyone able to
> >> access their de Gruyter content yet? Our institution is recognized,
> >> but I get an error when I try to read our journal content.
> >> Thanks
> >> Jenny Lockwood
> >>
> >> On 1/3/2012 2:43 PM, Mina Davenport wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm having trouble finding the web site...
> >>
> >> Mina Davenport, Librarian
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> >>
> >>
> >> >>> "Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb@UMKC.EDU>
> >> <mailto:penningtonb@UMKC.EDU> 1/3/2012 12:40 PM >>>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> We have recently tried to email De Gruyter, and have learned that
> >> the University of Missouri system blocks these emails as they have
> >> De Gruyter on some sort of email blacklist. Have others out there
> >> experienced this?
> >>
> >> Buddy Pennington
> >>
> >> Director of Collections and Access Management
> >>
> >> University of Missouri - Kansas City
> >>
> >> 304 Miller Nichols Library
> >>
> >> 800 East 51^st Street
> >>
> >> Kansas City, MO 64110
> >>
> >> 816-235-1548
> >>
> >> 816-333-5584 (fax)
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Jenny Lockwood
> > Acquisitions/Electronic Resources
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> >
> >