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:
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>> *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:
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>> I'm having trouble finding the web site...
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>> >>> "Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb@UMKC.EDU>
>> <mailto:penningtonb@UMKC.EDU> 1/3/2012 12:40 PM >>>
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>> 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
>>
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