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Industry Briefs: Announcements from ByWater Solutions, OCLC, Adam Matthew, ProQuest, Knovel, and Springer

October 1, 2013 by Gary Price

1. Eight Libraries Partner to Bring Overdrive Integration to Koha
2.  OCLC Acquires HKA, a Dutch Library Systems Provider
3. Travel and Tourism: Adam Matthew Will Digitize Thomas Cook Archive
4. ProQuest Launches New Database: ProQuest Indian Journals
5. With Addition of Eight New Publishers, Knovel On Track for Record Year
6. Springer Signs Deal to Provide NYU with its Springer Book Archives

Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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