ProQuest Says FTC is Reviewing Acquisition of Innovative
From a by ProQuest CEO Matti Shem Tov:
As is typical with many merger and acquisition transactions in the United States, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) routinely evaluates the potential impact on competition and customers, and we received a formal notification of a review of the acquisition of Innovative. We remain confident that the acquisition will positively impact the industry and increase choice for libraries worldwide. We are working with the relevant parties and hope to be through this process soon.
As we communicated at the time, our goal is to combine Innovative’s expertise with Ex Libris’ leading cloud technologies to develop cloud-based SaaS solutions. With Innovative’s experience in resource sharing and metadata services we will accelerate the development of solutions that help customers thrive in today’s changing library environment. Ultimately this will enable us to offer real choice for the first time to academic, public, and special libraries for both resource sharing and metadata services.
As we communicated at the time, our goal is to combine Innovative’s expertise with Ex Libris’ leading cloud technologies to develop cloud-based SaaS solutions. With Innovative’s experience in resource sharing and metadata services we will accelerate the development of solutions that help customers thrive in today’s changing library environment. Ultimately this will enable us to offer real choice for the first time to academic, public, and special libraries for both resource sharing and metadata services.
As we move forward, we reiterate our commitment that there will be no disruption to your library operations. Innovative continues to operate independently and its customers should continue to engage with the Innovative team as you always have
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.