Oh dear -- what will that do to the Chadwyck-Healey stuff that B&H now
has, I wonder?? We are already experiencing access problems related to
databases that B&H can't seem to fix ....

Dr. Peter V. Picerno
Collection Development Team Leader
Dean B. Ellis Library
Arkansas State University
State University, AR 72467
(870) 972-3078
Fax: (870) 972-3199
<ppicerno@CHOCTAW.ASTATE.EDU>

> Subject: Bell & Howell spinoff
>
> Looks like the former UMI is about to become the former Bell & Howell
> Information and Learning, according to an article in the online edition of
> the Chicago Tribune. Bell & Howell is spinning it off into a separate
> company (the article didn't mention the new company's name, but indicated
> that it won't be Bell & Howell). B&H stock went up 16% on the news of the
> announcement...
>
> The text of the article is at:
>
> http://www.chicago.tribune.com/tech/news/article/0,2669,ART-40568,FF.html
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
> University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
> 338 Henry Administration Building
> 506 S. Wright Street
> Urbana, IL  61801
> Phone:  (217) 333-4895
> Fax:      (217) 333-6355
> E-mail:  bernies@uillinois.edu