No. HARRASSOWITZ has not bought and has no intention to buy DeGruyter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friedemann Weigel Managing Partner - Director OTTO HARRASSOWITZ GmbH & Co. KG Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung & Zeitschriftenagentur Booksellers & Subscription Agents Livres & Périodiques Kreuzberger Ring 7b-d 65205 Wiesbaden, Germany Mail: 65174 Wiesbaden, Germany Phone: +49-(0)611-530 500 Fax: +49-(0)611-530 598 Email: fweigel@harrassowitz.de Web: http://www.harrassowitz.de **************************************** AG Wiesbaden HRA 1056 p.h.G.: Otto Harrassowitz Verwaltungs GmbH Gf.: Dr. Knut Dorn, Dipl.-Kfm. Friedemann Weigel, Ruth Becker-Scheicher (AG Wiesbaden HRB 21752) / UST.ID-Nr: DE 113897518 **************************************** 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 > >> <mailto: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 > >> > >> steve.fallon@degruyter.com<mailto:steve.fallon@degruyter.com > >> <mailto:steve.fallon@degruyter.com%3cmailto:steve.fallon@degruyter.com>> > >> > >> www.degruyter.com <http://www.degruyter.com/> > >> > >> *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 > >> Childrens Hospital > >> Health Sciences Library > >> 747 52nd Street > >> Oakland CA 94609 USA > >> (510) 428-3448 (p) > >> (510) 601-3963 (f) > >> mdavenport@mail.cho.org <mailto:mdavenport@mail.cho.org> > >> > >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message (and any attachments) > >> is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may > >> contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not > >> the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > >> copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is > >> strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are > >> not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting > >> the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and > >> destroy all copies of this message (and any attachments). Thank you. > >> > >> > >> > >> >>> "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) > >> > >> */UMKC Libraries:/*/ Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment./ > >> > > > > > > -- > > Jenny Lockwood > > Acquisitions/Electronic Resources > > New Mexico State University Library > > PO Box 30006 Dept 3475 > > Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 > > 575-646-3104 > > > >
