2 messages:

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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:50:15 -0400
From: Greg Szczyrbak <Greg.Szczyrbak@MILLERSV.EDU>
Subject: <WOB> RE:UMI name change (Bob Persing)

Do you think we can submit this as one of the "Worst Title changes of the
year"?

Gregory Szczyrbak
Millersville University
Ganser Library - Periodicals
Millersville University PA  17602
717.872.3645

Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:16:30 -0400
From: Bob Persing <persing@POBOX.UPENN.EDU>
Subject: UMI name change

In case this is news to some of you (it was to me):

As of May 3rd, UMI has changed its name to "Bell & Howell Information
and Learning".

There's a press release at: http://www.umi.com/hp/PressRel/990503.html

Name changes like this always knock our accounts payable dept. for a
loop, which holds up payments for a while.  Even small changes, like
from "Gale" to "The Gale Group", can cause payment trouble for us.  But
hey, you can't stop progress....

:-) Bob Persing
Head of Serials, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA  19104-6278
Phone: 215-898-2815 / Fax: 215-573-9610 / email: persing@pobox.upenn.edu

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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:52:02 -0400
From: Susan Davis <unlsdb@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject: Re: UMI name change (Bob Persing)

We heard this week that the traditional microfilm/fiche would still carry
the UMI brand, but the electronic products (which now includes Information
Access titles) would carry the Bell & Howell brand name which Bob notes
below.

If these consolidations continue, we'll only need to have a vendor file
with about a half dozen entries! :-)

Susan

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Susan Davis
Head, Periodicals
Central Technical Services
University at Buffalo
Lockwood Library Bldg.
Buffalo, NY  14260-2200
(716) 645-2784
(716) 645-5955 fax
unlsdb@acsu.buffalo.edu