Re: Acquisitions of independent databases by major vendors

["Anthony Watkinson" <anthony.watkinson@btinternet.com>]

I understand what Ivy Anderson means but the form in which it is 
couched is often used both in this context and when smaller 
publishers are bought by larger publishers. These independent 
databases like smaller companies sell to the larger publishers 
and make money out of the sale. No-one is forced to sell unless 
they have an unsustainable business model and just cannot manage 
to deliver.

Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivy Anderson" <Ivy.Anderson@ucop.edu>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Acquisitions of independent databases by major vendors

>A colleague who is not a subscriber to this list is attempting to
> identify individuals or organizations that monitor trends
> affecting small independent databases - especially those owned
> and made available through universities or other non-profit
> entities - and tracks the acquisitions of these products by the
> larger commercial vendors.  If anyone knows any good sources of
> market intelligence in this area, please respond to me off-list
> and I will share the information with my colleague.
>
> Best,
>
> Ivy Anderson
> Director of Collections
> California Digital Library
> University of California, Office of the President
> (510) 987-0334 (voice)
> (510) 287-3825 (fax)
> ivy.anderson@ucop.edu
> http://cdlib.org <http://cdlib.org/>