RE: Publisher Genealogy

["Peter B. Hirtle" <pbh6@cornell.edu>]

My unofficial understanding is that the FOB database was built by 
Texas and Reading from research they had to do for their own 
projects.  Like the WATCH (Writers, Artists, and their Copyright 
Holders) File, it is dependent on the community to help keep it 
current.  As the "About FOB" page notes, "FOB is a much newer and 
less complete file than WATCH. The compilers would welcome 
submissions of additional information for FOB from users of the 
WATCH and FOB websites and from others with specialist knowledge 
in literary and publishing history."

I have passed on to the people at Texas the excellent suggestions 
of resources that have been posted to the Liblicense list.  If 
you have additional information about specific firms, I know the 
compilers would welcome it.

Peter


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu 
[mailto:owner-liblicense-
> l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Watkinson
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:29 PM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: Publisher Genealogy
>
> Peter is I know much more knowledgeable about these things than I
> am but I have looked up one company of great interest to me
> because I worked for it for eleven years and I find that the
> entry is at least thirteen years out of date. How is this
> resource updated? It is probably not much used to librarians
> trying to find current owners unless it is a little more current
> I would feel.
>
> Anthony