RE: Publisher Genealogy

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

For older publishers, especially literary publishers, the 
essential resource is the FOB (Firms out of Business) database. 
FOB tracks publishing, literary and other firms that have gone 
out of business, and is jointly run by the Harry Ransom Center 
and University of Reading Library. 
Seehttp://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/fob.cfm.

Peter

Peter B. Hirtle
Senior Policy Advisor and Fellow, Society of American Archivists
Digital Scholarship Services
Cornell University Library
Ithaca, NY 14853


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Greg Grossmeier
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:31 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: Publisher Genealogy

Thank you, Joe, for sending it on to Peter.

And thanks to Steve and Gail who sent along the resource from 
Mary Munroe (http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/). That seems 
like a great place to start, at least.

And yes, Joe, you guessed it! The ultimate goal is to get a 
better understanding of the orphan status of works.

Best,
Greg

Greg Grossmeier
Copyright Specialist
University of Michigan Library