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ProQuest creates indispensable research solutions that connect people and information.

ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company has forged a 70-year reputation as a gateway to the world’s knowledge – from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news, in all its forms. Its role is essential to libraries and other organizations whose missions depend on the delivery of complete, trustworthy information.

ProQuest’s massive information pool, built through partnerships with content creators, is navigated through technological innovations that enable users to quickly find just the right information. The company is currently rolling out the all-new ProQuest® platform, which moves beyond navigation to empower researchers to use, create, and share content—accelerating research productivity.

An energetic and fast-growing organization, in 2009 it launched the pioneering Summon™ web-scale discovery service, a boon to academic libraries worldwide. In 2010 ProQuest expanded into corporate and government markets, launching the ProQuest Dialog™ service and acquiring Congressional Information Services and University Publications of America. In early 2011 it acquired ebrary, expanding ProQuest’s content base to include e-books and adding to the technology expertise resident across the enterprise, which also includes such units as Serials Solutions

Library Advocacy

ProQuest is a longstanding supporter of libraries and librarianship. ProQuest's outreach and advocacy efforts extend deep into the library community. Among its varied programs are tools and services that help librarians connect with their communities, free database access and scholarship support for library students, and sponsorship of a range of awards that recognize outstanding library school educators and honor local efforts to protect intellectual freedom. ProQuest is also a corporate member and premier partner to numerous library organizations including the American Library Association's short list of Library Champions, corporate membership in the Urban Libraries Council, a sponsor of the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations, as well as many others. Involvement with these organizations is part of ProQuest’s commitment to the role of libraries as cornerstones of healthy, informed communities.

ProQuest's active support for charitable causes spans large organizations such as United Way, March of Dimes, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, to grassroots efforts that support local needs, such as Washtenaw Literacy. ProQuest, and its employees around the globe, commit both time and dollars to improve the lives of the world’s citizens. Library Marketing ToolkitsLibrarians face the fundamental challenge of creating awareness about their library's value and role in meeting information needs. How do you remind your user community about the great online resources you offer, when they think all they need is the open web? ProQuest can help show you how. We've

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1930s Eugene B. Power founds University Microfilms (1938)

Power establishes dissertation publishing program (1939)

1940s Newspaper microfilming begins (1940)

UMI efforts during World War II

Power helps found the National Microfilm Association (1943)

Beginning of the Serials in Microfilm Program (1948)

UMI begins microfilming The New York Times (1949)

1950s ARL recognizes UMI as publisher of record for all US dissertations (1951)

Introduction of STC II-Wing Project, a continuation of STC I, the original microfilmed collection of UMI (1957)

Beginning of the Books-on-Demand program (1958)

1960s Xerox Corporation purchases UMI (1962)

Power helps found the International Micrographics Congress, now the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) (1963)

DATRIX (later renamed Comprehensive Dissertation Index) is created (1967)

1980s Article Clearing House established (later renamed UMI InfoStore) (1983)

Bell & Howell acquires UMI, which becomes wholly owned subsidiary (1985)

UMI acquires Data Courier, a business-database publisher in Louisville , KY (1986)

Dissertation Abstracts Ondisc created, first abstract/index product on CD-ROM (1987)

ABI/INFORM Ondisc, and Newspaper Abstracts Ondisc, A&I databases on CD-ROM (1988)

UMI establishes a Preservation Division, capturing and preserving the

Intellectual content being lost to material deterioration (1989)

Business Periodicals Ondisc created-first full-image periodical database on CD-ROM (1989)

1990s Initiative to expand electronic rights acquisition begins (1992)

PowerPages introduced (1993)

Advanced Document Delivery Service (ADDS) introduced (later named to ProQuest Direct) for Windows (1995)

Dissertation Express-Web-based dissertation ordering service (1995)

UMI Acquires DataTimes Corporation in Oklahoma City (1996)

Information Industry Association names ProQuest Direct named Best Professional Online Product for 1996

Hundreds of full-text newspapers are added to UMI databases online (1996)

ProQuest Direct on the Web introduced (1996)

ProQuest Direct for Z39.50 introduced (1996)

UMI celebrates 1.5 millionth dissertation added to Dissertation Abstracts databases (1997)

Dissertations go digital with ProQuest Digital Dissertations (1997)

UMI and Dow Jones form long-term strategic alliance (1997)

Library of Congress recognizes UMI as offsite repository of Digital Dissertations Library (1998)

ProQuest Direct online system honored by the Smithsonian Institution (1998)

UMI introduces ProQuest SiteBuilder (1998)

Digital Vault Initiative announced (1998)

Bell & Howell Information and Learning enhances global presence with purchase of Information Publications International Ltd (1999)

UMI unveils new company name-Bell & Howell Information and Learning

Bell & Howell Information and Learning and Follett Higher Education Group make agreement to deliver coursepacks online (1999)

Bell & Howell Information and Learning acquires Chadwyck-Healey (1999)

Fortune Magazine names Bell & Howell Information and Learning website a “Top Internet Resource”

2000 & Beyond

Bell & Howell Information and Learning completes round of private funding for new K-12 Internet Education Company (bigchalk.com) (2000)

BHIL Higher Education division unveils new name: XanEdu.com (2000)

BHIL Acquires Custom Campus Publishing (CCP) (2001)

Bell & Howell changes name to ProQuest (PQE) (2001)

ProQuest acquires Heritage Quest (2001)

ProQuest acquires SoftLine Information, Inc. (2001)

ProQuest expands Digital Vault with Historical Newspapers (2001- 2004)

ProQuest acquires Micromedia Ltd. (2002)

ProQuest acquires MetaText (2002)

ProQuest acquires bigchalk, The Education Network (2002)

ProQuest acquires Norman Ross Publishing (2002)

ProQuest acquires SIRS Publishing (2003)

ProQuest named an Internet2 Collaboration Site (2004)

ProQuest acquires Copley Publishing (2004)

ProQuest acquires CultureGrams (2004)

ProQuest Company ranks as one of the top 100 Fastest Growing Tech Companies in Business 2.0 Magazine (2004)

ProQuest introduces Institutional Repository service (2004)

ProQuest acquires Serials Solutions (2004)

ProQuest® Smart Search Introduced(2004)

CSA Illumina Debuts (2004)

ProQuest sets digitalization records (2005)

ProQuest announces sale of periodical microfilm business (2005)

CSA acquires Community of Science, Inc. (2005)

CSA acquires the PapersInvited database (2006)

ProQuest donates "Shelter Library" to New Orleans Public Library (2006)

ProQuest Historical Annual Reports available (2006)

ProQuest launches digital collection of obituaries (2006)

Cambridge Information Group announces agreement to acquire ProQuest Information and Learning (2006)

ProQuest launches One Click searching (2006)

CSA introduces CSA Illustrata (2006)

Three ProQuest resources named CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006 (2007)

Cambridge Information Group completes acquisition of ProQuest Information and Learning and creates a new, privately held independent company, ProQuest-CSA (2007)

ProQuest CSA launches marketing toolkit for public libraries (2007)

ProQuest Civil War Era available through ProQuest CSA (2007)

ProQuest CSA Announces New Company Branding. Company now operates under the name ProQuest (2007)

Management Team

Andy Snyder Chairman Marty Kahn Vice Chairman Kurt P. Sanford Chief Executive Officer Philip Evans Chief Financial Officer Kevin Sayar President and General Manager of ebrary Simon Beale Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Training Rod Gauvin Senior Vice President and General Manager, ProQuest Information

Solutions Michael Gersch Senior Vice President and General Manager, ProQuest Workflow

Solutions Boe Horton Senior Vice President and Managing Director, ProQuest East Asia Lynda James-Gilboe Senior Vice President, Enterprise Marketing and Customer Care Kellie Teal-Guess Senior Vice President, Human Resources Tim Wahlberg Senior Vice President and General Manager, ProQuest Corporate Market

Solutions

Awards & Recognition

We're delighted and honored when respected organizations recognize our achievements.

ProQuest Ranks 65th in the nation's most innovative users of business technology (September 2011) — ProQuest has ranked 65th on the 2011 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. ProQuest was recognized by InformationWeek for technology innovations that connect researchers with content and each other.

Serials Solutions’ Groundbreaking Discovery Service Earns 2011 CODiE Award (May 2011) — Highly competitive and much coveted industry prizes, CODiES are presented annually by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and are designed to recognize exceptional products and services. The Summon™ discovery service took top honors as it was named the Best Enterprise Search Solution.

ProQuest named to EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry (November 2010) — ProQuest is proud to be selected as one of the EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry for 2010-2011. This tenth annual list of innovative companies was compiled by experts, recognizing these organizations for their demonstrated leadership in new technologies.

Events

The following is a monthly list of conferences where our representatives will be available to meet you, answer your questions and show you the latest in information solutions from ProQuest.

Events Date Location

Florida Association of Media Educators (FAME)

November 1 - November 3

Orlando, FL

Southern Historical Association


Mobile, AL

California Library Association


San Jose, CA

Canadian Association of Graduate Schools


Ottawa, ON, Canada

New York Department of Education Tech Fair

November 6 New York, NY

Charleston Conference


Charleston, SC

Michigan Library Association


Dearborn, MI

New York Library Association


Saratoga Springs, NY

VAASL November 8 - November 10

Hampton, VA

California School Library Association


San Jose, CA

New Jersey Association of School Librarians

November 29 - December 1

Long Branch, NJ

ProQuest Dissertation Publishing

ProQuest Dissertation Publishing has been publishing dissertations and theses since 1938. In that time, we have published over 2 million graduate works from graduate schools around the world. We have over 700 active university publishing partners, and publish more than 70,000 new graduate works each year. In addition to publishing, we provide access to graduate works for thousands of libraries around the world.

Title Lists

Select a product line to find title lists for each database or product.

Chadwyck-HealeySee titles available on Literature Online, Early English Books Online, American Periodical Series and more.

CSASee titles available on Illustrata and more.

Dow Jones FactivaSee titles available for Dow Jones Factiva, a premier business resource.

eLibrarySee titles available on eLibrary, eLibrary Science, and more.

ProQuestSee titles available for the suite of ABI/INFORM, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Medical Library, and more.

ProQuest MicrofilmNewspapers in Microform (NIM).

For non serial titles, search our Research Collections catalog.

SIRSSee titles available for SIRS Issues Researcher, SIRS Discoverer, and more.