Rumor of the day

Have just learned that EBSCO Information Services has acquired Minerva Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung GmbH (Minerva), of Vienna, Austria, from Springer-Verlag GmbH & Co., a subsidiary of Springer Science+Business Media (Springer). Founded in 1909, Minerva has a tradition for providing service to libraries in the areas of serials management and monograph orders, complementing the EBSCO portfolio of products and services. Minerva is a subscription agency in Austria and Hungary and has business operations throughout Central and Eastern Europe. This new business opportunity resulted from Springer’s efforts to streamline its activities and focus on its core business of publishing. EBSCO will continue Minerva operations in Vienna. Accordingly, Minerva customers will retain their current customer service contacts and should expect no change in their existing service.
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