No. HARRASSOWITZ has not bought and has no intention to buy DeGruyter.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friedemann Weigel
Managing Partner - Director

OTTO HARRASSOWITZ GmbH & Co. KG
Wissenschaftliche Buchhandlung & Zeitschriftenagentur
Booksellers & Subscription Agents
Livres & Périodiques
Kreuzberger Ring 7b-d
65205 Wiesbaden, Germany

Mail: 65174 Wiesbaden, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)611-530 500
Fax: +49-(0)611-530 598
Email: fweigel@harrassowitz.de
Web: http://www.harrassowitz.de

****************************************
AG Wiesbaden HRA 1056 p.h.G.: Otto Harrassowitz Verwaltungs GmbH
Gf.: Dr. Knut Dorn, Dipl.-Kfm. Friedemann Weigel, Ruth Becker-Scheicher
(AG Wiesbaden HRB 21752) / UST.ID-Nr: DE 113897518
****************************************

Am 06.01.2012 um 14:32 schrieb "Arlene Sievers-Hill" <axs23@CASE.EDU>:

> To all:
>
> Re: Walter de Gruyter
>
> In a recent discussion I had with a Harrassowitz representative I
> learned from him that Harrassowitz has taken over De Gruyter.  During
> these kinds of changeovers there are more often than not lots of
> confusion.  I will try to get all the information I can on this and
> pass it on.
>
> I suspect De Gruyter was about to go under and Harrassowitz may have
> seen the opportunity to step in. They publish important material in
> linguistics as many of you know.
>
> De Gruyter and Mouton in the Netherlands have always, it seems, been
> in trouble. When I worked there they were located near or in Lisse
> where I worked with Swets. I remember Mouton going through a similar
> vanishing act.
> My thoughts.
>
> Arlene Moore Sievers-Hill
> Collection Development and Management Officer
>
> Case Western Reserve University
> Kelvin Smith Library
> 10900 Euclid Ave.
> Cleveland, OH  44106
> USA
>
> Telephone:  (216) 368-3328
> Fax: (216) 368-3669
> Email: Arlene.Sievers@case.edu
>
> p.s.  Someone may want to pass this on to ACQNET and WESL of ACRL. I
> will if I get a chance.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/5/12, Jenny Lockwood <jelockwo@lib.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> > Thank you Steve for the update and all those who checked their access.
> > Sincerely
> > Jenny
> > On 1/5/2012 12:28 PM, Steve Fallon wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I do apologize for these inconveniences. Below was sent from our
> >> customer service in Germany regarding access issues:
> >>
> >> *New Platform *
> >>
> >> The platform launch was unfortunately accompanied by some technical
> >> problems, we have already been able to solve many of them.
> >>
> >> Redirects from the old to the new platform and DOI links are reliable.
> >> More information on the redirects (as well as other topics) can be
> >> found in the FAQs (http://www.degruyter.com/page/286).
> >>
> >> Institution IPs were transferred, so you should be authenticated and
> >> your institution should be identified on the platform. Should this not
> >> be the case then please send an email including your current IPs to
> >> service@degruyter.com <mailto:service@degruyter.com> and we will match
> >> and update accordingly or identify another cause for this.
> >>
> >> Sometimes an error page stating 'An error has occurred in the
> >> application. Please contact support. Thank you for your patience and
> >> understanding.' appears. This does not mean that the content or the
> >> page itself is not available, but a bug in the platform while loading
> >> a page. We are working to fix this as soon as possible. Please be
> >> informed that the 'Institutional Administration' section on the new
> >> platform is not yet in place. It will be available End of January 2012
> >> and we will inform all previous administrators about the details.
> >>
> >> *On Friday January 6^th a new release of the platform will be pushed
> >> live, correcting many problems, and there will be ongoing process of
> >> upgrading and enhancing the platform*. For all problems concerning
> >> access please send an email to service@degruyter.com
> >> <mailto:service@degruyter.com> and we will try to answer as quickly as
> >> possible.
> >>
> >> *Email Technical Issues *
> >>
> >> If you are receiving a bounced e-mail, please forward it to our IT
> >> technician, Cody Anderson at cody.anderson@evenerable.com
> >> <mailto:cody.anderson@evenerable.com> .  The bounced e-mails will have
> >> the diagnostic information we need to make the proper corrections.
> >>  Cody is working with our IT colleagues in Berlin to get these
> >> communication issues resolved. In the meantime, you can always contact
> >> me (contact information below) or Daniela Somary in Sales Support at
> >>  857-284-7073 x103  or Daniela.Somary@degruyter.com
> >> <mailto:Daniela.Somary@degruyter.com>.
> >>
> >> Again, I apologize for any inconvenience. We are working diligently to
> >> correct these technical issues in a timely manner.
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> Steve Fallon
> >>
> >> Sales Director
> >>
> >> Americas
> >>
> >> DE GRUYTER
> >>
> >> 121 High Street, Third Floor
> >>
> >> Boston, MA 02110
> >>
> >> USA
> >>
> >> T (857) 284-7073 x108
> >>
> >> F (857) 284-7358
> >>
> >> M (646) 492-1346
> >>
> >> steve.fallon@degruyter.com<mailto:steve.fallon@degruyter.com
> >>
<mailto:steve.fallon@degruyter.com%3cmailto:steve.fallon@degruyter.com>>
> >>
> >> www.degruyter.com <http://www.degruyter.com/>
> >>
> >> *From:* SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
> >> [mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jenny Lockwood
> >> *Sent:* Thursday, January 05, 2012 2:02 PM
> >> *To:* SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> >> *Subject:* Re: [SERIALST] De Gruyter emails??
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> I was able to send an email but no response yet.  Is anyone able to
> >> access their de Gruyter content yet? Our institution is recognized,
> >> but I get an error when I try to read our journal content.
> >> Thanks
> >> Jenny Lockwood
> >>
> >> On 1/3/2012 2:43 PM, Mina Davenport wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm having trouble finding the web site...
> >>
> >> Mina Davenport, Librarian
> >> Childrens Hospital
> >> Health Sciences Library
> >> 747 52nd Street
> >> Oakland CA 94609  USA
> >> (510) 428-3448 (p)
> >> (510) 601-3963 (f)
> >> mdavenport@mail.cho.org <mailto:mdavenport@mail.cho.org>
> >>
> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message (and any attachments)
> >> is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may
> >> contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not
> >> the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure,
> >> copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is
> >> strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are
> >> not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting
> >> the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and
> >> destroy all copies of this message (and any attachments). Thank you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >>> "Pennington, Buddy D." <penningtonb@UMKC.EDU>
> >> <mailto:penningtonb@UMKC.EDU> 1/3/2012 12:40 PM >>>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> We have recently tried to email De Gruyter, and have learned that the
> >> University of Missouri system blocks these emails as they have De
> >> Gruyter on some sort of email blacklist. Have others out there
> >> experienced this?
> >>
> >> Buddy Pennington
> >>
> >> Director of Collections and Access Management
> >>
> >> University of Missouri - Kansas City
> >>
> >> 304 Miller Nichols Library
> >>
> >> 800 East 51^st Street
> >>
> >> Kansas City, MO  64110
> >>
> >> 816-235-1548
> >>
> >> 816-333-5584 (fax)
> >>
> >> */UMKC Libraries:/*/ Discovery. Knowledge. Empowerment./
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jenny Lockwood
> > Acquisitions/Electronic Resources
> > New Mexico State University Library
> > PO Box 30006 Dept 3475
> > Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
> > 575-646-3104
> >
> >