From: "Sanfilippo, Tony" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 10:18:08 +0000 Yeah, it was Iowa State, I think some of their veterinarian science list was also continued. I don’t think it was Pearson at the time but I can’t find any record of the transaction online, and which ever publisher it was, there’s a decent chance it’s part of Pearson now. I remember it sending shivers through me the first time I heard about. Can they do that? Yes, apparently, they can. Tony Sanfilippo, Director Ohio State University Press 180 Pressey Hall 1070 Carmack Road Columbus, OH 43210-1002 ohiostatepress.org (614) 292-7818 He/Him/His On Aug 28, 2019, at 3:49 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Alexander Holzman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:52:31 -0700 Closest I can recall is Pearson (I think) buying Iowa State Univ Press 25 or 30 years ago, mainly to get rights to some aviation texts. The rest of the list was discontinued and the staff fired, if I recall correctly. Others may have a fuller memory of the event. Alex Holzman > On Aug 28, 2019, at 1:14 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:56:47 +1000 > > No Saskia I can’t think of any examples. The only thing that is sort > of along these lines that I can think of is the buying of Knowledge > Unlatched by a for-profit company. > > Danny > > Dr Danny Kingsley > Scholarly Communication Consultant > e: [log in to unmask] > m: +61 (0)480 115 937 > t:@dannykay68 > o: 0000-0002-3636-5939 > > > On 28 Aug 2019, at 01:04, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Saskia de Vries <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:14:53 +0000 > > http://www.guygeltner.net/blog/2582019unusual-business-a-university-press-goes-private-and-no-one-is-the-wiser > > As founder and previous director of Amsterdam University Press I am stunned ... > Has any of you ever heard of the privatization of a university press? > Saskia de Vries