Galeis a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based inFarmington Hills, Michigan,United States,[2]west ofDetroit.It has been a division ofCengagesince 2007.
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| Parent company | Cengage |
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| Founded | 1954(as Gale Group) |
| Founder | Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr.[1] |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Headquarters location | Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| Publication types | Primary sources,databases,e-books,e-learning,Thorndike Large Print |
| Official website | www |
The company, formerly known asGale Researchand theGale Group,is active in research and educational publishing forpublic,academic,andschool libraries,and businesses. The company is known for its full-text magazine and newspaper databases, Gale OneFile (formerly known as Infotrac), and other online databases subscribed by libraries, as well as multi-volume reference works, especially in the areas ofreligion,history,andsocial science.
Founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954 byFrederick Gale Ruffner Jr.,[3]the company was acquired by theInternational Thomson Organization(later theThomson Corporation) in 1985 before its 2007 sale to Cengage.
History
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In 1998, Gale Research merged with Information Access Company and Primary Source Media, two companies also owned by Thomson, to form the Gale Group. Thomson has acquired Information Access Company (publisher ofInfoTrac) in 1995 and Primary Source Media (formerly named Research Publications) in 1979.[4]
In 1999, Thomson Gale acquired Macmillan Library Reference (includingScribner'sReference, Thorndike Press, Schirmer, Twayne Publishers, andG. K. Hall) from Pearson (which had acquired it fromSimon & Schusterin 1998;Macmillan USAwas purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1994).[5]In 2000 it acquired theMunich-basedK. G. Saur Verlag,[6]but then sold it toWalter de Gruyterin 2006.[7]
On October 25, 2006, Thomson Corporation announced that it intended to whollydivestthe Thomson Learning division, because, in the words of Thomson CEO Richard Harrington, "it does not fit with our long-term strategic vision." Thomson has said that it expected this sale to generate approximately $5 billion. Thomson Learning was bought by a private equity consortium consisting ofApax PartnersandOMERS Capital Partnersfor $7.75 billion and the name was changed from Thomson Learning toCengage Learningon July 24, 2007.[8]
Patrick C. Sommers was president of Gale from October 22, 2007,[9]until he retired in 2010.
Products
editGale produces hundreds of products, such as Gale Academic OneFile,[10]Biography and Genealogy Master Index,[11]General OneFile, General Reference Center, Sabin Americana (based on Sabin'sBibliotheca Americana), and World History Collection.[12]
Gale print imprints include the reference brands Primary Source Media, Scholarly Resources Inc., Schirmer Reference, St. James Press, The TAFT Group and Twayne Publishers, among others. Five Star Publishing is Gale's fiction imprint, with hundreds of books in print in the Western, Romance, Mystery and Science Fiction & Fantasy genres. Gale also sells into theK–12market with several imprints, including U·X·L.[13]Gale also owns large print publishers Christian Large Print and Wheeler Publishing.
See also
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- Contemporary Authorspublished by Gale
- Dictionary of Literary Biographypublished by Gale
- Dictionary of the Middle Agespublished by Scribner's
- Dictionary of Scientific Biographypublished by Scribner's
- Encyclopaedia Judaicapublished by Gale
- Encyclopedia of Associationspublished by Gale
- HighBeam Researchowned by Gale (inactive)
- New Catholic Encyclopediapublished by Gale
- Questia Online Library(now defunct) owned by Gale
References
edit- ^"Gale - Helping Libraries Prepare for the 21st Century".www.inforum.cz.Retrieved2024-06-28.
- ^"Privacy Statement and Terms of Use".Gale.Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^"Frederick Gale Ruffner Jr.: 1926-2014: Ohio State grad made fortune in reference-book publishing".The Columbus Dispatch. 25 August 2014.Retrieved7 May2024.
- ^Anonymous (October 1998)."Gale Research, Information Access Company and Primary Source Media merged into the Gale Group by Thomason Corporation".Information Intelligence Online Libraries and Microcomputers.16(10): 3–4.ISSN0737-7770.ProQuest206804972.Retrieved2021-01-18.
- ^Hane, Paula J. (1999-06-21)."Thomson's Gale Group Acquires MacMillan Library Reference USA".Retrieved2018-05-13.
- ^The Academic Publishing Industry: A Story of Merger and Acquisition – Reed Elsevier.Archived2015-10-30 at theWayback Machine.
- ^"Chronologie des K. G. Saur Verlags"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 17 June 2009.Retrieved2022-04-28.
- ^"Thomson Gale Part of Larger Sale"by Norman Oder,Library Journal,June 1, 2007
- ^"Cengage Learning Names Patrick C. Sommers President of Gale".Archived fromthe originalon 2007-12-29.Retrieved2007-11-02.
- ^"Databases: Academic OneFile".Austin TX: University of Texas Libraries. Archived fromthe originalon October 10, 2014.
- ^"eReviews: Biography: Biography and Genealogy Master Index",Library Journal,April 15, 2012, archived fromthe originalon October 17, 2016,retrievedOctober 10,2014,
BGMI is a throwback to another era
- ^Cengage Learning."Database Title Lists".Gale: Title Lists.Archived fromthe originalon April 10, 2013.RetrievedOctober 10,2014.
- ^"Gale".Retrieved6 February2013.
External links
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Gale-owned sites and services
- Gale Directory Library(Archived2017-09-30 at theWayback Machine) – dozens of print directories on a digital platform.
- Books & Authors– indexed database of fiction and nonfiction book titles