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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The publication provides actionable information on electronic scholarly resources and services</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(San Mateo, CA, USA, June 1, 2022) —Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews has acquired<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.charlestonco.com/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">The
Charleston Advisor</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, a widely used and respected collection development tool. The purchase closed today.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">“We are pleased to welcome The Charleston Advisor to Annual Reviews,” said Richard Gallagher, Publisher, and Editor-In-Chief. “It is a good fit with our mission to synthesize and integrate knowledge and expands our
horizons by providing high quality reviews of products and services for library teams at academic and research institutions, a new group of readers for us.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Founded in July 1999, The Charleston Advisor publishes detailed product reviews of proprietary and freely available web-based resources for the library market. Reviewed product types include databases, pricing tools,
scholarly journals, collections. Over 800 searchable expert reviews, peer-reviewed by the library community, are currently available to help optimize library services.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">“During our search for the ideal buyer of this unique publication, we prioritized finding an organization that values librarians as partners and one that appreciates the value of reviews,” said Rebecca Lenzini, Publisher,
and Editor-In-Chief of The Charleston Advisor. “We found our match in Annual Reviews and are looking forward to working with them on a smooth change in ownership.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The publication was inspired by Katina Strauch, Founder of The Charleston Conference and Against the Grain, who served as Head of Technical Services at the College of Charleston at that time. “As a collection development
librarian charged with recommending resources to purchase for teaching faculty and students, I saw the need for a resource that peer reviewed and evaluated available products according to library professional standards as well as product information from producers.”</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">About: Annual Reviews is an independent nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. Visit<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.annualreviews.org" title="https://www.annualreviews.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">https://www.annualreviews.org</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">and
follow @</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/AnnualReviews"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">AnnualReviews</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For further information or questions please email:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:lallen@annualreviews.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">lallen@annualreviews.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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