"We are pleased to leverage our strong customer relationships to bring Springer's essential STM and business journal content to a greater number of libraries," said Todd Fegan, Vice President of Publishing for ProQuest Information and Learning.   "Our partnership with Springer brings a new model to the market that gives small to medium sized public, government, and academic library customers more options for journal content.  The un-embargoed content allows libraries to meet patron needs for immediate access to the most up-to-date information available."
   
"In terms of access to our content, our philosophy is:  'The more, the merrier'.  We are pleased to welcome ProQuest to the growing number of companies that help bring our content to the academic and business communities," said Kim Zwollo, Director Special Licensing, Springer.

Through this agreement libraries with ABI/INFORM Global, ProQuest Medical Library, ProQuest Health & Medical Complete, and ProQuest Research Library can upgrade their subscriptions to include these premium content packages for a modest increase in price.  Libraries can upgrade to any of several subject-based content sets including business, medical, and general reference packages.