Here's a quick timeline of Bowker's milestones over the years ...

1872: Publishers Weekly® founded
1873: The Publishers Trade List Annual published
1880: The American Catalog published
1932: Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory™ published
1948: Books In Print® published
1967: Xerox Corporation acquires Bowker
1968: Bowker becomes the U.S. ISBN Agency
1985: Reed International acquires Bowker
1986: Books In Print® ON DISC introduced
1999: ulrichsweb.com® launched
2000: BooksInPrint.com® launched
2000: GlobalBooksInPrint.com® launched
2001: Cambridge Information Group acquires Bowker
2002: Barnes & Noble designates Books In Print® database of record
2002: Bowker acquires Pubnet®
2003: Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System™ launched
2003: Bowker acquires PubEasy®
2003: Bowker acquires Simba Information®
2004: PatronBooksInPrint.com™ is launched
2004: Bowker acquires Monument Information Resource™ (MIR)
2004: Bowker acquires Syndetic Solutions™
2005: Bowker debuts Ulrich's Resource Linker™
2005: Bowker introduces Bowker's Book Analysis System™ with H.W. Wilson
2006: Fiction Connection™ readers advisory tool is launched
2006: Resources for College Libraries™ database of core titles is launched
2007: Bowker launches PubTrack™ suite of business intelligence tools
2007: Syndetic Solutions™ launches Syndetics ICE™ search tool
2007: Non-Fiction Connection™ readers advisory tool is launched
2007: Bowker acquires Medialab Solutions, developer of AquaBrowser® Library