Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of Bob Schatz as its North American Sales Manager.
Schatz comes to BioMed Central with over thirty years of experience across the wider library community. He has served in senior roles for the Academic Book Center, WH Everett & Sons, Franklin Book Company, and Coutts Information Services. In his new position, Schatz will be responsible to develop and expand BioMed Central’s successful institutional membership scheme in the US and Canada.
According to BioMed Central, interest in its membership packages is growing rapidly and many opportunities now exist for partnerships and relationships with academic institutes, libraries and societies alike. BioMed Central membership allows institutions to encourage open access publication by providing central funding to offset open access publication fees for their researchers.
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