Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have announced their board's leadership for the 2018-2019 term, which will begin on July 1, 2018. Marian Hollingsworth, Director of Publisher Relations, Clarivate Analytics has been elected to serve as the incoming Vice Chair. She will transition into the role of Chair in the 2019-2020 term next July. Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University becomes Chair of NISO for the 2018-19 term, after serving as Vice Chair over the past twelve months.
Webster has long been a leader within NISO, having served as a Director and holding the position of Treasurer. His industry experience encompasses work in the commercial publishing sector (Vice President and Director of Academic Relations and Strategy, John Wiley & Sons) as well as the academic library environment. He has held the role of University Librarian at the Victoria University in New Zealand and at the University of Queensland, Australia.
Marian Hollingsworth understands both the provider perspective as well as the library perspective. Prior to joining Clarivate (then Thomson Reuters) in 2000, she was Assistant Director at the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), a global membership organisation for content and technology providers. Her career also includes over 20 years of management experience in academic, special and public libraries.
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