Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced that John Hopkins University Press Director, Kathleen Keane, has assumed leadership of the Association, effective, Jun 20, 2009. Keane will serve a one-year term, and succeeds Alex Holzman, director of Temple University Press, who remains on the association's Board of Directors.
Formally established in 1937, AAUP promotes the work and influence of university presses, provides cooperative marketing opportunities, and helps its more than 130 member presses fulfill their common commitments to scholarship, the academy, and society. The president of AAUP serves as a spokesperson for and an advocate of university presses and works with the executive director and board of directors to set the direction and immediate goals of the organisation.
Keane has been a member of the AAUP Board of Directors since 2007, serving for the past year as president-elect, and was a member of the Task Force on Committees from 2008-2009.
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