Turner Publishing Company acquires Basic Health Publications - January 6, 2016
Turner Publishing Company has acquired the publishing program of Basic Health Publications, Inc. effective December 31, 2015. Terms were not disclosed. Turner acquired the publishing rights, inventory and related assets for approximately 280 Basic Health titles. The acquisition also includes about 20 titles not yet… Read More
F1000 strengthens senior leadership team with the appointment of Liz Allen as Director of Strategic Initiatives - January 6, 2016
F1000, a provider of services to biomedical researchers to support the discovery, writing and publication of new scientific findings, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Liz Allen as Director of Strategic Initiatives. Liz was formerly Head of Evaluation at the Wellcome Trust,… Read More
Dr. Ralph Paroli of the National Research Council of Canada begins term as 2016 ASTM International Board Chairman - January 5, 2016
Dr. Ralph M. Paroli, of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Ottawa, Ontario, has started his term as 2016 chairman of the ASTM International board of directors. ASTM’s board is made up of 25 leaders from an array of… Read More
The German National Library of Science and Technology features new name, website and corporate design - January 5, 2016
The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) has been transformed into a public-law foundation of the Federal State of Lower Saxony on January 1, 2016 following the merger of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) and Leibniz Universität Hannover University Library… Read More
The Publishers Association appoints Stephen Lotinga as new Chief Executive - January 5, 2016
The Publishers Association has appointed Stephen Lotinga as its new Chief Executive. Lotinga is a communications specialist with experience in government, business and the public sector and replaces Richard Mollet, who leaves the Association to take up a role within the Relx Group. He joins… Read More
College of William & Mary becomes tenth member of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries to select Ex Libris cloud solutions - January 5, 2016
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company®, has announced that the College of William & Mary in Virginia has adopted the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution and the Primo® discovery solution. Alma will replace the College's existing SirsiDynix library… Read More
