Wolters Kluwer appoints David Hsu as CEO Greater China - October 24, 2016
Professional information services and solutions provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the appointment of David Hsu to the position of CEO of Wolters Kluwer Greater China, effective mid-October, 2016. Hsu will be based in Beijing and will report to Corinne Saunders, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Emerging &… Read More
Dr. Ana Núñez appointed Editor-in-Chief of new peer-reviewed journal, Health Equity - October 20, 2016
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced the appointment of Dr. Ana Núñez as Editor-in-Chief of Health Equity. Dr. Núñez is a Professor of Medicine; Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Director of the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health and Women's Health… Read More
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. appoints Judy Verses as Executive Vice President, Research - October 18, 2016
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the appointment of Judy Verses as Executive Vice President, Research. Judy has over 30 years' experience across business, government, and consumer sectors in the technology, education, and communications industries. She is known for her strong customer focus… Read More
SAGE appoints Rosalia da Garcia as Deputy Managing Director and Head of Sales and Marketing, SAGE Asia Pacific - October 13, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has appointed Rosalia da Garcia to the role of Deputy Managing Director and Head of Sales and Marketing, SAGE Asia Pacific. In her new role Rosalia will be responsible for the strategic direction of textbook and library sales, as well as development… Read More
Multinational Business Review appoints new Editorial team - October 12, 2016
Multinational Business Review – published by Emerald Group Publishing – has announced a new Editorial team for the journal. Professor Daniel Shapiro and Professor Chang Hoon Oh, both from Simon Fraser University, Canada, have been appointed Editors-in-Chief of the journal. Chang Hoon Oh is Professor… Read More
HathiTrust announces new board of governors - October 11, 2016
The members of HathiTrust have elected four library directors to serve on its Board of Governors beginning in 2017. Kevin L. Smith, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas, and Sarah E. Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library and University Librarian, Harvard University, will… Read More
Springer Nature appoints Tim Britton as Managing Director of Open Research Group - October 4, 2016
Tim Britton, formerly of PwC, r2i and YouGov, has joined Springer Nature as Managing Director of the Open Research Group. Britton, who has decades of experience working in the marketing and research information industries, will be responsible for the open research portfolio across Springer Nature,… Read More
De Gruyter appoints Eric Merkel-Sobotta as Director Communications - October 4, 2016
Academic publisher De Gruyter is establishing a global communications function in order to improve communications with researchers, librarians and business partners and to expand and increase employee communications. Eric Merkel-Sobotta joined De Gruyter on October 1, 2016 as Director, Communications and will lead the efforts in… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing announces key strategic and high profile appointments - October 4, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has made a number of key strategic and high profile appointments, as it continues to heavily invest in its academic Books programme. Dr. Philippa Grand, previously Editorial Director, Palgrave Social Sciences at Springer Nature, has been appointed as Editorial Director,… Read More
Mary M. Case begins one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries - September 30, 2016
Mary M. Case, university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on September 28, 2016, during the Association's Fall 2016 Meeting in Washington, DC. Case succeeds Larry Alford, chief… Read More
