American Physical Society appoints Prof. Pierre Meystre as new Editor-in-Chief - June 24, 2016
The Board of Directors of the American Physical Society (APS) has unanimously approved the appointment, put forward by APS CEO Kate Kirby, of Pierre Meystre as Editor in Chief of the Physical Review journals. Meystre is currently Regents Professor of Physics and Optical Sciences at… Read More
NISO members elect new leadership for 2016-2017 term - June 23, 2016
Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have selected their board's leadership for the 2016-2017 term, which will begin on July 1, 2016. B. Tommie Usdin, President of Mulberry Technologies, Inc., becomes Chair; and Chris Shillum, Vice President Product Management, Platform and Data Integration at… Read More
Prof. Aideen Sullivan named Editor-in-Chief of Neuronal Signaling - June 22, 2016
Academic publisher Portland Press has announced the appointment of Aideen Sullivan, Professor of Neuroscience in University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the new open access journal, Neuronal Signaling. Professor Sullivan directs an active research programme focused on neuroprotective approaches to… Read More
American Psychological Association appoints Aaron Wood Senior Director of Product Management - June 20, 2016
The American Psychological Association has appointed Aaron Wood as senior director of product management for its Office of Publications and Databases, charged with managing APA's line of online electronic products and platforms and developing new solutions that meet the needs of psychologists. Wood comes to… Read More
American Library Association appoints Christopher Murphy as Publisher for ALA Editions - June 20, 2016
Christopher Murphy has joined the American Library Association (ALA) as the Publisher for ALA Editions. Chris will be responsible for managing the acquisitions, production, marketing and sales functions of the book publishing imprint of ALA's Publishing Department. ALA Editions includes the MLIS textbook line, ALA Neal-Schuman.… Read More
SAGE Publishing appoints Ian Mulvany as Head of Product Innovation - June 17, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that Ian Mulvany is joining the company as Head of Product Innovation. Mulvany joins from eLife and will be in place from September 2016. Mulvany will join SAGE Publishing's innovation unit developing digital products and services that respond to… Read More
ProQuest names James Holmes as Senior VP, Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience - June 17, 2016
ProQuest has announced the appointment of James Holmes as its Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience. In his new role, Holmes will lead the development and execution of innovative strategies across the ProQuest enterprise. Holmes was most recently at Markit Ltd., a… Read More
Klaus Hulek named new editor-in-chief of zbMATH - June 15, 2016
The editors and partners of zbMATH – FIZ Karlsruhe, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the European Mathematical Society and the STM publisher Springer have announced the appointment of Klaus Hulek as the new editor-in-chief. zbMATH (formerly Zentralblatt für Mathematik) claims… Read More
Frontline Medical Communications names Michael Guire as Vice President, Sales - June 8, 2016
Frontline Medical Communications (FMC), a leader in digital, print and live events for healthcare professionals, has announced the appointment of Michael Guire as Vice President, Sales. Michael Guire is a sales veteran with more than 20 years of experience in medical publishing. Mike's previous positions… Read More
EBSCO Information Services expands SaaS team, appoints John Law as Senior VP of SaaS Products and Platforms - June 3, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has expanded its Software as a Service (SaaS) team hiring John Law as Senior Vice President, SaaS Products and Platforms. In his new position, Law will oversee a growing EBSCO mission designed to advance progress on open source LSP collaboration, library discovery… Read More
