Gale appoints Brian McDonough as Senior Vice President, North American Sales - May 3, 2016
Library resources provider Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the appointment of Brian McDonough as Senior Vice President for North American Sales. McDonough comes to Gale with an extensive background in integrated information solutions sales and working with customers in the library market. McDonough… Read More
RUSA appoints Celia Ross as new vendor relations liaison - April 26, 2016
The President of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), Anne Houston, has appointed Celia Ross, Associate Librarian at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan as Vendor Relations Liaison. The Vendor Relations Liaison's role is to facilitate communication between RUSA, including its staff,… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing appoints Caitlin Cornish as Head of Books Publishing - April 22, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that Caitlin Cornish, former Publishing Director for Palgrave Macmillan, has joined Emerald as Head of Books Publishing. This significant strategic appointment of an industry big-hitter forms part of Emerald’s investment in a major new programme of academic and… Read More
Kudos appoints Jason De Boer as Publisher Sales Manager - April 22, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Jason De Boer in the role of Publisher Sales Manager. Jason brings a range of valuable experience from past roles with publishers including McGraw Hill, Harcourt Academic and, most… Read More
SfN appoints new Editor-In-Chief for The Journal of Neuroscience - April 20, 2016
The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has announced the appointment of Marina Picciotto of Yale University as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neuroscience, effective May 1. Picciotto, a former senior editor of JNeurosci as well as a past SfN treasurer and councillor, has served as the interim… Read More
SSP announces newly-elected Board Members for 2016-17 term - April 15, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced the results of the recent election. Jennifer Pesanelli, Deputy Executive Director for Operations and Director of Publications for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), will be president-elect in 2016. Jennifer directs the publishing operations… Read More
HighWire names Tracy Capaldi-Drewett as new VP, EMEA Sales and Global Marketing - April 11, 2016
HighWire Press, Inc., the publishing technology platform provider for renowned scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the appointment Tracy Capaldi-Drewett as Vice President, EMEA Sales and Global Marketing, a newly created position on its executive team. In this new position, Capaldi-Drewett will lead business development… Read More
Wellcome Trust announces organisational changes - April 7, 2016
The Wellcome Trust, an independent global charitable foundation dedicated to improving health through science, research and engagement with society, has announced that Kevin Moses, Director of Science, will be leaving the Trust in August later this year. He is returning to the United States to become… Read More
Kent Anderson joins RedLink as CEO - April 6, 2016
RedLink, a business and market intelligence platform for academic publishers and libraries, has announced the appointment of Kent R. Anderson as the organisation's new Chief Executive Officer to lead the company's business and operations, effective April 4, 2016. RedLink's mission is to organise scholarly metrics… Read More
Cochrane Steering Group announces appointment of two external members - April 5, 2016
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers, and people interested in health, has announced the appointment of the first two external members of the Cochrane Steering Group (CSG) - Marguerite Koster and Catherine Marshall. The CSG has undertaken these appointments within its… Read More
