Ex Libris Group appoints Steven Savaglio as new Director of Support for Ex Libris North America - October 28, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced the appointment of Steven Savaglio as director of support for Ex Libris North America. Savaglio comes to Ex Libris from IBM, where he held senior management positions for the past five years. As head of the… Read More
Industry Veteran Punit Dhandhania joins Scope e-Knowledge Center as Strategic Advisor - October 27, 2014
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced the appointment of Punit Dhandhania as strategic advisor. Punit Dhandhania is a business leader with over 25 years of experience working for global publishers. Pioneering the outsourcing of… Read More
Dr. Barbara A. Zehnbauer appointed new Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - October 27, 2014
The editorial direction of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (JMD) is transferring to the stewardship of respected molecular pathologist Dr. Barbara A. Zehnbauer, beginning January 1, 2015. Dr. Zehnbauer serves the public at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, where she is Chief of the… Read More
HighWire Press names Louise Page as VP President Business Development and Publisher Relations - October 27, 2014
HighWire Press, a technology service provider to influential scholarly publishers, has announced that it is consolidating the business development and publisher relations teams into a comprehensive publisher services organisation led by Louise Page. Integrating these two business groups extends HighWire's focus of building world class… Read More
Sven Fund leaves De Gruyter - October 24, 2014
Academic publisher De Gruyter is reorganising its management board. In the future, the management board will consist of just two managing directors. As part of this change, Dr. Sven Fund will depart from the company. The two remaining managing directors, Dr. Anke Beck and Carsten… Read More
UBM Tech names James Connolly as Editor-in-Chief and David Wagner as Community Editor of analytics and big data website and community All Analytics - October 21, 2014
Business information provider UBM Tech, US, has named accomplished journalists James Connolly and David Wagner to lead the editorial team for the three-year-old website and online community All Analytics. Connolly, who was named editor-in-chief, previously had been executive editor on A2 and editor of other… Read More
PLOS appoints new Chief Editors for PLOS Biology - October 16, 2014
Open-access journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) has announced the appointment of Dr. Chris Ferguson and Dr. Emma Ganley as joint Chief Editors to PLOS Biology, effective October 13. Both are based in the UK. Dr. Ferguson joined PLOS Biology in March 2007 after earning… Read More
Maney Publishing announces new editorial team for Materials Science and Technology - October 15, 2014
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced the appointment of Professor Harry Bhadeshia, Dr John Francis and Dr Andy Howe as co-Editors of Materials Science and Technology (MST), the flagship journal of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Harry Bhadeshia is internationally recognised for… Read More
Dr. Gregory Dorn named president of Hearst Health - October 13, 2014
Hearst Corporation has announced that Dr. Gregory Dorn has been named president of Hearst Health, the healthcare division within Hearst Business Media. The appointment was announced by Steven R. Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst Corporation, and Richard P. Malloch, president, Hearst Business Media, and is… Read More
ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2014–2015 - October 13, 2014
Deborah Jakubs, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway university librarian and vice provost for library affairs at Duke University, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 8, 2014, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Washington, DC. Jakubs succeeds Carol Pitts… Read More
