ARL appoints Krista Cox as director of public policy initiatives - December 20, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Krista L. Cox director of public policy initiatives, effective January 6, 2014. Cox is currently the staff attorney/legal counsel at Knowledge Ecology International, a non-profit organisation that searches for better outcomes, including new solutions, to the management of… Read More
Diane Grob Schmidt elected 2015 president of the American Chemical Society - December 19, 2013
Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, a section head in Research and Development at Procter & Gamble will become president of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in January 2015 after serving as president-elect in 2014. As president, she will lead the way to initiate and support actions… Read More
Ingram Content Group announces new appointments - December 12, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services, has announced the addition of new leaders to Ingram Publisher Services, Ingram's full-service publisher distribution and sales services company. Gonzalo Ferreyra has joined Ingram Publisher Services in the role of Director of Acquisitions,… Read More
Stewart Wills named Editor and Content Director of Optics & Photonics News - December 10, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that Stewart Wills has joined the organisation as the new editor and content director for its monthly news magazine, Optics & Photonics News (OPN). Wills will be wholly responsible for the society's magazine portfolio and will oversee its editorial strategy,… Read More
IOP Publishing appoints Dr Matthew Salter as new Publishing Manager for Asia Pacific - December 6, 2013
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced the appointment of Dr Matthew Salter as the new Publishing Manager for Asia Pacific. He will take up his role on December 14, 2013 and will be based in IOP Publishing’s Tokyo… Read More
Dr. Howard E. Michel elected 2014 IEEE President-elect - December 3, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that Dr. Howard E. Michel, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMass-Dartmouth and engineering consultant, has been elected 2014 IEEE President-elect. Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors, Michel will begin serving his one-year term on January 1,… Read More
Ex Libris announces appointment of Roger Brisson as Strategy Director Europe - December 2, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that Roger Brisson has been appointed Strategy Director for Ex Libris Europe. As the former head of Metadata Services at Boston University, which has run Ex Libris Alma for the past year, Brisson brings with him… Read More
Diane Grob Schmidt elected ACS president-elect for 2014 - November 22, 2013
The members of the American Chemical Society have elected Diane Grob Schmidt, a section head at Procter & Gamble, as ACS president-elect for 2014. During her three-year succession, Schmidt will serve as president of the society in 2015 and immediate past-president in 2016; she will also… Read More
Leading scientists join BioResearch Open Access editorial board - November 22, 2013
Fifteen world renowned experts, including ten members of the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, have joined the new Editorial Board of BioResearch Open Access, a bimonthly, peer-reviewed, open access journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers. The expanded editorial board includes… Read More
Troy Shinbrot named Editor, Physical Review Applied - November 18, 2013
The American Physical Society (APS) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have jointly announced that Troy Shinbrot, a professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers, has been appointed Editor of Physical Review Applied, the latest APS journal. Launching in 2014, Physical Review… Read More
