OCLC names Helene Blowers as WorldShare Management Services Community Manager - October 8, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced the appointment of Helene Blowers, a library technology leader for more than 15 years, as OCLC WorldShare Management Services Community Manager. Her appointment will be effective November 1. In her new role, Blowers will be a primary liaison… Read More
Accelrys appoints Leif Pedersen as Senior VP, Marketing, Product Management and Corporate Development - October 3, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the appointment of Leif Pedersen as senior vice president of marketing, product management and corporate development. Pedersen joins Accelrys as the company expands its breadth of scientific innovation lifecycle software into multiple vertical… Read More
Cengage Learning appoints Julian Drinkall as President of EMEA and India regions - September 28, 2012
Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, has announced the appointment of Julian Drinkall to President and CEO, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and India, effective September 27, 2012. In his new role, Drinkall will focus on driving growth across the… Read More
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc. appoints Dr. Marc Swiontkowski as Editor, JBJS Case Connector - September 25, 2012
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc. (JBJS, Inc.) has announced the appointment of Dr. Marc Swiontkowski as Editor, JBJS Case Connector. Having served on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) since 1995, Dr. Swiontkowski is uniquely poised… Read More
NLM Library Operations Division announces new appointments - September 21, 2012
National Library of Medicine acting Associate Director for Library Operations (LO) Joyce Backus has announced the appointment of Loren Frant to serve as deputy chief of the Public Services Division (PSD) and Kenneth Koyle to serve as deputy chief of the History of Medicine Division (HMD).… Read More
Library Journal names Michael P. Kelley as Editor-in-Chief - September 20, 2012
Media Source, Inc., recently announced the appointment of Michael P. Kelley as Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal (LJ). Kelley currently serves as Executive Editor of News and Features for Library Journal. He replaces long-time LJ Editor-in-Chief Francine Fialkoff. Kelley holds an MSLIS degree and brings more… Read More
ARL Board of Directors appoint Elliott Shore as Executive Director - September 18, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors has appointed Elliott Shore as Executive Director of the Association, effective January 1, 2013. Dr. Shore is currently Chief Information Officer, Constance A. Jones Director of Libraries, and Professor of History at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.… Read More
OCLC Research scientist Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway elected to ASIS&T Board of Directors - September 18, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced that senior research scientist Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. The ASIS&T Board of Directors constitutes the policy-making body… Read More
Prof. Linfa Wang named Editor-in-Chief of Virology Journal - September 17, 2012
Virology Journal, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, has announced the appointment of Professor Linfa Wang as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He replaces Professor Robert Garry, Tulane University, USA, who founded the journal in 2004. Professor Wang is a researcher in emerging infections,… Read More
Cambridge University Press names Prof. Timothy Cox as new Editor-in-Chief of Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine journal - September 10, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the appointment of Professor Timothy Cox as the new Editor-in-Chief of its journal Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine. Professor Cox is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, UK, with clinical responsibility in acute internal… Read More
