Dr. Brian Crawford elected to Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers - July 22, 2011
Dr. Brian Crawford, President of the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers, the industry's leading trade association. Effective July 2011, Dr. Crawford will serve until 2015. The Board represents more… Read More
Dr. Efrat Shadmi and Prof. Leiyu Shi named co-Editors-in-Chief of International Journal for Equity in Health - July 19, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of Dr Efrat Shadmi from the University of Haifa and Professor Leiyu Shi from the Johns Hopkins University as co-Editors-in-Chief of International Journal for Equity in Health. Dr Shadmi is a Lecturer at the Cheryl… Read More
SirsiDynix names Mike Zackrison as vice president for product management - July 18, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix, US, recently announced the appointment of Mike Zackrison as the new vice president for product management. Zackrison brings a strong background in product management and marketing leadership to his new role at SirsiDynix. Having spent more than a decade working… Read More
Biotechnology for Biofuels names Debra Mohnen as co-Editor-in-Chief - July 14, 2011
Biotechnology for Biofuels, an open access journal published by BioMed Central, has announced the appointment of Professor Debra Mohnen of the University of Georgia as a new Editor-in-Chief, joining Charles Wyman, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal and Mike Himmel at the helm. She will succeed Chris Somerville, amongst the… Read More
HighWire strengthens Publication Management team - July 12, 2011
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University libraries, has announced the appointment of two high profile members to its Publication Management team - Judith Barnsby, based in the UK, and Bert Carelli, at its headquarters in California. Judith Barnsby comes to HighWire with more… Read More
Editors of ‘Croatian Medical Journal’ quit following differences with management board - July 7, 2011
Two editors-in-chief of the Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) reportedly resigned last week after what they say are years of obstruction by members of the management board that made running the journal practically impossible. CMJ recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. The journal… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center names Haralambos - July 7, 2011
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has named Haralambos "Babis" Marmanis as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Engineering. Marmanis is the author of two books - "Algorithms of the Intelligent Web" and "Spend Analysis: The Window into Strategic Sourcing" -… Read More
AAPT names David P. Jackson as Editor of the American Journal of Physics - July 7, 2011
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has announced that David P. Jackson will assume the position of Editor for the American Journal of Physics in 2012. A recipient of numerous awards and grants, Jackson is a frequent presenter at national and international physics conferences.… Read More
ProQuest names Kurt Sanford as Chief Executive Officer - July 6, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that Kurt Sanford will join the Company as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of its Board of Directors on July 13, 2011. He will succeed Marty Kahn, who has led ProQuest since it was acquired… Read More
Nick Johnson named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Care Services Management - July 5, 2011
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that Nick Johnson, Chief Executive at the Social Care Association (SCA), has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Care Services Management (JCSM). Johnson has previously served as a guest editor, and held a position… Read More
