ProQuest appoints Michael Gersch to lead Serials Solutions - September 8, 2010
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has named Michael Gersch as ProQuest Senior Vice President and General Manager of business unit Serials Solutions, the industry leader in providing libraries with digital discovery tools and integrated management solutions. He succeeds Rob Mercer, who has chosen to… Read More
ALPSP names Dr Audrey McCulloch as Executive Director, UK - September 7, 2010
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) recently announced the appointment of Dr Audrey McCulloch to the newly created position of Executive Director, UK. She will join the senior management team of ALPSP and will report to ALPSP Chief Executive, Ian Russell. In her… Read More
Dr M.G. Finn to head American Chemical Society’s Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry - September 3, 2010
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Dr. M.G. Finn of Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. Finn will assume the editorship of the journal from Dr. Anthony Czarnik, the founding editor… Read More
Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis to step down as JAMA Editor-in-Chief in 2011 - September 2, 2010
The Journal of the American Medical Association has announced that Editor-in-Chief Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis will be leaving her position as of June 30, 2011. Dr. DeAngelis has been serving as Editor-in-Chief of the journal since January 2000. She also oversees the nine Archives specialty medical… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell names Natasha White as Associate Director, Open Access Marketing - September 2, 2010
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the appointment of a senior marketing professional to support its Open Access publishing initiatives. Natasha White (née Robshaw) has joined the company as Associate Director, Open Access Marketing. Natasha has extensive… Read More
UBM TechInsights appoints new Director of Sales for US East and Canada - September 2, 2010
UBM TechInsights, a provider of sophisticated information services, consulting, and management software for technology companies, has announced the appointment of Ingo Rutenberg as Director of Sales for US East and Canada. This appointment continues UBM TechInsights investments to better serve the needs of the growing North… Read More
Susan Petersen Kennedy to chair AAP Trade Publishers Executive Committee - August 27, 2010
The Association of American Publishers has announced that Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA), will take over the chair of the AAP Trade Publishers Executive Committee. Comprising senior trade publishing executives, the Committee guides AAP's programmes and activities of particular relevance to its trade… Read More
ACM names leading design researchers as Co-Editors of ‘interactions’ - August 25, 2010
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named two distinguished leaders of the human computer interaction (HCI) community as co-editors of its bi-monthly publication, interactions. Ron Wakkary of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and Erik Stolterman of Indiana University will bring to the publication their… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing names Deanna Wamae as Senior VP of the Americas - August 24, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced the appointment of Deanna Wamae as Senior VP of the Americas. In her new role, Deanna will focus on driving sales growth and usage development across North and South America. Deanna has considerable industry… Read More
IMS Health Names Ari Bousbib as CEO - August 18, 2010
Pharmaceutical and healthcare information provider IMS Health, US, has announced that Ari Bousbib has been named CEO, effective September 1, 2010. Bousbib joins IMS after a successful 14-year career with United Technologies Corporation (UTC), where he served in several senior leadership positions, most recently as president… Read More