26 July 2019
Liam Earney
Jisc has appointed Liam Earney, who has worked at Jisc since 2003, as executive director for digital resources. From 1 August 2019, Liam will lead on a portfolio of services containing licensing, library, content, discovery and open access as well as Jisc’s provision of the UK Data Service. He will be responsible for launching the Open research hub, a new service that offers a one-stop-shop for managing, preserving and sharing digital research data. He will also lead the continuing transformation of Jisc’s suite of library support services, bringing together its discovery, cataloguing, acquisition, subscription management and analytic services.
Keith Cole
Liam takes this role as Keith Cole, the outgoing executive director of digital resources, plans to retire towards the end of 2020. In the coming months, Liam and Keith will work together on open science developments, while Keith will primarily focus on improvements to business processes and efficiencies. From 1 August 2019, Keith’s title will be executive director - business process improvement.
Christine Orr
BioOne has announced the addition of Christine Orr, who will join the BioOne team on August 5 as Director of Sales and Marketing. Christine will develop and implement the sales and marketing strategy for BioOne Complete, collaborating with BioOne’s sales partners, librarians, and publishers to help steer the organisation strategically forward. Christine has been a part of the scholarly publishing community for more than 20 years, most recently at Ringgold, but also at the American Institute of Physics and The Optical Society.
Brett Rubinstein
GeoScienceWorld has announced that Brett Rubinstein has joined the organisation as Chief Commercial Officer. As a member of GSW’s executive team, Brett will work to prioritise and pursue strategic growth opportunities for the benefit of the GSW community and its stakeholder partners. Brett brings over 15 years of experience across sales, marketing, business development and operations for STM publishers. He has spent the last seven years at IOP Publishing and prior to that worked at Springer for seven years.