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Charles R. Ellis has died
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Charles R. Ellis on 4 May 2008. For more information, please see the Wiley announcement.
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PrintSTM appoints Barbara Kalumenos as STM Director of Public Affairs
Oxford - 30 April 2008 With an increasing focus by politicians, policymakers and stakeholders in the science community on matters that affect research publishing and publishers in the broadest sense, STM is pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara Kalumenos as its Director of Public Affairs.
Although the remit of the Director of Public Affairs is global and will involve working wherever STM publishers are challenged by governmental and quasi governmental issues, the new Director will concentrate in the first instance on activities within the European Union.
With this newly created position the International Association of STM Publishers will build on the work of its volunteer Public Affairs Committee while simultaneously strengthening its professional publisher advocacy team.
Barbara Kalumenos holds a degree in Biology from Ludwig-Maximilians-
University in Munich and has worked in leading positions in sales and marketing for various international companies focused on scientific information. From January 2006 she was Director of External Relations within Elsevier B.V., responsible for the dialogue with stakeholders from science, politics and the library community in the German-speaking countries. Talking about her new role, Barbara commented: “I am thrilled to have been chosen for this position and I am looking forward to championing the key issues that surround the research publishing industry and its public affairs.”
STM Members Only - May 2008 'STM News' just issued
The May issue of the 'STM News' is now available as a PDF in the Members Only area of the website. It is also being e-mailed Wednesday, 30 April 2008.
Take advantage of news, interviews, articles, reports, market research, and access to documents in the 'News' - and on the website.
In the May issue:
- STM issues paper on STM industry, publishers and value added
- Mark Seeley calls on STM members for action
- Reports on STM's April e-book panel and seminar
- Member Interview: Andrea Powell, Executive Director, Publishing CABI
- Industry News & Update
- Industry Statistics from Outsell-2007 Global Content Spending, by Library Type
- News from the Copyright & Legal Affairs Committee
- Register now for STM Master Classes in the U. S. & Oxford
- and much more . . .
EU commission: copyright fit for digital world - STM responds to 2nd round consultation on private levies
On 17 April 2008, STM made its submission to the EU as part of the call for comments on "fair compensation for acts of private copying" seeking further input of stakeholders in this matter. STM submission to the second call for comments from the European Commission on "Fair compensation for acts of private copying"
STM Presentations available from London Book Fair: Building E-Book Collections 2008
STM members have 24/7 access to the presentations of the STM/London Book Fair ‘Building E-Book Collections 2008: Publishers, Librarians, and Distributors Share Experiences,’ Monday 14 April 2008. Presentations were delivered by: Rolf Janke, Vice President, Publisher, Sage Reference, Mark Carden, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, MyiLibrary, and David Nicholas, University College London. These presentations and other STM event presentations are in the Members Only section of the website.
Non-Members
Non-members have access to the presentations (Janke, Carden, Nicholas) from 20 April to 27 April, 2008.
