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Berkeley Electronic Press Names New Publisher
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BERKELEY, CA, September 8 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Society and peer-reviewed publisher and
software developer, The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress), announced the
appointment of a new Publisher, Alison Denby. Alison will be responsible
for the bepress journals publishing program, which includes 42 owned and
scholarly society journals. She will report to the CEO of bepress, Gordon
Tibbitts, and will be based at bepress headquarters in California.
This appointment reflects the growth and depth of bepress's journals
collection and its commitment to ensuring that its partners have access to
the best scholarly journals and services in their fields. Alison will
support this goal by leading the expansion of bepress's journals publishing
program.
Commenting on the appointment, Gordon Tibbitts said, "Alison is one of the
industry's leading journal publishers. Her experience includes extensive
success with acquiring successful academic journals, building and leading
editorial teams, developing and implementing innovative service offerings,
strategic client consultation and development, and operational
optimization. We are delighted to appoint Alison: her skills and experience
are a perfect fit with bepress's strategy to continue to drive the growth
and development of our journals program and bepress's broader suite of
services."
Alison brings close to 20 years of journals editorial and sales experience
in the publishing industry to bepress. Before joining bepress, she held
senior positions at John Wiley & Sons and Blackwell Publishing, where she
worked closely with academic societies and journal editorial teams.
About The Berkeley Electronic Press
Founded by professors in 1999, The Berkeley Electronic Press is both a
publisher of peer-reviewed electronic journals and a software developer,
having created Digital Commons, the world's leading hosted institutional
repository that powers the University of California's eScholarship
Repository, and those of over ninety other universities, societies, and
organizations. The company produces tools to improve scholarly
communication via innovative and effective means of content production and
dissemination. bepress has a portfolio of products and services that reduce
the costs of and barriers to access.
For additional information on bepress, please see: www.bepress.com
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Press Contact:
Gordon Tibbitts
CEOEmail Contact
510-809-1655
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