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New editor for Learned Publishing journal


The Association of Learned and


Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) have announced Lettie Conrad as the new North American editor of the Learned Publishing journal. Audrey McCulloch, chief


executive of ALPSP, said: ‘We are delighted that Lettie has accepted this post. Many in the industry will know her work for a number of global information organisations and her experience in product innovation.’


Melanie Dolechek, executive


director of the Society for Scholarly Publishing added: ‘Lettie has been an active member of both SSP and ALPSP. We are so pleased she is able to take the North American Editor’s post on behalf of SSP.’ Conrad responded: ‘I am


really excited to get started! I look forward to drawing on my experience, as well as working with my peers all along the institutional and academic knowledge supply chain, to bring innovative and engaging articles and new perspectives to the journal.’ Conrad takes up her post with immediate effect.


Ringgold and PSI join forces


Ringgold and Publisher Solutions International (PSI) have signed an agreement that will enable both companies to offer services based on the power of combining Ringgold’s Identify Database and PSI’s IP Registry.


The deal will allow Ringgold customers to license IP data for institutional records within Identify. Likewise, PSI customers will be able to licence Ringgold IDs, hierarchies and metadata. The curated IP data in the IP Registry will be linked to Ringgold’s Institutional Identifiers, organisational


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hierarchies and rich metadata. Customers of both companies will be able to utilise the data from a single source, reducing time and effort to assess and analyse sales, licensing, usage, and authentication for their customers. Andrew Pitts, PSI


CEO, said: ‘This is great news for the scholarly communication community; it makes perfect sense for the premier providers of organisational hierarchy and validated IP range standards to combine data and sales efforts, to offer their shared customers


the added value of a joined-up service wherein Ringgold and IP Registry organisational IDs are mapped.’ Laura Cox, president of Ringgold, said: ‘We’re excited to be part of the solution to a substantial challenge in our industry. By mapping Ringgold IDs to the IP Registry data, publishers can better determine licensing arrangements and usage, in conjunction with their authentication systems, to provide accurate access to entitled users. This data will create the basis for an entirely new class of industry solutions.’


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OpenAthens renews health service contract


OpenAthens has announced it has renewed its contract with NICE on behalf of the NHS in England, enabling access to essential content for hundreds of thousands of front-line medical workers and researchers across the country. The arrangement, spanning a further


three years for the period May 2017 to April 2020, covers the provision of access management to a wide variety of online resources, research, and databases purchased nationally, regionally, and locally for the NHS in England, through dedicated accounts that are available to all health and social care staff providing NHS- commissioned care.


Alexia Tonnel, director of evidence


resources at NICE, said: ‘The NHS in England purchases a wide range of important medical, health and social care content to help staff in treating and managing patients, and in conducting research to improve the quality of care. NHS OpenAthens accounts have long been an effective way to give access to these valuable resources. This contract means continued stability in workflows for staff providing NHS-commissioned care across the country.’ Mike Brooksbank, executive director of OpenAthens added: ‘Since 2001, NHS OpenAthens accounts have connected staff supllying NHS-commissioned care in England with essential resources used to deliver world-leading healthcare and research, and we’re thrilled that this long- standing partnership will continue for the next three years.’


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