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STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal, the International Journal of Implant Dentistry. Sponsored by the German Association of Dental Implantology (DGI) and the Japanese Socieities of Oral Implantology (JSOI), and published by SpringerOpen, the journal is dedicated to the exchange and discussion of new research in the field of implant dentistry. It will also be available on Springer’s platform SpringerLink. More Search for more news in this Category |
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McGraw-Hill Education, the learning sciences company, and JAMA, a widely circulated medical journal, have announced the launch of an all-new platform for JAMAevidence. JAMAevidence is an innovative online resource with interactive and pedagogical features designed to help students and clinicians learn and apply the best practice of evidence-based medicine. More Search for more news in this Category |
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RCN Publishing has announced that it has changed its name to RCNi. The new brand reflects more accurately the organisation’s continued evolution towards developing diverse online tools and products, in addition to its printed publications. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing has launched new sections in two of its journals – Environmental Research Reviews and Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (JPCM). Environmental Research Reviews has launched a new reviews section to meet the need for systematic, evidence-based reviews of important and topical environmental issues. JPCM has added a new section devoted to reporting novel methods, both computational and experimental, that have been utilised by condensed matter researchers. More Search for more news in this Category |
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IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, has announced the expanded relationship with IFIS (International Food Information Service) that allows IHS to host and sell the FSTA® database – a comprehensive resource of food science, technology and nutrition information. The FSTA database is now accessible via the common IHS platform that centralises access to engineering standards and technical knowledge. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd. has announced that the latest version of The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures from Wiley has launched. Semantico was involved with the first version of this online product, and is working with Wiley again to deliver this new edition. After much user and client feedback and research, Semantico successfully re-designed, re-built and delivered the 9th edition of this product. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Three largest funding agencies in Canada have released a coordinated policy requiring researchers to provide access to articles resulting from their funded research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have issued ‘The Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications.’ More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the commercial launch of its new English language medical exam preparation and simulation tool, ExamPrep, across UK, Northern Europe and EMEA-LA. In collaboration with Learning Objects, Inc., a leader in social software for learning, ExamPrep uses the latest adaptive technology to pre-test learners to formulate individual benchmarks. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Academic publisher SAGE has begun publishing the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, a multidisciplinary journal covering all topics related to minimally invasive peripheral vascular diagnosis and treatment and the official publication of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISES). Established 20 years ago as the Journal of Endovascular Surgery, the Journal of Endovascular Therapy is a forum for physicians, scientists, and allied healthcare professionals who are engaged in the field of peripheral endovascular interventions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2015. As a publication of ACRL’s Choice, together with ProQuest, Resources for College Libraries (RCL) is commemorating the occasion with a list of selected RCL monographs, one published from each year of ACRL’s seventy-five years (1940-2015). More Search for more news in this Category |
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Global academic publisher CABI has announced that representation for its applied life sciences print books in Western Europe will switch from Durnell Marketing to CABI from March 31, 2015. Representation will be brought in-house and handled by CABI’s regional sales team. More Search for more news in this Category |
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HighWire Press, Inc., the technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies with global reach, has announced the appointment of Dan Filby as Chief Executive Officer. Dan will lead HighWire through its next phase of growth and will be focused on operational excellence, customer service and thought leadership in the publishing technology industry. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Boopsie Inc., the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, has hired Dmitry Maslov as Senior Product Manager. The move is projected to support a growth rate of more than 30% in 2014 and expansion into new global markets including corporate libraries, law libraries and government libraries in addition to continuing to expand in public and academic libraries. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced its participation in the OpenAIRE2020, to work towards international alignment of repository networks, a key priority for COAR. COAR will lead the work package, ‘International Alignment’, enabling to further support work already underway at COAR to facilitate greater interoperability of the major repository networks: La Referencia, OpenAIRE, SHARE and others. More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP), the official journal of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). JIEP is a quarterly, online-only journal focusing on interprofessional healthcare topics, including education, practice, policy, policy makers and research. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Oxford University Press has announced the launch of Oxford Medical & Surgical Case Reports, a new free search and discovery tool. One search quickly and easily brings together peer-reviewed case reports from across OUP’s prestigious medical journals and book collections, increasing the discoverability of over 5,000 case reports in 40 specialty areas. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Science & Education, has launched its new publisher blog – Perspectives. This new blog will offer fresh insights on scholarly communication focused on the publisher arena. The new blog will focus on publishing and scientific communication that will bring together the voices of a diverse range of stakeholders including publishers, funders, academics and librarians. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Research has revealed a sharp rise in the number of students using social media to stay in touch with tutors at college and university, with 40 percent of students now using social as their primary means of communication with lecturers. Jisc conducted a study into the use of technology in higher and further education to mark the launch of the Jisc Digital Festival, which is helping those delivering education in the UK to be at the forefront of technology practice. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Boopsie, the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, and Baker & Taylor, the worldwide distributor of digital and print books, have integrated the Boopsie Mobile App with Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 digital media library. The partnership will drive circulation and usage of Axis 360 and meet patrons’ expectations for easy access to the library’s digital information and entertainment materials. More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of SciVal Trends, a new module within SciVal, Elsevier’s tool to analyse and benchmark the world of research, and part of the Elsevier Research Intelligence portfolio of tools and services. The Trends module builds on SciVal’s existing flexibility to define and analyse user created research areas based on citation and publication data from Scopus. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is honoured to be the recipient of nine PROSE Awards for 2015. The PROSE Awards recognise excellence in professional and scholarly publishing by highlighting distinguished books, journals and electronic content. This year, Wiley titles won in six categories and were awarded honourable mentions in three categories. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with the Republic of Latvia’s Ministry of Education and Science, to both advance the work of the nation’s scientists and researchers and to demonstrate the efficacy of their efforts on a global level. This strategic relationship will enable Latvian researchers to uncover new theories, spot emerging trends, evaluate their work within the international research landscape and understand commercial opportunities through Thomson Reuters Web of Science Citation Connection. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Bibliografía de la Literatura Española (BLE) is now available on the ProQuest® platform. Users can now cross-search with their library’s ProQuest collection for faster workflow. With th0e move to the ProQuest platform, the database seamlessly connects to the full-text database PRISMA, enabling articles sourced through BLE to be matched to the full text. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Data on the Web Best Practices, to encourage and enable the continued expansion of the Web as a medium for the exchange of data. Data should be discoverable and understandable by humans and machines. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Registration is now open for the COAR-SPARC Conference 2015, “Connecting Research Results, Bridging Communities, Opening Scholarship,” to be held in Porto, Portugal, April 15–16. Co-hosted by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), the conference will feature speakers from around the globe discussing opportunities and challenges for libraries in a world of open science and open content. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Allen Press, Inc. has announced that over the past twelve months, the number of journals hosted on its Pinnacle Online Publishing platform has increased by 42 percent. The platform will now host 184 publications on 117 publisher websites. This growth also includes 23 publishers previously hosting their content on the Metapress platform, which will be decommissioned in early 2015. More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Geofacets Mexico, a special edition of Geofacets, designed to give Oil & Gas companies a competitive advantage in completing Mexico’s Oil & Gas block bidding. This unique, cost-effective offering combines maps, seismic sections and timelines with other valuable data providing vital geological insight into the region. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Academic publisher SAGE has published a major new report, written by the Campaign for Social Sciences (CfSS), highlighting the value of social sciences to the UK economy and society. ‘The Business of People: The Significance of Social Science over the Next Decade’ calls for at least a 10 percent increase in real terms of the £4.7 billion annual budget for science and innovation over the next parliament. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), the nation’s leading membership association for the information services industry, announced that Robert J. Massie, former president of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), was designated an NFAIS Honorary Fellow at the NFAIS 2015 Annual Conference, February 22-24. NFAIS created the title of Honorary Fellow in 1983 to recognise those who made significant contributions to NFAIS and to the information services industry during their professional careers. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Scholarly publisher Brill has chosen the RightsLink for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its recently launched, international Open Access journals. RightsLink for Open Access streamlines the entire author fee transaction for Open Access charges, page charges, colour charges, and more, giving publishers a robust pricing, discount and collections engine. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Publisher Future Science Group (FSG) has launched Concussion, a new open access journal that publishes original research, reviews and commentaries addressing the assessment, management and short and long term implications of this subset of traumatic brain injury, which is gaining increasing attention. The journal will be supported by an international editorial board consisting of leading experts in the field. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) has announced a preferred purchasing agreement with Reprints Desk, Inc., a Research Solutions company. GWLA members will receive preferred purchasing terms for single-article document delivery services. The agreement, which supplements interlibrary loan (ILL) and provides same-day acquisition of scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, follows similar arrangements with other consortia and library organisations. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is accepting proposals for project briefings to be presented at the CNI Spring 2015 Membership Meeting in Seattle, Washington, April 13–14. Proposal submission is open to anyone, including non-members of CNI. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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STM publisher Springer has partnered with Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) on a new solution enabling corporate life sciences researchers to perform text and data mining (TDM) quickly and easily across publishers. As one of the first publishers to sign onto the service, Springer will offer a significant portion of its full-text article content through the CCC service when launched later this year. More Search for more news in this Category |
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NASIG and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) have announced a joint full-day program, ‘Evolving Information Policies & Their Implications: A Conversation for Librarians & Publishers.’ Attendees will learn about public policy issues ranging from open access, grant funder submission and publication requirements, management and preservation of data sets, to access for the print disabled, intellectual property, copyright law and fair use. More Search for more news in this Category |
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EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the University Library of Pécs in Hungary has chosen EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) as its library discovery tool to help promote usage of key library resources. The EDS unified index, ability to search all library records and highly relevant results were main factors in the university’s decision to implement the service. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a white paper, The Future of Library Resource Discovery, written by independent consultant, speaker, and author Marshall Breeding. The white paper was commissioned by NISO’s Discovery to Delivery (D2D) Topic Committee as part of its ongoing examination of areas in the discovery landscape that the information community could potentially standardize. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Overleaf (previously WriteLaTeX) has announced a new partnership with The Genetics Society of America (GSA). Through this partnership, authors submitting to GSA’s GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics journals will soon have access to the Overleaf collaborative cloud-based writing and reviewing tool. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Science Domain will be preserving its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. Science Domain is based in West Bengal, India. Science Domain International (SDI) publishes high-quality, OPEN peer reviewed, open access international journals in various sectors of science, technology, and medicine (STM). More Search for more news in this Category |
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Texas Tech University Libraries has joined HathiTrust, a partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of digitised titles from more than 100 libraries throughout the world. The partnership increases Texas Tech Libraries’ holdings by more than 5 million volumes. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The London Book Fair has announced that it will extend the Publishing for Digital Minds conference into the virtual arena on March 18, 2015, with the first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing. The virtual conference, ‘Around the World in 8 Hours’ will take place throughout the day from 09:00 UK time on March 18 across Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus, with publishing leaders from four continents confirmed as speakers. More Search for more news in this Category |
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EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced a significant investment in the library workflow with the acquisition of YBP Library Services (YBP) from Baker &Taylor. Founded in 1971, YBP Library Services has served as the leader in delivering academic library workflow and ‘shelf ready’ solutions through its innovative suite of acquisition and metadata resources. GOBI3 (Global Online Bibliographic Information) serves as YBP’s primary tool for the discovery and acquisition of digital and print monographic content. More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Springer and the Turkish consortium TÜBITAK ULAKBIM EKUAL have signed a comprehensive license agreement for access to Springer’s complete journal collection plus the Adis collections. The new agreement enables scientists, researchers and students from 193 academic and research institutions in Turkey to use and archive articles from 1,991 Springer journals going back to 1997. Starting January 1, 2015, the license will cover a period of three years. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ProQuest has announced that it will continue its longstanding relationship with YBP, enabling libraries to purchase its selection of more than 730,000 ebooks through the GOBI platform. ProQuest titles will continue to be offered through all available purchase models, including Perpetual Archive, Short-Term Loans, Demand-driven Acquisition (DDA) and Extended Access. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that InTech will be preserving its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. InTech is based in Rijeka, Croatia. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital media and integrated marketing solutions provider Advantage Business Media has named David Madonia General Manager of its Scientific Group. The announcement was made by Advantage CEO Jim Lonergan. Madonia joins Advantage with more than 20 years of business-to-business media experience, most of which with Penton Media. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group’s digital content delivery system, has announced that Vital Source has been selected by MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. to be the digital fulfillment vendor for all of its educational content. This agreement with MBS will span both the K-12 and higher education markets, and will encompass all of the channels through which MBS will sell digital content, including MBS Direct, Textbooks.com, and MBS Systems. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Shibboleth Consortium, a collaborative group of international research and education organisations, has released version 3 of the Shibboleth identity provider, its free open source software that enables secure web single sign-on. Institutions are able to use the software to enable learners and researchers to safely access library resources, databases and collaboration tools using only one log-in, doing away with the need to set up new accounts as they move between locations. More Search for more news in this Category |
UC Davis now has campus-wide access to Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E) publications
UC Davis now has campus-wide access to Environment & Energy Publishing (E&E) publications. E&E is a leading source for comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets. Our subscription for 2015 entitles us to access to:
EnergyWire http://www.eenews.net/ew
EnergyWire is designed to provide deep, broad and insightful coverage of the transformation of the energy sector. EnergyWire focuses on the business, environmental and political issues surrounding the rapidly expanding energy industry.
ClimateWire http://www.eenews.net/cw
ClimateWire is designed to bring readers coverage of the debate over climate policy and its effects on business, the environment and society.
GreenWire http://www.eenews.net/gw
The one-stop source for those who need to stay on top of all of today’s major environmental and energy action. With an average of more than 25 stories a day, Greenwire covers the complete spectrum, from electricity industry restructuring to Clean Air Act litigation to public lands management.
E&E Daily http://www.eenews.net/eed
Designed for those who need to know what’s happening to issues on Capitol Hill. From federal agency appropriations to comprehensive energy legislation, E&E Daily is the place insiders go to track their environmental and energy issues in Congress.
E&E News PM http://www.eenews.net/pm
A late afternoon roundup providing coverage of all the breaking and developing policy news from Capitol Hill, around the country and around the world. A must-read for those who need to be ahead of the next day’s headlines.
E&E TV http://www.eenews.net/tv
Webcast program featuring in-depth interviews and analysis with compelling energy and environmental policy leaders.
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STM publisher Springer is putting its eBooks front and center in a new campaign scheduled for Orientation Week in Adelaide, Australia, this month. While the full breadth of the effort will feature a lot of moving parts at multiple locations, there is no question that the content is the true star of the show. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that it is the official publisher of the Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal with the release of its March issue. The journal is the official journal of the Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). More Search for more news in this Category |
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FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure has published a new brochure within its ‘Focus’ series. “A Focus on Crystallography” is dedicated to the content and development of ICSD – the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database. The database’s fields of application are illustrated by examples. The brochure also shows the close relationship between crystallography and mathematics. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) is the first institution in Germany to go live with Alma. A fully cloud-based library management solution, Alma enables all collections and resource types – whether electronic, print or digital – to be managed within a single system. Five additional German-speaking institutions are due to go live with Alma in the coming months. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Precyse Learning Solutions, creator of Precyse University, and HealthStream, a workforce development company for healthcare organisations, have announced the launch of Precyse University DNA, the next generation of healthcare performance optimisation and education. Revenue-cycle leaders in healthcare organisations who are charged with ensuring proficiency in their coding and clinical documentation workforce, including transition to ICD 10 coding system, can now achieve their goals more effectively and cost-efficiently with this innovative, new approach. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Lawrence Reger, President of Heritage Preservation for the past 27 years, tendered his resignation, effective February 6, 2015. Under his inspired leadership, Heritage Preservation’s efforts have advanced national preservation practice, policy, and prominence. Thomas F. R. Clareson, former Chair of the Heritage Preservation Board of Directors, has assumed the position of Acting President. More Search for more news in this Category |