Birmingham, Ala. — March 17, 2016 — Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF), a division of EBSCO Information Services, will provide subscription fulfillment services for the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) for its STM journals. The partnership will ensure that the needs of CMA journal subscribers are met while allowing CMA to focus on editorial aspects of its business.

The partnership between PPF and CMA, which began in 2012, provides long-term value and stability to CMA’s subscription service. The partnership lets CMA shift responsibility for managing non-member institutional subscriptions to PPF, a company well-suited to managing the entire spectrum of subscription fulfillment services. PPF handles all aspects of subscription fulfillment, including customer service, renewals and retention, and new subscriber acquisition.

PPF Client Relations Manager, Heather Bean, anticipates continued success in the relationship between PPF and CMA as the organizations work together to build CMA’s subscription base and service existing customers. “PPF has enjoyed a true partnership with CMA and we look forward to continuing to work with them to provide the best services possible.”

For more information, visit the PPF website at www.ppfebsco.com.

About Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF)
Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF), a division of EBSCO Information Services, has partnered with publishers worldwide since 1975 to provide customized journal subscription fulfillment services for scientific, technical, medical and business publications. A trusted publisher partner in the STM community, PPF offers a comprehensive solution for publishers, including renewal and marketing services, journal subscription fulfillment, customer service and production. Visit www.ppfebsco.com to learn more.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 8,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 800,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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Dr. Peter Oettgen Named EBSCO Health DynaMed Editor in Chief;
Dr. Kevin Loughlin Appointed Chief Medical Officer

Leading Clinical Decision Support Reference Enhances Team
To Build On Innovation And Product Depth

IPSWICH, Mass. – March 17, 2016 - EBSCO Health, a leading provider of clinical decision support solutions, today announced two additions to its DynaMed senior leadership team. Dr. Peter Oettgen assumed the role of DynaMed Editor in Chief and Dr. Kevin Loughlin was appointed Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Brian Alper, the founder of DynaMed, previously held those positions and will continue to serve as VP of Innovations and EBM Development for EBSCO Health.

“DynaMed has driven significant innovation in clinical decision support for more than 20 years and with the launch of DynaMed Plus™ in 2015, we further aligned DynaMed with the way a physician works,” said Betsy Jones, Senior Vice President of Medical Product Management, EBSCO Health. “Peter and Kevin were instrumental in driving that innovation by helping to broaden our depth of content and clinical application while maintaining the high quality of our evidence-based approach our users expect. We are confident with their increased roles, Dr. Oettgen and Dr. Loughlin will continue to build DynaMed’s tradition of being the most trusted resource for physicians by providing them with the information necessary to provide point-of care decision support in a way that works for them.”

About Dr. Peter Oettgen
Before joining EBSCO Health as Editor in Chief, Dr. Oettgen served as the Associate Chief, Division of Molecular and Vascular Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). His major research interests and contributions have included determining the molecular mechanisms of vascular inflammation, angiogenesis, and vascular development.

For the past year and a half, Dr. Oettgen has served as the Deputy Editor of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Critical Medicine at DynaMed, where he recruited more than 25 specialty editors and added significant new content in heart failure, electrophysiology, valvular heart disease, and cardiac transplantation.

He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Preventive Cardiology at BIDMC. Dr. Oettgen is a recipient of an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). He has served as a reviewer for several scientific journals, was a Chair for an AHA study section, and Co-Chair and reviewer for several NIH study sections. He served as a scientific advisor for the NIH (NHLBI) in their Vascular Biology and Hypertension branch from 2008-2010. In 2014 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association. Dr. Peter Oettgen is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

About Dr. Kevin Loughlin
Dr. Loughlin is now serving the DynaMed editorial team as Chief Medical Officer. For the past year and a half he has served as DynaMed’s Deputy Editor for Oncology. Dr. Loughlin has been a member of the urology division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for more than twenty-five years and is a full professor at Harvard Medical School.

Throughout his career, Dr. Loughlin has been the recipient of numerous best doctor and teaching awards, including the Alumnus Medal of Honor from New York Medical College and the Lifetime Achievement Award given by his peers in the New England Section of the AUA. He has served on the editorial boards of all three of the major North American urology journals and is the author or editor of nine books.

Dr. Loughlin is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B.), New York Medical College (M.D.), Harvard University (M.A. Honorary) and Boston University (M.B.A). Dr. Loughlin was a National Kidney Foundation Scholar during his residency and has held many regional and national leadership roles in organized urology throughout his career.

About EBSCO Health
EBSCO Health, part of EBSCO Information Services, is a leading provider of clinical decision support solutions, healthcare business intelligence, and medical research information for the healthcare industry. EBSCO Health users include professionals in medicine, nursing, and allied health. Flagship products include DynaMed Plus™, CINAHL®, Nursing Reference Center™, clinical e-books and e-journals, EBSCO Discovery Service™, licensed databases (such as MEDLINE®), plus EBSCONET®. EBSCO databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the electronic resource favored by libraries around the world.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 8,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 700,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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Facet Publishing have announced the release of two new books, Practical Tips for Facilitating Research and Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries.

Higher education is in a period of rapid evolution and academic libraries must continually evaluate and adjust their services to meet new needs. Librarian roles are changing and new specialisms, such as data librarians are emerging. Activities are being driven by researcher requirements such as the demand for wider dissemination and the impact of research.

Two new books from Facet Publishing, Practical Tips for Facilitating Research and Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries, will provide inspiration and practical guidance to enable LIS staff developing their role in the research environment to evaluate their current provision and develop services to meet the evolving needs of the research community.

Practical Tips for Facilitating Research offers innovative tips and reliable best practice to assist academic liaison librarians, research support librarians and all library and information professionals who work with research staff and students.

Author Moira Bent said, “my book bridges the gap between theory and practice, grounding the very practical ideas garnered from library and information staff around the world in current research in the library and information science discipline.”

Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries provides inspiration through illustrative examples of emerging models of research support and is contributed to by library practitioners from across the world.
Editor Starr Hoffman said, “Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries is designed to inspire librarians and administrators to think of ‘research support’ not merely as Reference 2.0, but as an innovative, holistic activity that should be distributed throughout the organization.”

Both titles are available through Bookpoint.

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Press and review copies contact:

James Williams, Marketing Manager, Facet Publishing
Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0597
Email: james.williams@facetpublishing.co.uk

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Practical Tips for Facilitating Research | Mar 2016 | 288pp | Paperback; 9781783300174; £49.95 | Hardback; 9 781783301096; £89.95

Moira Bent is Faculty Liaison Librarian and National Teaching Fellow at Newcastle University and is one of the authors of the 2007 Facet book, Providing Effective Library Services for Research.

Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries | Mar 2016 | 176pp | Paperback; 9781783300495; £49.95 | Hardback; Hardback; 9781783301089; £89.95

Starr Hoffman is Head of Planning and Assessment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she assesses many activities, including the library’s support for and impact on research. Previously she supported data-intensive research as the Journalism and Digital Resources Librarian at Columbia University in New York. Her research interests include the impact of academic libraries on students and faculty, the role of libraries in higher education and models of effective academic leadership. When she’s not researching, she’s taking photographs and travelling the world.

Both titles are published by Facet Publishing and are available from Bookpoint Ltd | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. | Mailing Address: Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD. They are available in North America from the American Library Association.