New Library Relations Manager at Duke University Press

[Donna Blagdan <blagdan@duke.edu>]

*Apologies for cross-posting*

For immediate release:
July 20, 2005

For more information, contact
Mandy Dailey-Berman, Publicity Coordinator
mdberman@dukeupress.edu
www.dukeupress.edu/library

Duke University Press hires Library Relations Manager

To more proactively address and anticipate the unique needs of its
institutional subscribers, Duke University Press is pleased to announce
the creation of a new Library Relations Manager position.  Staffing this
new position is Kimberly Steinle-formerly Duke University Press's
Circulation Coordinator-who is charged with building stronger partnerships
between Duke University Press and the library community.

"The development of this new position is in direct response to the
evolving nature of the university press and university library
relationship. We truly are sister institutions linked together by a
related mission: a shared commitment to meaningfully expand and contribute
to the international community of scholarship," commented Duke University
Press Journals Marketing Manager Donna Blagdan. "As Circulation
Coordinator, Ms. Steinle had already begun to develop relationships with
many of our library customers, building a platform from which she can now
further open the lines of communication to build strong partnerships with
our institutional customers that will benefit the academic community as a
whole."

In addition to acting as an advocate for libraries, representing their
needs and concerns at Duke University Press with regard to key business
decisions, Ms. Steinle will be introducing a business model for consortial
and institutional subscriptions by coordinating the sale of the e-Duke
Scholarly Collection (see below), negotiating site license agreements, and
ensuring online access to Duke University Press journals by library
subscribers. She will also represent Duke University Press at key library
conferences.

Duke University Press, publisher of 32 journals, has recently launched a
new electronic package of Duke University Press journals, the e-Duke
Scholarly Collection, to be hosted by Stanford Libraries' HighWire Press.

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