UKSG rebrands Serials and announces new editors

[Charlie Rapple <charlie.rapple@tbicommunications.com>]

Dear all,

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I thought this news about changes at UKSG's journal might be of 
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Charlie Rapple
Chair, UKSG Marketing Subcommittee

Head of Marketing Development
TBI Communications
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UKSG, the international organisation that connects the knowledge 
community, has announced a new name and new joint editors for its 
flagship journal, Serials: connecting the information community. 
The new name, Insights: connecting the knowledge community, was 
chosen from 125 submissions to a competition for UKSG members, 
won by Jane Harvell, Head of Academic Services at the University 
of Sussex Library.

The title change will take effect from volume 25, 2012, while the 
new editors, Lorraine Estelle (Chief Executive of JISC 
Collections) and Steve Sharp (Resource Acquisition Team Leader at 
the University of Leeds) will co-edit the journal from volume 24, 
2011 and have already delivered their first issue (online now).

This first issue under the new editors helps to demonstrate the 
rationale for renaming the journal; it includes coverage of 
issues as diverse as usage statistics, open data, e-books and 
image collections, along with an innovative 'day in the life' 
feature drawn entirely from Twitter postings. "Serials has, for 
some time, been expanding into a much broader remit than its name 
would imply," explains outgoing co-editor Dr Hazel Woodward, who 
is to become Chair of UKSG's Publications Subcommittee. "When we 
surveyed our members, it became clear that while people 
understood the evolution in scope of UKSG as an organisation, 
they didn't necessarily recognise that the same was true for 
Serials - hence it was becoming inappropriately pigeonholed."

Incoming co-editor Steve Sharp continues, "Partly for that 
reason, we wanted to involve the members in renaming Serials. 
We're delighted that in Insights: connecting the knowledge 
community, we have found a title that so aptly reflects the role 
of the journal today, as well as our vision for its future." The 
organisation will work with members and suppliers throughout the 
remainder of 2011 to ensure a smooth transition to the new title.

UKSG would like to publicly record its thanks to outgoing editors 
Hazel Woodward and Helen Henderson for their many years of 
dedication to the development of Serials. We look forward to 
ongoing success as Insights: connecting the knowledge community!

http://www.uksg.org/news/insights11

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