Lisa Hinchliffe, University Library Professor and Coordinator for Research and Teaching Professional Development, has been appointed Chair of the Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) Board. ORCID is an international not-for-profit organization that facilitates transparent and reliable connections between researchers, their work, and their affiliations within digital frameworks.
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The Scholarly Communications and Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has selected Mary Schlembach to serve as one of its four U.S. Representatives to the Governing Council. Schlembach is the Chemistry and Physical Sciences Librarian at the Chemistry Library.
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JJ Pionke, Applied Health Sciences Librarian for the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) and Assistant Professor, has been named President-Elect of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association. Pionke was elected by members of the association and will take his position at the end of the October 2022 Annual Business Meeting.
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Bethany Anderson, an assistant professor, and Natural and Applied Sciences Archivist with the University Archives at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign was one of the two individuals named as the next Editors-In-Chief of Comma: International Journal on Archives by the International Council on Archives. The Editors-In-Chief of Comma are individuals responsible for managing Comma, a globally distributed multilingual archival journal.