Ingenta strengthens library service with high-caliber appointment
Jeff Downing brings valuable experience to development of library business
Ingenta, the technology provider which connects the publishing and information industries, recently announced a major appointment which will strengthen the company’s sales presence and strategic focus in the North American library market. Jeff Downing will join the company in February as the Manager, Library Relations, and will pursue opportunities for the company’s suite of integrated library services.
Jeff Downing is a librarian with an MLS from Indiana University, and has worked in special and academic libraries. He joins Ingenta from Amigos Library Services where he was most recently Associate Director and Manager, Electronic Information Services, a role with responsibilities including North American marketing and sales of scholarly aggregation databases including BioOne. Prior to his role at Amigos, Jeff held a variety of librarian roles at organizations including the University of Texas at Arlington and the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory.
“In the past year we’ve been refocusing Ingenta’s objectives in the library market, and with Jeff’s appointment we complete a program of activities intended to consolidate and enhance the service we offer to libraries,” comments Ingenta’s Director of Library Services Claire Winthrop. “Jeff’s range of experience could not be more appropriate to the role he will now undertake at Ingenta, and I’m confident that he will build strong relationships with our library customers that will help to further improve our services.”
“Having worked with Ingenta on past projects, I’ve appreciated their enthusiastic, professional approach,” notes Jeff, “and it’s good to see their commitment to understanding the needs and problems of their library customers. They’ve made some bold decisions in restructuring their library product line and I’m excited that I’ll working with a dynamic team to build new success on the back of those changes.”
Ingenta’s flagship website, IngentaConnect, provides more than 25,000 libraries with access to over 31,000 publications via subscription and document delivery. Publishers can opt to apply their own brand to their pages of the site using the IngentabyDesign service, or can upgrade to their own pub2web publications platform, which shares some IngentaConnect technical architecture but offers publishers full control over design and content structure. Library services were streamlined during 2007 with new features being added to the standard free-to-use package, and the IngentaConnect Complete upgrade suite being repositioned as integrated document delivery, current awareness and customization modules.
Please visit the Ingenta booth (1735) at ALA Midwinter for more information.
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For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple
Ingenta, a division of Publishing Technology
Tel: +44 1865 397860
Email: charlie.rapple@ingenta.com
MSN: rappleland@hotmail.com
AIM: Rappleland
About Ingenta
www.ingenta.com
Ingenta is the global market leader in online management and distribution of publications, allowing publishers to focus on their core business by outsourcing their online publishing requirements. Ingenta’s key competences include website design and development, data conversion and enhancement, secure online hosting, access & authentication and content discoverability management. Flagship web platform IngentaConnect provides 250 research publishers and societies with a ready-made audience (of over 25,000 libraries) for their publications; the site receives more than 11 million page views a month from over 5 million unique users. For libraries and information professionals, the site offers comprehensive collection management and document delivery options for over 31,000 publications. Ingenta also develops and maintains discrete publication websites, and delivers a range of complementary technology services.
In 2007, Ingenta merged with VISTA International to form Publishing Technology plc, the largest provider of publishing software solutions. The company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and has offices in Europe and North America.
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