I would like to post this on behalf of the Association of Subscription Agents

Nawin Gupta has been appointed Secretary General of the Association of Subscription Agents & Intermediaries. The appointment is effective immediately. Nawin will be based in the US in Chicago, Illinois.

Announcing Nawin's appointment, Peter Lawson, Chairman of the ASA, stated "Nawin has a long and distinguished publishing background. We are delighted to have him take this leadership role." He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in scholarly and trade publishing, having advanced publishing programs of large professional societies (American Medical Association and American Bar Association), major academic presses (University of Chicago and University of Iowa), and commercial publishers (Reed Elsevier).

Well-known in the industry, Nawin is passionate about the role scholarly publishers, subscription agents, intermediaries, and libraries play in disseminating scholarship and promoting scholarly discourse, and is deeply aware of the challenges facing them. He has served in many volunteer positions in the publishing industry, including executive boards of the PSP Division of the Association of American Publishers, the International Association of STM Publishers, the Association of Medical Publishers, and CrossRef.

In addition to ASA work, Nawin will continue as Principal at Informed Publishing Solutions, Inc. (www.IPSig.com), a publishing consulting practice based in Chicago.

Nawin is taking over from Sarah Durrant who recently became the CEO of Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.

Contact details for Nawin are as follows:

Nawin Gupta

Secretary General, ASA

Office: +1 773.685.2007

Email: NGupta.ASA@IPSig.com

ABOUT THE ASA

The ASA (www.subscription-agents.org) is the international trade association serving subscriptions agents, sales agents and other intermediaries providing products and services within the professional and scholarly information supply chain. The ASA exists to provide information to its members from all areas of the information industry, to create a forum for exchange amongst these groups and to represent members' common interests to publishers, customers, representative and governmental organizations and associations.

The ASA and its members are committed to upholding standards of excellence, integrity and service innovation in the management of subscriptions. We work closely with libraries and publishers to drive efficiencies and innovation within the information supply chain. All members of the ASA are required to sign up to the ASA Guidelines which describe and ensure best practice.

The ASA 2012 annual conference will take place on Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th February at the Cavendish Conference Centre on Duchess Mews, close to Oxford Street in central London. Further information will soon be available via the ASA website.