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PATTI O'SHEA NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

We are pleased to announce that the University of Chicago Press has named Patti O’Shea as Executive Director of Information Technology. In this role, Patti will be a member of the senior management team and will have overall responsibility for all technology-related activities for the Press. She will be responsible for strategic planning for publishing and data management processes and infrastructure; product development and dissemination of books, journals, and online products; and managing all technology staff.

 

Patti comes to the University of Chicago Press from Kaplan Professional, where she held numerous senior management roles, most recently Vice President, Business Systems. At Kaplan, Patti oversaw the organization’s legacy mainframe, client/server, and web technologies. She also served as Vice President, Technology and Director of Information Technology at Kaplan’s Dearborn Financial Publishing division.

 

Patti holds a Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University and an M.B.A. in Management Information Systems from DePaul University.

GARRETT P. KIELY APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Garrett P. Kiely has been named Director of the University of Chicago Press, the nation's largest academic press, and the publisher of numerous award-winning books and journals aimed at a scholarly and general interest audience including The Chicago Manual of Style.

"Garrett has a firm understanding of academic publishing and the challenges and opportunities we now face," said Provost Thomas Rosenbaum, in announcing Kiely's appointment. Equally important, Rosenbaum said, "Garrett has a deep understanding of the Press’s mission and of the ways in which the work of the academy and the work of publishing can support and enhance each other. I am confident that with Garrett Kiely as Director, the Press will continue to grow and further enhance its position as the leading university press in North America."

A graduate of Georgetown University, Kiely comes to the University of Chicago Press after more than 20 years at Palgrave Macmillan USA, a division of St. Martin's Press. At Palgrave, Kiely has served as both Sales and Marketing Director, and Vice President of the Scholarly and Reference Division. He has also served as the U.S publisher of the Encarta World English Dictionary and as President of Grove's Dictionary. During his eight years as President of Palgrave, Kiely directed the merger of the St. Martin's Press Scholarly and Reference Division with the U.K.'s Macmillan Press in January 2000. He was responsible for domestic publishing, import publishing, reference publishing and distribution for four U.K.-based publishers. Regarded for his innovative leadership, Kiely managed several digital e-book conversion projects, pioneered Web development initiatives and was responsible for marketing online products to libraries, institutions and professionals.

Kiely comes to the press at a crucial time in its history. A $60 million operation, which employs more than 300 people in its three divisions, Books, Journals, and Distribution, the Press is adapting to digital innovations, which are changing the way publishing houses operate. "We reviewed a number of highly qualified applicants, and the committee conducted careful deliberations. Our final choice, Garrett Kiely, has the demonstrated qualities we seek," said Martha Roth, Dean of the University’s Division of the Humanities, and the chair of the search committee that selected Kiely, "He will be an outstanding leader of the Press."

About the University of Chicago Press:

Founded in 1891 when the University was established, the University Press is one of the oldest continuously operating university presses in the country. More than a century later, the Press is one of the premier American university presses. The Books Division publishes approximately 250 books a year, has published over 11,000 books since its founding, and has over 5,300 books in print. The Journals Division publishes 43 journals and 5 annuals, while the Distribution Services Division provides warehousing, customer service and related services to 40 publishers at the Chicago Distribution Center. It is also the home of the new initiatives the Chicago Digital Distribution Center, which provides digital printing services, and the BiblioVault repository for digital book files.

In addition to its well-known scholarly output, the press has published some important trade books, such as Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It and Young Men and Fire, which made the national best-seller list in 1992, and One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko, a collection of columns by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune newspaperman

KAREN BARCH NAMED APPOINTED CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, CHICAGO DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

“We are delighted to announce that Karen Barch will be joining Chicago Distribution Services as Chief Operating Officer. Karen brings over 25 years of general management, operations and publishing experience to the CDC. For the last 10 years, Karen has run her own consulting business; before that Karen was with Encyclopaedia Britannica for 12 years, the last several as Executive Vice President for Operations and Product Development.

Karen will work closely with the President in overseeing all elements of the distribution business -- including BiblioVault operations, client press relationship management, and planning for future growth.

We're very fortunate to have Karen join the Press; please join us in welcoming her.”

About the Chicago Distribution Center:

A long-standing leader in the distribution and fulfillment of academic and university press books and journals, CDC provides fulfillment services for more than fifty scholarly publishers, including America's largest, the University of Chicago Press.

PAUL SCHELLINGER NAMED EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, REFERENCE PUBLISHING AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

“I am delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Schellinger as Editorial Director for Reference publishing. Paul is a seasoned reference publisher with 20 years of experience as an editor, writer, and manager in reference houses in the U.S. and the U.K. From 1997 to 2002, he was Editorial Director for Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers (Chicago and London). During his tenure, the publisher won more than 50 RUSA Awards from the American Library Association. Some of Paul's notable editorial accomplishments include being the general editor of the Encyclopedia of the Novel (Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998) and, while at St. James Press, the St. James Guide to Biography (1991). Most recently Paul has been an independent book developer living outside Madison, WI and also producing, programming, and serving as on-air classical music host for Wisconsin Public Radio.

Paul is a graduate of Michigan State University (English) where he also did two years of graduate work in English and French. In addition, Paul did graduate work in French Literature at Northwestern University, where he also taught as an instructor in the Department of French and Italian.

Please join me in welcoming Paul and his family back to the Chicago area and to the University of Chicago Press.”

Robert D. Lynch
Books Division Manager
University of Chicago Press

About University of Chicago Press:

Since it’s founding in 1891 as one of the three original divisions of the University of Chicago, the Press has embraced as its mission the obligation to disseminate scholarship of the highest standard and to publish serious works that promote education, foster public understanding, and enrich cultural life. Through their books and journals programs, they seek not only to advance scholarly conversation within and across traditional disciplines but, in keeping with the University of Chicago's experimental tradition, to help define new areas of knowledge and intellectual endeavor.

 

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