Congratulations to Kathleen Keane, who recently began a one-year term as president of the Association of American University Presses, a group with 134 member presses.

"I am honored to accept this position, and I am proud of the AAUP's on-going efforts to advance scholarly publishing and serve the very accomplished and collegial community of member presses," Keane, director of the Johns Hopkins University Press, said in a statement.

Keane joined the Hopkins press in 2002 as director of finance and operations. In 2004, she became director of the organization, which is America's oldest university press, and its staff of 140. According to the Hopkins press, it publishes 200 new titles annually, manages the publication of 70 scholarly periodicals, runs an online collection of 450 scholarly journals and handles customer services operation for 16 presses.