Berkeley, CA, September 30, 2008 – Society and peer-reviewed publisher and software developer, The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress), announced today the appointment of Maria Lopes as Director of Library Sales. She will report to Barbara Kaplan, bepress’s Vice President of Business Development, and will be based on the East Coast.

Maria comes to bepress with ten years of international sales experience. Most recently at Wiley-Blackwell, Maria was responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing in Latin America, including consortia and agent agreements. Previously, as Academic Sector Business Manager at Emerald Publishing, Maria successfully managed sales across Latin America, the Caribbean, and Southern Europe.

Barbara Kaplan said, “Maria’s extensive domestic and international relationships will give bepress a ‘jump start’ in these markets, which have already shown great interest in bepress journals and the library-friendly bepress model.”

Maria’s appointment reflects the growth and depth of bepress’s sales effort internationally, and continues bepress’s commitment to bring high-quality journals at sustainable prices to libraries around the world.

Maria is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and French, and received her business degree at the University of Algarve in Portugal.


About The Berkeley Electronic Press

Founded by professors in 1999, Berkeley Electronic Press is both a publisher of peer-reviewed electronic journals and a software developer, having created Digital Commons, the world's leading hosted institutional repository that powers the University of California's eScholarship Repository, and those of over fifty other universities, societies, and organizations. The company produces tools to improve scholarly communication via innovative and effective means of content production and dissemination. Bepress has a portfolio of products and services that reduce the costs of and barriers to access.

For additional information on bepress, please see www.bepress.com.