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ABC-CLIO Wins SIIA Education Technology CODiE Award for Best Social Sciences Instructional Solution
ABC-CLIO, a longtime partner in the education community and publisher of curriculum and reference resources, today announced that American Government won an SIIA CODiE Award for Best Social Sciences Instr...
ABC-CLIO's American Indian Experience and Issues Online Resources Win 2013 BESSIE Award
We are pleased to announce that The American Indian Experience and Issues: Understanding Controversy in Society from ABC-CLIO's suite of Solutions have been honored with 2013 Best Education Software (BESS...
ABC-CLIO adds subject of Modern Genocide to its suite of Online Solutions
Why genocide? Since the 20th century, state-sanctioned genocide and mass killings have resulted in the deaths of millions, most notably in the Holocaust and in the Armenian Genocide. Regrettably, genocide...
Essential Guidance for School Librarians Grappling with Multiple Standards
With the adoption of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for 21st-century learning, many school librarians and teachers are being asked to integrate an inquiry approach into how they prepare students to le...
Submit Your 2012 Entries to be Considered for the LMC/ARBA Best of Reference Award
As announced earlier this year, Library Media Connection and American Reference Books Annual are teaming up in 2013 to recognize the Best of Reference in the areas of children's and young adult library re...
ABC-CLIO's American Government and African American Experience Databases Win 2012 EDDIE Awards
ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce that the American Government and African American Experience databases have been honored with 2012 Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES) in the categories of Best Ameri...
Spencer Tucker Award Winners Announced
Professor Gerhard L. Weinberg has been named the recipient of the Spencer Tucker Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Military History. Concurrently, Michael Geheran and Emily Swafford have b...
ABC-CLIO Wins SIIA CODiE Award for Best Education Reference Solution
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of print and electronic library resources, today announced that the World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy database won an SIIA CODiE Award for Best Educati...
Kathryn Suárez Appointed Publisher of Libraries Unlimited
ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce the appointment of KathrynSuárez as Publisher of its professional development publishing program for librarians and information professionals. "We have always been committe...
ABC-CLIO Solutions Database Suite Named Finalist in 2012 AEP Awards
ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce that ABC-CLIO Solutions database suite has been named a finalist in the 2012 AEP Awards for distinguished achievement in the category of Reference Materials, Digital Librar...
ABC-CLIO's World Religions and African American Experience Solutions Databases Win 2012 BESSIE Award
We are pleased to announce that ABC-CLIO Solutions World Religions and The African American Experience have been honored with 2012 Best Education Software (BESSIE) Awards in the High School African Americ...
ABC-CLIO's World Religions Solutions Database is Recognized as a Finalist in the 2012 CODiE Awards
ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce the World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy database has been recognized as a finalist in the 2012 CODiE Awards in the Best Reference Solutions category. The CODi...
ABC-CLIO's 3rd Annual Hunt for History Brings History to Life
ABC-CLIO is calling for school library media specialists and social studies teachers around the country to join the 2012 Hunt for History and win valuable prizes such as iPads and subscriptions to the com...
ABC-CLIO Launches Online Support Center
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of print and electronic library and online curriculum resources, is  pleased to announce that an online support center is now available to subscribers of our award-win...
ABC-CLIO Honors Black History Month with New Harlem Renaissance Primary Source Collection
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of print and electronic library resources, is pleased to announce the release of the new Harlem Renaissance Primary Source Collection.  This timely addition to The Ame...
The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience Online Solutions Database Enhanced with Treaties Collection of Primary Source Documents
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of print and electronic library resources, is pleased to announce the release of the The American Mosaic: The American Indian Experience (AIE) Primary Source Treaties ...
ABC-CLIO eBooks Now Available Through 3M Cloud Library
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of print and electronic library resources, has recently entered into an agreement with 3M Library Systems.  Under the terms of the agreement, 3M Library Systems will o...
ABC-CLIO's American History and World Geography Databases Win 2011 EDDIE Awards
We are pleased to announce that the American History and World Geography databases have been honored with 2011 Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES) in the High School American History and Social Stud...
Amitabh Pal discusses Muslim Principle of Nonviolence on C-SPAN
Author Amitabh Pal will be appearing on C-SPAN to discuss topics from his book "Islam" Means Peace: Understanding the Muslim Principle of Nonviolence Today (Praeger, 2011). Pal provides a rebuttal to gene...
Dr. Kaplan Examines Childhood Bipolar Diagnoses in Newsweek Article
From roughly 1994 to 2003, the diagnosis and treatment of  bipolar disorder in children and adolescents underwent a dramatic, unwarranted increase. Now, nearly one third of all children and adolescents di...
ABC-CLIO Launches New World Religions Digital Databases
ABC-CLIO is proud to announce World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, the first database covering the religions of the world.  World Religions is available in two versions.  One is specifically...
Harry Barfoot Appointed ABC-CLIO VP of Sales and Marketing
ABC-CLIO, the award-winning publisher of reference titles, academic and general interest books, electronic resources, and books for librarians and other professionals, today announced the appointment of H...
ABC-CLIO Hunt for History Contest Winners Named
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of history reference and research resources in print and online, called for school library media specialists and social studies teachers around the country to join the...
Harper's Weekly Added to American History Databases
ABC-CLIO is pleased to announce the posting of the first issue of Harper's Weekly to the American History databases in what will be an impressive new collection of primary documents. This month we began c...
ABC-CLIO Databases Win 2011 BESSIES
We are pleased to announce that the new American History and American Government databases have been honored with 2011 Best Education Software (BESSIE) Awards in the High School Social Studies and America...
Libraries Unlimited Authors Win Prestigious Awards
Diane Zabel Wins Isadore Gilbert Mudge AwardDiane Zabel has been selected the 2011 winner of the Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award. Administered by RUSA, this award has recognized distinguished contributions to...
Hunt for History 2011
 ABC-CLIO Will Award 45 Winners in Annual Contest, Prizes Include iPads, Online History Database Subscriptions, eBook Collections ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of history reference and research res...
Storytelling World Honors Libraries Unlimited
The 2011 Storytelling World Resource Awards were announced and five Libraries Unlimited titles have been recognized. The winners are selected from several hundred nominees based on their "usefulness for s...
ABC-CLIO Authors Recognized
 Nancy Pearl is Librarian of the Year Library Journal has announced Nancy Pearl as the 2011 Librarian of the Year. Pearl is the former Director of the Washington Center for the Book and has received the W...
ABC-CLIO Founder Wins 2010 Jack D. Rittenhouse Award
Dr. Eric H. Boehm, who founded ABC-CLIO with his wife Inge in 1955, has been honored with the 2010 Jack D. Rittenhouse Award. The award, established twenty years ago by what is known today as the Publi...
Carl A. Harvey II named AASL president-elect
Carl A. Harvey II, school librarian for North Elementary School in Noblesville, Indiana, has been elected president-elect of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Harvey is on the advisory...
Libraries Unlimited Honored by Recent Major Award Wins
 VOYA Rates Teen-Centered Library Service One of the "Top Ten" Books of the Year  Teen-Centered Library Service: Putting Youth Participation into Practice (Libraries Unlimited, 2009) has secured a spot ...
2010 Berry-AMA Book Prize Announced
The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) announces The Distribution Trap: Keeping Your Innovations from Becoming Commodities (Praeger) as the recipient of the 2010 Berry-AMA Book Prize for ...
Defining Moments Downloadables Win Eddie Award
We are pleased to announce that the ABC-CLIO Defining Moments Downloadables series is the 2010 EDDIE Award winner in the Teacher Tools/Social Studies category. Theannual Education Software Review Awar...
ABC-CLIO Appoints Matt Laddin As Vice President of Marketing
ABC-CLIO, publisher of reference, non-fiction, and library professional development titles, today announces the appointment of Matt Laddin as Vice President of Marketing. Matt comes to ABC-CLIO with 27...
Spencer C. Tucker is Guest Speaker at International Symposium on the Korean War
Dr. Spencer C. Tucker, author, editor, and Senior Fellow in Military History for ABC-CLIO, spoke at the International Symposium in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War. Dr. Tucker's s...
ABC-CLIO Launches 12 New Databases for Higher Education
ABC-CLIO has announced the release of a suite of online reference databases for higher education. The new Academic versions of ABC-CLIO's award-winning databases bring timely, authoritative content to ...
ABC-CLIO and SMH Honor Spencer Tucker Award Winner and Research Grant Recipients
The Society for Military History has named Dr. Edward M. Coffman as the recipient of the Spencer Tucker Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Military History. And, Kristen Dolan and Willia...
Ken Haycock Wins ALA 2010 Beta Phi Mu Award
Dr. Ken Haycock, professor and director of the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University and coauthor of The Portable MLIS: Insights from the Experts (Libraries Unlimited,...
ABC-CLIO Kicks Off Hunt for History contest for School Librarians and Educators
ABC-CLIO has launched the "Hunt for History" contest. The developer and publisher of award-winning social studies and history databases will give away prizes each week to participating teachers and sch...
ABC-CLIO and Follett Library Resources Sign Distribution Agreement
ABC-CLIO, an award-winning publisher of print and electronic library resources, has entered into an agreement with Follett Library Resources to broaden its reach nationwide and to capture a larger shar...
Libraries Meet Demand for Increased Services with Help from ABC-CLIO Databases
With the squeeze on Americans’ pocketbooks and the struggle with unfiltered, uncategorized results garnered through popular search engines, many public libraries nationwide are experiencing a surge in ...