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About ABC-CLIO

ABC-CLIO combines its more than 50 years of experience as a premier education and library publisher with a deep commitment to using digital and other emerging technologies to publish the highest quality materials. A privately held publisher of educational and reference products, the company focuses on history and social studies resources for the scholar, student, teacher and librarian in universities and secondary schools. Under the leadership of CEO Ron Boehm and President Becky Snyder, ABC-CLIO works with more than 5,000 scholars and educators to develop its collection of award-winning print and online history reference and resource publications. The company’s headquarters is in Santa Barbara, Calif., with branch offices in Denver, Colo., and Oxford, England.

ABC-CLIO’s online and print reference resources have garnered hundreds of awards from education and library professional publications, academic associations and education, library and technology industry organizations. Its reference titles have been recognized by Library Journal, Choice and Booklist with honors such as “Outstanding Academic Title” and “Outstanding Reference Source,” as well as “Editor’s Choice” designations. ABC-CLIO’s collection of eight resource-rich subscription databases has earned accolades from awards programs such as Association of Educational Publishers’ Distinguished Achievement Awards, the Software & Information Industry Associations’ CODiE Awards, the Best Educational Software Awards, and from education and library periodicals’ awards and “Reader’s Choice” programs. Recognized in the library and education communities as a leading publisher of high-quality reference materials, ABC-CLIO’s publications consistently earn positive reviews and recommendations from top academic, professional and technology journals.

To stay at the forefront of publishing high-quality reference materials using the most innovative technology available, ABC-CLIO takes pride in constantly reinventing itself. This reinvention requires experimentation at times when there are many unresolved issues and great uncertainties. Today’s new technologies, new paradigms and new business models provide great opportunity for innovation that will positively impact scholarship and education.

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