Briefs: ABC-CLIO and EBSCO Announce Acquisition and Distribution Deal; OCLC Names New VP

+ Two ABC-CLIO Databases Sold to EBSCO
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ABC-CLIO and EBSCO Publishing today announced a new alliance that will benefit history scholars, teachers, and students around the world. This move marks an unprecedented partnership between EBSCO and ABC-CLIO, the leading provider of history resources. As part of the undertaking, EBSCO has acquired two of ABC-CLIO’s renowned databases: Historical Abstracts (HA) and America: History and Life (AHL), and will distribute eight additional award-winning history databases in addition to ABC-CLIO’s online history eBook collection, History Reference Online.

See Also: Deal FAQs (PDF)

+ OCLC Names Don Fabricant, Vice President, Library Services for the Americas
Before joining OCLC, Fabricant was Senior Vice President of Sales for the Career and Professional Group, a division of Thomson Learning.

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