NASIG Selects Shannon Regan for 2013 Horizon Award
EBSCO is pleased to announce that Shannon Regan, licensed content librarian at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., has been awarded the 2013 North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Horizon Award. The award, sponsored by EBSCO, recognizes a promising new information professional; it covers the cost of travel, registration, and lodging for three nights while the recipient attends the NASIG Annual Conference in Buffalo, N.Y., June 6–9.
Distrcit Dispatch reports that “today is Karen Archer Perry’s last day at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Formally, she is a senior program officer at the Foundation, responsible for overseeing various grants in the Global Libraries Program. Less formally, we see her as an energetic, caring, committed thought partner and insightful strategist for the national library community. On behalf of the American Library Association (ALA) and several other leading members of the library community, we want to thank Karen for her service to the library field and wish her the best in her future endeavors—which we hope will include libraries…”
Among other recent job moves Publisher Weekly reports that “JD Wilson has been named director of sales and marketing of the University of Alabama Press. Wilson is currently academic sales manager at Tuttle Publishing and blogs at LanguageOmnivore.com.”
Among other personnel changes PublishersLunch notes that Doug Pocock has been named managing director of Abrams & Chronicle Books, the UK distribution joint venture, effective May 20. He was most recently a partner in the publishing consultancy The Media Partners, and before then was evp, managing director of Egmont USA. “Doug Pocock is a seasoned and highly respected publishing executive,” said Chronicle Books president Jack Jensen in a statement. “We look forward to his stewardship of our rapidly expanding UK joint venture.”
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