Vendor News: Good News for History Buffs

EBSCO Publishing and ABC-CLIO Reach Historic Agreement
http://support.epnet.com/support_news/detail.php?id=366&t=h

EBSCO Publishing and ABC-CLIO have formed an alliance. “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.”

Higher Education News: Stanford Imposter

You gotta love a girl for trying to get an education, but this is taking it just a little too far.

Imposter Caught
High school graduate pretends to be a Stanford student, even living in the dorms, buying textbooks and ‘studying’ for exams
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/24/imposterCaught

found via The Chronicle: Daily News Blog

Georgia News: YAY! GALILEO is in the News!

A Changing Picture: GALILEO System Brings Worlds of Information into
Every Georgian’s Personal Orbit

http://www.luminafoundation.org/publications/focus_archive/winter_2007/georgia-libraries-global-links.html

FYI: GALILEO is the state virtual library for Georgia, and it’s where I go every day to pay the bills – and I love it!

Georgia News: _New York Times_ Librarian of the Year

Since I live in Georgia, I am quite proud to see that this year’s New York Times Librarian of the Year is one of our own Georgia librarians!

Board of Regents Salutes Thomas County Librarian on Being Named New York Times Librarian of the Year
http://www.usg.edu/news/2007/041707.phtml

YAY for Nancy Tillinghast!

Courtney