- [ Press Releases ](/news-center/press-releases) # NASIG Selects Shannon Regan for 2013 Horizon Award ~ EBSCO-Sponsored Award Recognizes a Promising New Information Professional ~ ![Featured Academic Libraries image](https://assets.ebsco.com/m/1064e37aabf8d8bf/original/ebsco-news-center-press-releases-default-image-academic-libraries-780.png) **IPSWICH, Mass. / BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — May 13, 2013** — [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](http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_horizon.cfm). 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](http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm) in Buffalo, N.Y., June 6–9. Each year, the Horizon Award gives a first-time NASIG conference attendee the opportunity to advance within his or her profession by networking with other attendees from a wide range of fields within the serials information chain, including vendors, publishers, and non-traditional serialists. The award encourages continued participation in NASIG conferences and events, and also includes a one-year membership to NASIG. Applicants must be first-time attendees of the NASIG Annual Conference and hold a position working with some aspect of serials within the information profession. This year’s applicants submitted essays addressing the 2013 NASIG conference theme: “"The Art of Information/The Architecture of Knowledge.” Regan is excited to attend the 2013 NASIG Annual Conference. “I am excited and grateful for the opportunities provided through receiving the NASIG Horizon Award. I look forward to attending the NASIG conference, meeting new serials professionals and working within this great community. EBSCO, which has helped to sponsor [NASIG](http://www.nasig.org/) conferences and events for more than 10 years, is participating in the Vendor Expo at the 2013 NASIG Annual Conference on Thursday, June 6. **About EBSCO** EBSCO is the leading provider of resources for libraries including EBSCONET®, EBSCO’s **total e-resource management system**, and EBSCO*host®*, the world's premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and e-books. EBSCO provides more than 375 research databases and more than 380,000 e-books plus subscription management services for 355,000 e-journals and e-journal packages. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of *EBSCO Discovery Service™* (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: [www.ebsco.com](/). EBSCO is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. ### **For more information, please contact:** Kathleen McEvoy Public Relations Director (800) 653-2726 ext. 2594 [kmcevoy@ebsco.com](mailto:kmcevoy@ebscohost.com) Share this: - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/9206) - [Twitter]() - [LinkedIn]()