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First Large Reference Work for Online Education Published

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online education encyclopediaGroundbreaking SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education is Published by Mesa Verde Publishing!

The first large reference work to focus on the exploding field of online education, Mesa Verde Publishing’s three-volume SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education (SAGE Publishing, 2016), edited by Steven L. Danver, gives a thorough review of all aspects of this increasingly important field, with entries ranging from the theoretical and pedagogical underpinnings of online education, to the technologies that make it possible, to the newest trends in the types of online courses and programs being offered by colleges and universities, but with a consistent focus on the effective education of students.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education serves to remedy the general lack of understanding of the field of online education with authoritative entries written by a team of over 110 scholars that are relevant to everyone involved within the online educational structure, from students to administrators. With entries focusing both on the technologies used and their implementation in the digital classroom, the interdisciplinary nature of online education, and best practices employed by administrators, teaching faculty, and students alike, the SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education explores over 350 topics, including the technologies used in the online classroom, the pedagogical basis and strategies of online education, assessing the effectiveness of online education, different types of online education and best practices, and the changing role of online education in the global education system.

Publication Wins Library Journal 2015 Best Print Reference Award

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Mesa Verde Publishing’s The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History Wins Library Journal’s 2015 Best Print Reference Award

In its February 26, 2016, issue, the noted librarian publication Library Journal named Mesa Verde Publishing’s The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History, edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson III, Steven L. Danver, and Justin Corfield (Rowan & Littlefield, 2015), one of its 2015 Best Print Reference Award winners. The only work focusing on business and economics to make the list produced by the “most trusted and respected publication for the library community,” The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History was one of only 33 out of the over 8,000 works reviewed annually by Library Journal to be awarded the honor.

As Library Journal noted in its September 2015 review of The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History, “[t]his is the best three-volume historical study of the Industrial Revolution to date; it offers a valuable chronicle of the great economic change that affected 19th-century Western Europe, North America, the Commonwealth, and Japan…[a]n admirable work that is recommended for all libraries with collections on U.S. and economic history.”

Mesa Verde Publishing Wins 2015 Outstanding Business Reference Award

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 Mesa Verde Publishing’s The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History Wins RUSA’s 2015 Outstanding Business Reference Award

At the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting, which took place in January 2016 in Boston, the Reference & User Service Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, named Mesa Verde Publishing’s The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History, edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson III, Steven L. Danver, and Justin Corfield (Rowan & Littlefield, 2015), one of only ten reference works to win the 2015 Outstanding Business Reference Source, and was the only historical work to win the award. RUSA award-winning titles are noted for their content, quality, and usefulness to the field.

As the ALA’s journal, Choice, noted in its November 2015 review of The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History, “[t]he work succeeds admirably in augmenting the standard reference works suitable for undergraduate collections that treat the subject…[t]he new set provides students and others unfamiliar with the topic a valuable overview of the people, events, and institutions that forever transformed the modern world.”

Choice Magazine Gives Native Peoples of the World Encyclopedia Top Award

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Native People’s Encyclopedia Receives Outstanding Academic Title Award For The Second Consecutive Year

Native Peoples of the WorldMesa Verde Publishing and M.E. Sharpe’s Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, edited by Steven L. Danver, Ph.D., has been named to Choice Magazine’s 2013 Outstanding Academic Title list.

Choice is a resource that academic librarians, faculty, and key decision makers both in the United

States and around the world refer to in order to determine which titles to add to their library’s collections, and is carried by almost every college and university library in the United States.

Selection to their Outstanding Academic Title list is based, among other criteria, on excellence in scholarship and importance relative to other literature in the field. Native Peoples of the World is a first of its kind reference that profiles indigenous groups, the nations they live in, and the issues they face in the modern world.

Dr. Steven L. Danver, General Partner of Mesa Verde Publishing and the book’s editor commented, “Undertaking a book on a topic of this scope presented many unique challenges. I am thankful to the five associate editors that assisted me with their specialized skills and the over 140 contributing authors who lent their expertise to create a resource that will help people around the world understand more about the Indigenous peoples that live around them.”

Native Peoples Encyclopedia Wins Best Reference List for 2012

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Expertise and scope of this three-volume set merits highest recommendation

Mesa Verde Publishing and M.E. Sharpe’s Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues, editedNative Peoples of the World by Steven L. Danver, Ph.D., has been named to Library Journal’s 2012 Best Reference list.

Published for over 100 years, Library Journal is among the most trusted and respected publications for public, academic, and institutional libraries, and reviews over 8,000 works annually.

The three-volume Native Peoples of the World encyclopedia contains entries highlighting the demographics, histories, and current situations facing over 400 native groups from every corner of the world. In addition, the encyclopedia delves into entries examining the policies of different governments toward the native groups within their borders, and the common issues that face native groups working to ensure their place in the modern world.

Noting its quality and worldwide coverage, as well as the impressive list of experts who contributed to the work, Library Journal gave Native Peoples its highest recommendation.