MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The editorial executives of the Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision (JSAS) announced today that the journal would soon be included in the research databases of EBSCO Publishing, Inc.

Available in 90 percent of public, college, and university libraries in more than 70 countries, EBSCO databases will list JSAS alongside approximately 75,000 other titles from more than 5,000 academic journal publishers.

As an active proponent of disseminating research knowledge that is readily and globally accessible to scholars, practitioners, students, media, and the public, JSAS will rely on its association with EBSCO to help meet its stated goal of aggressive indexing for increased accessibility to its authors' manuscripts, said Dr. Colby B. Jubenville, co-founder and publisher of the journal.

Dr. Packianathan Chelladurai (center) is presented with a commemorative painting in conjunction with his receipt of the Sport Management Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award at the Southern Sport Management Conference from artist Douglas C. Hess (left) and Dr. Damon P.S. Andrew (right), dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Troy University.

Chelladurai, a professor of sport management at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, accepted the award from Dr. Damon Andrew, dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Troy University, which hosts the SSMA conference.

The award, which was established to recognize individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the academic field of sport management, was presented to Chelladurai during a dinner held to conclude the first day of conference activities.

In conjunction with the award, Chelladurai received

An internationally recognized scholar of management science, Chelladurai has authored five books and contributed more than 100 articles to the sport management literature.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—The sport management program at Middle Tennessee State University announced today that it has released the inaugural issue of the Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision (JSAS).

Colby B. Jubenville, co-founder and publisher of the journal, released the inaugural issue in conjunction with the commencement of the Southern Sport Management Conference (SSMC) at Troy University in Troy, Ala.

“JSAS is proud to release its first issue as SSMC starts this week,” Jubenville said.

“Like SSMC, this issue will be a landmark event in turning the attention of the sport management academy toward serving the practitioner population of the sport industry, and we believe that its revolutionary approach to scholarship will continue to attract cutting-edge research that can make a difference in sport institutions everywhere.”