Alexander Street Expands EBA in the UK | Alexander Street

Alexander Street Expands EBA in the UK

April 16, 2014

(LONDON, ENGLAND)Alexander Street Press has forged an agreement with the UK champion of digital technology in education and research, Jisc, to provide access to video resources for colleges and universities in the UK using the publisher’s popular evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model.

The EBA agreement gives colleges and universities in the UK the opportunity to have unlimited access to Alexander Street Press’s complete suite of academic video titles—more than 33,000 titles—for up to one year at a time. At the end of this period, university staff can use Alexander Street Press’ detailed metrics to evaluate their patrons’ most-viewed titles and select those they’d like to incorporate into their permanent collection.

“We are delighted to have reached this agreement with Jisc,” said Gareth Bish, UK and Ireland sales manager at Alexander Street Press, “not only because of their dedication to providing UK institutions with market-leading academic resources for scholarly research, teaching, and learning, but also because they are highly trusted by the academic library community to negotiate license agreements for digital media via flexible business models such as this. We are thrilled to have their support for our EBA programme. In return, as part of our commitment to driving and analyzing usage, we will be working with Jisc on enhanced provision of usage statistics for academic libraries.”

This agreement is the result of heightened interest in EBA following agreements made in 2013 with Dundee University and Leeds Metropolitan University and will further pave the way for libraries worldwide to add the most highly sought-after content to their collections in a precise, cost-effective way.

Lorraine Estelle, executive director content and discovery and divisional CEO Jisc Collections, Jisc said: “Jisc Collections is very pleased to work with Alexander Street Press on bringing this evidence based acquisition model to the attention of academic libraries. The model has worked very successfully for some libraries in the acquisition of e-books and we believe it has the same potential in the area of multimedia.”

For more information about Alexander Street Press’ evidence-based acquisition model, please contact sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.


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About Alexander Street Press
Alexander Street Press pairs exclusive content with the latest technology to deliver customizable products and services to libraries and their patrons worldwide. We blend video, audio, and text with cutting-edge online tools to transform the way people research, learn, and teach in virtually every discipline.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Gareth Bish Sales Manager, UK and Ireland
Alexander Street Press
Business and Technology Centre
G04 Bessemer Drive
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2DX
United Kingdom
+44 (0)7554-002148
gbish [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com
 
About Jisc
Jisc offers digital services and solutions for UK education and research. The charity does this to achieve its vision for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. Working together across the higher education, further education and skills sectors, Jisc provides trusted advice and support, reduces sector costs across shared network, digital content, IT services and procurement negotiations, ensuring the sector stays ahead of the game with research and development for the future. 

Find out more at www.jisc.ac.uk or contact the press team on press [at] jisc [dot] ac [dot] uk

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