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Acclaimed Film Sholem Aleichem Now Available from Alexander Street Press

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October 1, 2012 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – The critically acclaimed 2011 film Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness is now available to educational institutions exclusively from Alexander Street Press.

The film, which profiles the man many consider “the Jewish Mark Twain,” has received numerous accolades, earning a place as a New York Times critic’s pick, a 100 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and considerable box office success.

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness is a riveting portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the Milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859‒1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern European Jewish world in the late nineteenth century.

Using a rich collection of archival footage, Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness recreates an era in czarist Russia when Jews were second-class citizens and frequent scapegoats in times of social and political unrest. By founding the first Yiddish literary journal, Aleichem transformed himself into a revolutionary and helped foster the emergence of a new Jewish identity.

The film features enactments of excerpts from Aleichem’s stories, many of which turned difficult situations into high comedy and farce, and pairs them with old photographs that recall the vitality of shtetl life. Sholem Aleichem also incorporates commentaries from Aleichem’s 100-year-old granddaughter Bella Kaufman (author of Up the Down Staircase), Aaron Lansky of the Yiddish Book Center, and Professor Ruth Wisse of Harvard University.

“Sholem Aleichem chronicles an important period with vigor and authenticity,” says Danny Costa, Director of Single Title Sales at Alexander Street Press. “It’s earned its reputation as an essential film for the study of Jewish history and culture.”

Sholem Aleichem is currently available for purchase from the Academic Video Store at www.academicvideostore.com.

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South African University Libraries Grow Resources with African Women’s Writing Collection

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September 24, 2012 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – South African university libraries are expanding their academic resources in the area of African women’s writing with the addition of literary anthologies from Alexander Street Press.

Universities including University of Western Cape, North West University, Rhodes University, and the University of Fort Hare have all expanded their academic offering to include volumes from the Women Writing Africa project.

This four-volume series is available at no charge to academic libraries throughout the African continent from Alexander Street Press. The series was developed by The Feminist Press and aims to restore African women’s voices to the public sphere. Each region-specific volume collects oral and written narratives as well as a variety of historical and literary texts to increase the visibility of the oral and written literary expression of African women.

The series’ four distinct volumes include:

Volume 1: The Southern Region, which documents and maps the extraordinary and diverse landscape of African women's oral and written literatures across the south beginning in the early 1800s.
Volume 2: West Africa and the Sahel, which draws upon more than a decade of research and covers the territory where many African Americans find their roots.
Volume 3: The Eastern Region, which traces the history of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia in more than one hundred texts that date back to 1711.
Volume 4: The Northern Region, which includes more than one hundred texts from Algeria, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia and features works from 3000 BCE to the present, covering subjects from Egyptian queen’s marriage proposal to contemporary women promoting new marriage and family laws.

These volumes are part of a larger collection, Black Women Writers, a global resource available through subscription or perpetual access. Academic institutions can sign up for access by visiting http://www.alexanderstreet.com/wwav2012. More information about Women Writing Africa and Black Women Writers is available online.

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Alexander Street Sponsors Developments To Important Library Software: Partners with Equinox Software to Enhance Evergreen

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has sponsored Georgia-based Equinox Software, Inc. in the development of new enhancements to its Evergreen Open Source ILS library software.

Equinox is recognized as the international leader in Evergreen support, migrations, and software development. Evergreen, which launched in 2006, is a highly-scalable, open source integrated library system (ILS) that helps library patrons locate materials, and aids libraries of all sizes in managing, cataloging, and circulating those materials. The software is currently in use in more than 1,000 libraries globally.

The sponsored development project will build onto the existing ILS in two phases. The first phase includes creating enhancements to date-sensitive bibliographic searches and MARC record output. The second phase involves developing new functionality for the overlay of existing records. The end result will be an updated software system that enables increased efficiency and accuracy of record-keeping for thousands of librarians worldwide.

“We’re delighted to have this opportunity to support Equinox’s important work,” says Pat Carlson, Vice President of Metadata Standards and Bibliographic Controls at Alexander Street Press. “These enhancements will translate into meaningful changes in the user experience for countless librarians and their patrons.”

The project is expected to conclude in March of 2013, and will be included in the forthcoming release of Evergreen following community review.

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About Equinox Software, Inc.
Founded in 2007 by the original Evergreen developers, Equinox is an active and enthusiastic voice in the open source community. Equinox’s unparalleled depth of knowledge regarding libraries and library data is reflected in services including implementation, development, support, hosting, and educational services for both Evergreen and Koha software. For more information on Equinox Software, please visit http://www.esilibrary.com.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Alexander Street Brings Free Streaming Video To Libraries Nationwide

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press is broadening the reach of scholarly video in libraries across the United States with a giveaway of 52 subscriptions to Filmakers Library Online.

One library from each state—plus the District of Columbia and Canada—will be selected to receive a year free access. University, research, and public libraries that are new to digital video are encouraged to apply and find out firsthand why vivid streaming video delivers data in a way no other medium can.

The featured collection, Filmakers Library Online, contains more than 1,000 high-quality, issue-based documentaries and independent films from around the world—over 800 hours of content in all. Films in the collection were hand-selected to meet the needs of researchers and teaching faculty in a wide variety of disciplines: from race and gender studies, international relations, and criminal justice to the environment, bioethics, psychology, and the arts. Library Journal named the collection a 2011 Editor’s Choice Award winner, and Booklist declared it “highly recommended.”

Alexander Street’s streaming video collections deliver many benefits for libraries: unlimited simultaneous users, nothing to circulate or shelve, and comprehensive indexing and transcription that allow users to easily locate content of interest, create clips and playlist to show later, and more.

“Streaming video has a role to play in every library,” said Alexander Street president Stephen Rhind-Tutt, “and we want to help more libraries discover what makes it such a powerful educational tool.”

Applications to win a subscription are being accepted through December 31, 2012, and winners will be announced at the American Library Association’s Midwinter 2013 meeting in Seattle this January. Winners will be selected based on their stated interest in using video in their library and Alexander Street will work closely with the winners to provide intensive marketing and training support to help make video a success in each selected library. In turn for being selected, Alexander Street will be asking for winners’ feedback —just 15 minutes four times over the year—to help better understand how video is being used by librarians, students, and patrons today..

Qualified institutions are encouraged to apply online.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:

Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Health Science Video Booms at Alexander Street with Two New Collections

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July 12, 2012 (ALEXANDRIA, VA)—Alexander Street Press continues to grow its health sciences portfolio with the release of two streaming video collections, Rehabilitation Therapy in Video and The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy.

Rehabilitation Therapy in Video is a groundbreaking collection focused on the physical treatment of patients with congenital disorders, chronic health issues, and traumatic injuries. It includes more than 750 hours of streaming video. Students and faculty will receive an invaluable firsthand look at the realities of working with patients and putting theoretical concepts into practice.

Videos feature renowned occupational, physical, and speech therapists explaining the underlying anatomical and neurological issues in specific patient populations, while demonstrating effective techniques for their treatment. Topics include working with aging populations, brain injury, learning disabilities, pain management, speech impediments, and more.

Titles have been approved for educational use by key organizations such as the American Physical Therapy Association, the American Occupational Therapy Association, and many others. Content is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure accuracy and compliance with current standards.

With more than 1,000 hours of innovative content, The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy provides a window into the presentations, lectures, and workshops of today’s most celebrated psychology and counseling thought leaders. The collection includes presentations from influential researchers and clinicians including Donald Meichenbaum, John Gottman, Marsha Linehan, Deepak Chopra, Salvador Minuchin, Philip Zimbardo, Sue Johnson, Scott Miller, Russell Barkley, and Judith Beck.

Much of the content was filmed in the past year, and new videos are added regularly. This extensive anthology is indexed to provide users with instant, convenient access to highly focused materials that covers the latest in research methods, practices, and techniques across a broad base of subject matter.

“Our newest collections provide demonstrations of some highly nuanced techniques,” says Greg Urquhart, Vice President of Business Development at Alexander Street. “They offer a level of precision that can’t be found in any textbook and are essential for anyone studying disciplines related to rehabilitation therapy or counseling.”

Video clips from Rehabilitation Therapy in Video and The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy are available online. To request a free trial or price quote, e-mail sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Alexander Street Debuts Contemporary Documentary Collection

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APRIL 30, 2013 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press’s newest collection Filmakers Library Online: Volume II will feature 100 issue-based documentaries produced from 2009 to the present, adding colorful perspective to virtually any academic program.

A follow-up to the award-winning first volume, Filmakers Library Online: Volume II delivers timely films that often can’t be found anywhere else. Content in the collection covers education, international relations, politics, psychology, criminal justice, the arts, history, gender studies, and more.

Films are hand-selected by an experienced team of editors for their individual merits, with a careful focus on critically acclaimed titles, award winners, and those shown at industry festivals. Titles in the collection’s first release include:

Africa’s Last Taboo—Award-winning correspondent Sorious Samura’s investigation into the experience of being gay in Africa (2012).
The Big Fix—An exposé on the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2011, Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival).
Google Baby—A journey across three continents to examine the up-and-coming baby production industry in the age of globalization (2012, Western Psychological Association).
Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement—A modern-day portrait of the SNCC founder and renowned civil rights leader (2012, Virginia Film Festival).
Let Fury Have the Hour—A raw, unapologetic journey into the heart of today’s creative counter-culture (2012, Official Selection, Tribeca Film Festival).
Lost and Sound—A profile of three deaf individuals trying against the odds to rediscover music (2012, Official Selection, SXSW Film Festival).
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness—The life and times of the Yiddish writer often called the “Jewish Mark Twain” (2012, Jerusalem International Film Festival).
The Silent Truth: Crimes Against Women in the Military—A chronicle of the suspicious death in Iraq of US Army Private Lavena Johnson (2012).

“The films in this collection speak volumes about the cultures, lifestyles, and events affecting people across the world, but also in our own backyards,” said Andrea Traubner, editor at Alexander Street Press. “To see today’s most relevant issues brought vibrantly to life adds important layers of meaning, whether you’re studying the history of civil rights or the future of our planet.”

Filmakers Library Online: Volume II is available to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide. No special setup or software is required—all you need is a Web browser. Prices are scaled to institutional size and budget. To request a free trial or price quote, please email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:

Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Alexander Street Announces Winners Of 52-Collection Giveaway Free Streaming Access For One Year To A Library From Each State

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(SEATTLE, WA) – Alexander Street Press (ASP) has selected the winners of its 52-collection giveaway. One qualified library was selected from the applicants of each state—plus the District of Columbia and Canada—to win a year of free streaming access to Filmakers Library Online.

Filmakers Library Online contains more than 1,000 high-quality, issue-based documentaries and independent films from around the world—over 800 hours of content in all. Library Journal named the collection a 2011 Editor’s Choice Award winner, and Booklist declared it “highly recommended.”

The diversity of content in the database makes it ideal for libraries that are new to streaming video and looking to jumpstart their collections. Content is hand-selected to meet the needs of researchers and teaching faculty in a wide variety of disciplines: from race and gender studies, international relations, and criminal justice to the environment, bioethics, psychology, and the arts.

Winning libraries were chosen from qualified entrants who applied through the ASP Web site. Winners will join an advisory panel, providing key thoughts and feedback throughout the year on how video resources are being used in their libraries.

A complete list of winning libraries can be found below.

For more information on Filmakers Library Online, or to request a free trial or price quote, please contact sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:

Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

The following libraries have been awarded one-year, no-cost subscriptions to Filmakers Library Online and have agreed to participate in Alexander Street Press’s advisory group.

State	Institution
Alabama	Levi Watkins Learning Center, Alabama State University
Arkansas	Boreham Library, University of Arkansas ‒ Fort Smith
California	Westmont College
Florida	Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library, Barry University
Hawaii	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Idaho	Boise Public Library
Illinois	Sauk Valley Community College
Indiana	Hamilton Library, Franklin College
Iowa	Henderson-Wilder Library, Upper Iowa University
Kansas	Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University
Kentucky	Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Louisiana	LeDoux Library, Louisiana State University ‒ Eunice
Maine	Portland Public Library
Maryland	Harford Community College Library
Massachusetts	Wheelock College Library
Michigan	Glen Oaks Community College Library
Minnesota	Martin Luther College Library
Mississippi	Hinds Community College
Missouri	East Central College
New Hampshire	Amherst Town Library
New Jersey	Burlington County College
New Mexico	Santa Fe University of Art and Design
New York	Hinkle Library, Alfred State College
North Carolina	Gerald B. James Library, Rockingham Community College
Ohio	Xavier University Library
Oklahoma	Langston University
Oregon	Kellenberger Library, Northwest Christian University
Pennsylvania	The Art Institute
Rhode Island	University Libraries, University of Rhode Island
South Carolina	Coastal Carolina University
Tennessee	Bryan College
Texas	ACU Library, Abilene Christian University
Washington	Edmonds Community College
Wisconsin	Madison Area Technical College Library

Filmakers Library Online Nominated For Learning On Screen Award

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press’s collection Filmakers Library Online has received a nomination for a 2013 Learning on Screen Award from the British Universities Film & Video Council.

For more than 40 years, Filmakers Library, an imprint of Alexander Street Press, has delivered high-quality, issue-based documentaries and independent films from around the world. Filmaker’s Library Online brings together more than 1,000 of these titles in a single, easy-to search, multidisciplinary collection of streaming video designed specifically to meet the needs of researchers and teaching faculty.

The collection includes documentaries popular in humanities and social science classrooms and features the most relevant and contemporary topical coverage, including race and gender studies, human rights, global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science, psychology, arts, literature, and more.

The Learning on Screen Awards “celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image and related media in learning, teaching and research.” Filmakers Library Online received a nomination in the General Education Non Broadcast / Multimedia Award category. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday, April 18, 2013.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:

Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Alexander Street Premieres Global Newsreel Collection Featuring Videos from Japan, France, the US, and Holland

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ALEXANDER STREET PREMIERES GLOBAL NEWSREEL COLLECTION
Featuring Videos from Japan, France, the US, and Holland

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) - Alexander Street Press brings new immediacy and authenticity to the study of World War II and early 20th century footage with its newest collection, World Newsreels Online, 1929-1966.

Dazzlingly diverse in its perspective, the collection brings to life the experiences of international movie-goers from Tokyo to Amsterdam and New York City to Paris, enabling students and scholars to study original newsreels of firsthand from the World War II era and beyond.

Leading up to and during the war, newsreels had an unparalleled political and social impact. In war times, the newsreel was an important propaganda tool, but also an important forum for covering topics of health, scientific and industrial progress, religion, sports, fashion, politics, and more. Today, newsreels provide a clear archive of how governments shared news, manipulated facts, and influenced their populace.

The collection launches with 500 hours of authentic content from unique sources, and will grow to include 8,000 meticulously transcribed and indexed reels. It contains nine unique newsreel series, including:

France Actualits-A 1942-1944 coproduction of the Vichy regime and the Germans.
France Libre Actualit's-1944-1945 segments from an offshoot of the French Resistance.
The March of Time-The full run of the American series that aired from 1929 to 1966.
Nippon News-Original 1940-1948 footage from Japan's only WWII newsreel.
Polgygoon-Profliti-1939-1945 Dutch film clips illustrating how propaganda was presented to occupied countries.
United Newsreel-A 1942-1946 American weekly newsreel produced by the US Office of War Information.

"The vibrancy of the newsreels in this collection makes studying World War II a powerfully visceral experience," said Fiona Carr, Editor at Alexander Street Press. "To be able to see how audiences in Tokyo learned of worldwide events 75 years ago brings astounding new levels of meaning to this era in history."

World Newsreels Online, 1929-1966 is available to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide. No special setup or software is required. All you need is a Web browser. Prices are scaled to institutional size and budget. To request a free trial or price quote, please email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

Alexander Street Press Premieres Series of Scholarly Religious Texts Debut Collection Highlights Seminal Works in Christianity

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press premieres its newest series Twentieth Century Religious Thought with a volume of seminal text materials in the Christian tradition.

Volume I: Christianity is the debut collection in the four-volume series that brings together online the written works of the 20th century’s most influential worldwide religious thinkers. The collection will grow to include 150,000 pages of scholarship from key theologians—100,000 pages of published writings paired with complementary archival resources.

Content in Volume I: Christianity reflects the increasingly global and pluralistic character of religious scholarship by including voices from other religions that have generated meaningful interfaith dialogue. It also incorporates works from members of previously marginalized groups, among them key feminist theologians and scholars. The more than 30 contributing scholars include Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jurgen Moltmann, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Dorothee Soëlle, Gustavo Gutièrrez, and Henri de Lubac.

The collection incorporates content from the field’s leading partners including Fortress Press and Ignatius Press. An editorial board advises on the inclusion of materials, and is comprised of experts including Rosemary Radford Ruether, professor of Feminist Theology at Claremont School of Theology; Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Christian studies professor at

Georgetown University; David Stubbs, Professor of Ethics and Theology at Western Theological Seminary; David Thomas, Professor of Christianity and Islam at the University of Birmingham; and others.

“The multi-faith, multicultural focus of the Twentieth Century Religious Thought series will provide a remarkable tool for analysis and comparison,” said Nathalie Duval, Editor at Alexander Street Press. “The nuance and detail of these materials makes them valuable for scholars of all branches of religion.”

Future releases in the series will include Volume II: Islam; Volume III: Judaism; and Volume IV: Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. Volume I: Christianity will be available online to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide via subscription or one-time purchase of perpetual rights. Prices are scaled to institutional size and budget.

All volumes in the Twentieth Century Religious Thought series will be cross-searchable with The Digital Karl Barth Library through a single interface. To request a free trial or price quote, please e-mail sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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