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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 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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Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
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ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Alexander Street Press Launches Dental Education In Video

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Dental Education in Video, a new streaming video resource for dentistry and oral health education, is now available for instant online access from Alexander Street Press.

The first release of this collection contains more than 170 high-resolution videos—including clinical demonstrations, interviews, and lectures—that enable students and faculty in dental surgery and medicine, oral hygiene, assisting, and related fields to receive training straight from the experts. All titles come from American Dental Association-approved partners, ensuring high-quality content with practical applications.

Dental Education in Video brings technical training to life in a vivid, accessible way. While text-based resources can become quickly outdated, content from this video collection is reviewed and revised annually to ensure accuracy and alignment with the dental field’s newest standards and techniques.

Because Dental Education in Video features experts that hail from and teach across North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East, the collection offers relevant content and international perspective for dental programs worldwide.

Topical coverage includes: general, esthetic, implant, cosmetic, laser, operative, and digital dentistry; patient assessment; hygiene and maintenance; oral biology and medicine; radiology and imaging; orthodontics; oral surgery; endodontics; infection control; periodontics; dental technology; occlusion; TMD; and more. The videos are thoroughly indexed and transcribed, allowing for multifaceted searches and browsing by criteria such as presenting condition, tools used, procedure performed, patient details, and parts treated, down to the very tooth.

“Dentistry is driven by the application of science, experience and precise technique and Dental Education in Video brings them to life,” said Dr. Sascha Jovanovic, Editorial Advisor to the collection and Lecturer at UCLA. “It’s the ideal medium for absorbing the practice’s most intricate concepts in an efficient manner”

The collection includes Alexander Street Press’s suite of advanced video features, including permanent URLs, synchronized transcripts, and clip-making tools that allow users to easily find and share content.

Dental Education in Video is available worldwide. Prices are scaled to institutional size and budget. To request a free trial or price quote, please 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 Press Grows Streaming Video Portfolio With Four Debut Collections

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ALEXANDER STREET PRESS GROWS STREAMING VIDEO PORTFOLIO WITH FOUR DEBUT COLLECTIONS
Includes Content in Art and Architecture, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Health Care, and Criminal Justice

June 28, 2012 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press is rapidly expanding its streaming video offerings with four original digital collections. Together, the collections will encompass more than two thousand hours of content in several of the fastest growing disciplines in the arts and social sciences.

Art and Architecture in Video is a dynamic assemblage of documentaries and interviews designed to provide students with a deeper understanding of visual media and enhance their capabilities for critical analysis. The collection spans period and region, and includes historical and theoretical coverage from Renaissance to present day as well as applied topics such as architectural and graphic design.

LGBT Studies in Video is a first-of-its-kind collection featuring award-winning documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and s feature films exploring LGBT history and culture. It includes rare works such as Michael, a 1924 silent film recognized as one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in cinematic history. Future releases will include one hundred hours of content from Frameline, a non-profit media arts organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, the oldest film festival devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming currently in existence.

Health and Society in Video shines a light on many of the twenty-first century’s most pressing health issues—from pediatric AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease to the Obama administration’s health care plan and organ donation—and examines their societal impact from diverse and highly personal perspectives. The collection helps bridge the gap between science and public understanding, and offers fundamental insight for cross-disciplinary programs that examine the nature of human interaction with the world.

Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video transports viewers to the front lines to learn skills and techniques firsthand from justice and public safety professionals. Through a series of documentaries, training videos, and interviews, law enforcement and corrections personal, first responders, and victims’ advocates guide students through key theoretical principles and their practical applications. The collection currently features more than ninety hours of content from In the Line of Duty, a world leader in reality-based online video training for law enforcement series, with more to come in future releases.

Alexander Street Press’ collections are fully indexed and searchable to allow users to easily identify the information most relevant and meaningful to their course of study. Qualified faculty and library staff may request a trial and pricing information by emailing sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

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

Film On Wikileaks' Source Is New Release From Filmakers Library

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OCTOBER 4, 2011 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) -- Filmakers Library, an imprint of Alexander Street Press, today announces the addition of The Forgotten Man: Private Bradley Manning and the Wikileaks Controversy to its catalogue of titles.

In The Forgotten Man, reporter Quentin McDermott tells the inside story of Private Bradley Manning, the alleged source of the classified documents published by WikiLeaks, and explores the disputes surrounding the scandal.

Like the controversy itself, this film begins with the shocking 2007 U.S. Army video, published by Wikileaks in April 2010, showing a group of mostly unarmed men being gunned down in Bagdad by an American helicopter. This sets the stage for an intense investigation into the reasons and personalities behind the release of the video and many other U.S. war files.

“Law, scandal, politics, journalism and espionage; sounds like a mystery novel but it’s current events,” said Linda Gottesman, Co-founder of Filmakers Library. “Scholars of many disciplines will find this film fascinating, not just for its value to possible research but for its new approach in coverage of this controversy.”

Featuring interviews with many key players – Daniel Domscheit-Berf, former spokesperson for WikiLeaks; Dean Baquet, Washington bureau chief for the New York Times; Adrian Lamo, former hacker who informed the authorities of Manning’s involvement; and Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks – the details of this globally-publicized intelligence heist are played out in this film by ABC Australia.

The Forgotten Man is currently available for purchase on DVD. Starting in mid-October, this title will be available online in streaming video through Alexander Street’s Academic Video Online Store at http://academicvideostore.com, and as part of Alexander Street’s Filmakers Library Online collection.

A preview of this video can be found on the Alexander Street Press YouTube channel. For more information on The Forgotten Man: Private Bradley Manning and the WikiLeaks Controversy or to order the DVD, visit http://www.alexanderstreet.com/filmakers.htm. Qualified faculty and library staff may request trial access and pricing information for Filmakers Library Online by emailing sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com ( sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com).

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Alexander Street Press is an electronic publisher of award-winning online collections for scholarly research, teaching, and learning. Our products are available to libraries and educational institutions worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. Learn more at http://www.alexanderstreet.com.

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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 Alexander Street Press
Alexander Street Press is an electronic publisher of award-winning online collections and video for scholarly research, teaching, and learning. Our products are available to libraries and educational institutions worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. Learn more at http://www.alexanderstreet.com.

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
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703-212-8520 x 313
ahorowitz [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

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

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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.

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