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Exclusive Video Fashion Archive Debuts at Alexander Street

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Hundreds of essential fashion videos are now available online with the debut of Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library. The new collection will grow to deliver 1,200 hours of film footage, capturing nearly 40 years of worldwide fashion shows, designer profiles, and documentaries in one convenient online learning interface.

This collection is the most comprehensive of its kind and features high-caliber content from the archives of Videofashion, the world’s premier provider of fashion video footage. More than 80 percent of the films are exclusive to this online database, giving access to nearly 1,000 hours of footage that can’t be found in any other resource.

Content covers both the behind-the-scenes work and the end garments that appeared in stores and on runways in Milan, Paris, London, and New York. It showcases decades of work from top designers and labels including:

Giorgio Armani
Chanel
Oscar de la Renta
Christian Dior
Fendi
Dolce & Gabbana

Jean Paul Gaultier
Marc Jacobs
Donna Karan
Michael Kors
Karl Lagerfeld
Ralph Lauren

Yves Saint Laurent
Alexander McQueen
Valentino
Versace
Vera Wang
Vivienne Westwood

In addition to fashion merchandising and design programs, the wide-ranging video content gives the collection relevance to students and faculty in business, economics, theatre, costume design, dance, history, and cultural studies.

“Fashion is a living, breathing field,” said Nathalie Duval, director at Alexander Street Press. “It changes and develops every day, and it’s important to understand not only where it is at this moment, but also where it’s been. No experience can compare to watching the world’s iconic garments walk down the runway for the very first time or witnessing designers' evolutions across the years, and with this database, that’s finally possible.”

Alexander Street Press’s Fashion Studies Online is available to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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June Frontlist Releases From Alexander Street Press

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Powerful new online academic collections are now available from Alexander Street Press in the fields of international business, human resource management, counseling and therapy, and Asian film.

The two newest resources in the Business division—International Business Online and Human Resource Management Online—are available as stand-alone resources or as part of the 360-degree learning solution Business Education Complete Online. The collections provide a thoughtful mix of applied content, curated by experts and carefully aligned to common syllabi in HR and international business.

Each individual business database is growing to comprise 4,000 primary source documents, including corporate training videos, instructional films, case studies, text book chapters, research reports, sample business documents, and self-assessments. Materials come from the top organizations in their respective fields including Atma Global, the Thunderbird School of Management, the Society of Human Resource Management, the Kellogg School of Management, and Seven Dimensions.

“These resources have the power to change the way people in business programs teach and learn,” said David Parker, business publisher at Alexander Street Press. “When you have the best publishers in the industry all together at your fingertips, and the advanced features to share and remix that information, there’s no limit to what you can do.”

The new volume Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts: Volume II builds upon the success of Volume I, which Library Journal named a 2011 Best Niche Product. The volume’s 4,000 authentic transcripts give researchers and therapists-in-training the opportunity to examine the skills and approaches of experienced professionals in real therapy settings. All sessions featured in Volume II were recorded in 2012 or later, so users can rely on the collection to provide the most accurate, up-to-date look at the realities of the counseling field.

“Records of therapy experiences are often tricky to find, forcing researchers to rely on incomplete, sporadic excerpts,” said Elizabeth Robey, counseling editor at Alexander Street Press. “The transcripts in this collection will open gateways for researchers to make reliable, real-life observations and draw empirical, data-driven conclusions about the therapy process.”

Also just launched, Asian Film Online: Volume II builds upon the acclaimed first volume to provide 500 hours of feature films, documentaries, and shorts capturing authentic Asian voices. The second volume features films from 70 countries across Asia—including in-depth coverage of Turkey, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and Vietnam—that bring the vibrancy of each culture to life.

Alexander Street Press’s four newest collections are available to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Massive Database of Online Video Premieres Exclusively for Public Libraries

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press continues to grow and diversify its portfolio with the launch of a new online video database conceived exclusively for public libraries and their patrons.

Public Library Video Online features more than 11,000 of the titles most relevant to today’s public library users, with 5,000 additional titles coming in spring of 2014. In addition to top-notch films chosen from Alexander Street’s existing discipline collections in history, current affairs, performing arts, science, and others, this rapidly-growing collection delivers cooking tutorials, craft demonstrations, travel documentaries, and more to meet the needs of the community’s lifelong learners.

Content in the collection comes from more than 500 world-class partners, including A&E, BBC, the History Channel, PBS, Universal Pictures Company, and others that viewers already know and trust. Public Library Video Online also includes more than 3,000 exclusive titles that can’t be found anywhere else.

All content is delivered on Alexander Street Press’s cutting-edge online platform, which features dozens of powerful tools and features, including:

Access for unlimited simultaneous users
Synchronous scrolling transcripts alongside each video
Tools for creating and sharing film clips and playlists
Coming soon! A deluxe admin portal that provides detailed usage statistics
In-depth semantic indexing, so patrons can search and discover new titles with ease

“Public libraries have their own unique set of goals and challenges, and it’s important to provide resources that are crafted with this culture in mind,” said Jordan White, product manager and lead editor for Public Library Video Online. “Regardless of whether patrons want to conduct research, learn a new hobby, or simply be entertained, this collection will satisfy those diverse needs.”

Public Library Video Online is available to public libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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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. Learn more at http://www.alexanderstreet.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 Press Strikes Agreement with EC Comics

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More than 10,000 pages to be added to latest volume of online collection

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has entered into an agreement with EC Comics to add more than 50 key series—a total of 400 issues—from the celebrated publisher into the recently launched online collection Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels: Volume II.

“EC’s amazing line of horror, crime, fantasy, and romance titles were perhaps the biggest single influence on the first underground comix artists, and continue to be the source of inspiration and admiration for the independent comics artists of today,” says Greg Urquhart, comics editor at Alexander Street Press. “These works are essential to anyone interested in the form, history, and evolution of comics and comics culture.”

Notable series being added to the recently launched second volume of Alexander Street’s acclaimed comics collection include such titles as Tales from the Crypt, Two-fisted Tales, Weird Science-fantasy, Haunt of Fear, and Crime SuspenStories, featuring early works by such artists as Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Will Elder, George Evans, Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Al Williamson, Basil Wolverton, and Wally Wood.

Founded in 1944 by Max Gaines and soon thereafter taken over by his son, William Gaines, EC focused on publishing stories and art of unparalleled quality, and soon became one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. As the most notable publisher of horror, crime, and fantasy comics of the time, they came under intense scrutiny by parental and government groups in the 1940s and 1950s, leading to the suspension of their comics lines soon after the establishment of the Comics Code Authority in 1954.

EC Comics issues will be added to the Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels collection throughout the coming months. All content will be delivered on Alexander Street Press’s cutting-edge online platform, which provides dozens of powerful features, including:

Tools for adding favorite issues or pages into a shareable online playlist
Indexing to help patrons search and discover new artists, series, and genres with ease
Access for unlimited simultaneous users
And more

Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels: Volume II is available to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Evidence-Based Acquisition Expanded to U.S. Consortia

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(FAIRFAX, VA) –The Arizona University Library Consortium has become the first library group in North America to join Alexander Street’s pilot program for evidence-based acquisition (EBA) of video resources.

The Arizona University Library Consortium comprises the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona State University. For a full year, authorized users at these institutions will have unlimited access to Alexander Street’s complete suite of streaming video content, which includes 28,000 titles, with more than 1,000 added annually. At the end of the access year, library administrators will use Alexander Street's COUNTER-compliant statistics and customer usage reports—including details down to the title level—to select which videos they’d like own in perpetuity. The library is not obligated to purchase the most-viewed titles; it can instead use usage metrics as evidence to inform the decision on what to incorporate into the permanent collection.

“Video collection development is a complicated process,” says deg farrelly, media librarian at Arizona State University Libraries. “EBA simplifies the process of assuring that high quality, academically appropriate content is available to our users.”

"Letting a library hand-curate a collection is tremendously valuable," said Jordan White, senior product manager at Alexander Street Press. "This model gives a library maximum flexibility to select the individual films it needs to support its various programs in a cost-effective way."

The Arizona University Library Consortium’s deal follows agreements from George Mason University in the United States, The University of Dundee and Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK, The University of New South Wales and The University of Queensland in Australia, and The University of Malaya in Malaysia.

Evidence-based acquisition options are available to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide. All videos feature Alexander Street’s trademark functionality, including semantic indexing, synchronized transcripts, free MARC records, and more. For more information or to request pricing information, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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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.

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

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Key Personnel Advancements at Alexander Street Press

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Key Personnel Advancements at Alexander Street Press
Andrea Eastman-Mullins To Serve as COO; David Parker as Managing Director of NYC Office

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has announced two personnel changes within the Alexander Street family—including the appointment of a new COO and a managing director of the New York City Office.

Eight-year Alexander Street Press veteran Andrea Eastman-Mullins assumes the role of chief operating officer, effective immediately. Eastman-Mullins’s past experience includes work at all stages of the product development process, including roles as an indexer, UI designer, editor, and project manager. She has also led a number of key initiatives in human resources. In her role as COO, she will be responsible for Alexander Street’s production, editorial, and development departments and she will continue to serve as a member of the executive team.

Also newly announced, Alexander Street Press’s business publisher David Parker will advance to the role of managing director of Alexander Street’s New York City office, formerly known as Insight Media. Since joining Alexander Street Press in 2013, Parker has played an integral role in expanding the company’s relationships with content partners and faculty. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the e-learning and library products space, including past positions as the founder and president of Business Expert Press. In his new position, he will be responsible for the continued growth of Alexander Street’s single-title business which includes streaming films and DVDs.

“In the past 18 months we’ve hired, trained and promoted a number of great talents,” says Stephen Rhind-Tutt, president at Alexander Street Press. “I feel extremely confident in our team moving forward. Since joining us in 2006 as Director of Software Marketing, Andrea has risen to many challenges. She is an accomplished leader, an asset to our company, and the natural choice to become COO. Similarly, David Parker’s success in our business division makes him the ideal fit to lead our New York City office. We look forward to great things from them both.”

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Australasian Literature Collection Premieres at Alexander Street Press

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has debuted Australasian Literature Online, a web collection that celebrates the vibrancy of poetry and fiction from across Australasia.

Australasian Literature Online is growing to include more than 120,000 pages of writings penned from the 1930s to the present day. This expansive online resource is designed for academic audiences and places a strong focus on Indigenous Australians, Maori, Pacific Islanders, and female voices.

To help enhance study of these important works, the collection pairs primary-source literature with supplementary materials—including author interviews, documentaries, scholarly writings, and other related multimedia—and makes the full content available instantly on any computer or mobile device.

Geographic coverage reaches across Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Rotuma, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, and more. Featured writers in the collection include:

Allen Curnow—poetic voice and literary critic of New Zealand
Peter Cowan—distinguished West Australian novelist, author of The Hills of Apollo Bay
Morgan Yasbincek—celebrated contemporary Australian poet and novelist, and winner of the Anne Elder and the Mary Gilmore poetry awards
Albert Wendt—contemporary Pacific poet, novelist, short-story writer, playwright, painter, and academic, named Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for his literary service
Sia Figiel—Samoan poet, novelist, and painter, past winner of the Polynesian Literary Competition and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for fiction
Robin Hyde—New Zealand author, poet, journalist, and outspoken activist, best known for her novels Passport to Hell, Nor the Years Condemn, and The Godwits Fly
And many other writers from across the Pacific, including Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Imaikalani Kalahele, Karlo Mila, JC Sturm, and Robert Sullivan

“The materials in this collection reach to every corner of the Australasian region, bringing contemporary literature to students, faculty, and researchers globally,” said Julie Stevens, senior sales director, non-Americas at Alexander Street Press. “Australasian Literature Online not only makes the acclaimed texts more accessible, but also gives new voice to groups and individuals whose writings have often been lost or overlooked, or have simply been difficult to access. This collection puts Australasian content on the stage with other recognized literary content from around the world.”

Australasian Literature Online is a web collection available to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Alexander Street Expands EBA in the UK

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(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

Now Available: Business E-books Online

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BUSINESS E-BOOKS COLLECTION DEBUTS AT ALEXANDER STREET
500 Top Business Textbooks Available to Libraries for the First Time

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has launched Business E-books Online, a first-of-its-kind database featuring hundreds of business e-books on one cross-searchable online interface with no digital rights restrictions.

Business E-books Online gathers 500 expert-selected textbooks and reference materials in business education in convenient digital format. Available to libraries for the first time, these acclaimed materials—from trusted partners including Berrett-Koehler, Axzo Press, Tilde University Press, Nicholas Brealey, and Thuze—come together, complete with unrestricted access for an unlimited number of users.

All of the texts in the collection are curated by expert editors to ensure their relevance to the full spectrum of business programs, including those at community colleges, four-year schools, and in MBA and executive education programs.

Included e-books come from the most recognized names in business education—including David Cooperrider, Edgar Schein, Charles Manz, and Kim Cameron—and the majority of works were published in 2011 or later, making this collection the most relevant on the market for students and faculty in today’s fast-changing business landscape.

“This resource will revolutionize the way business programs serve their students,” said David Parker, business publisher at Alexander Street Press. “By providing hundreds of e-books for every course on one interface, libraries can spare students the growing cost of purchasing hard copies and at the same time give faculty flexibility to incorporate the best resources into classrooms and online learning communities in new and creative ways. Everybody wins.”

Business E-books Online is the newest module within Business Education Complete Online, a 360-degree learning solution for today’s business students and faculty. Other new and forthcoming modules in this resource include Global Business and Economics in Video, Human Resource Management Online, and International Business Online.

Business E-books Online is an online collection is available to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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Now available: Human Rights Studies Online

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ALEXANDER STREET INTRODUCES HUMAN RIGHTS ONLINE ARCHIVE

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – With this week’s launch of theHuman Rights Studies Online collection, researchers and historians can now access thousands of rare materials that give voice to the countless victims ofhuman rights atrocities in the 20th and early 21st centuries.

Human Rights Studies Online is a research and learning database that provides comprehensive, comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide. The collection is growing to include more than 75,000 pages of text and 150 hours of videothat add new dimensions of understanding to the events of the past century.

The collection provides primary and secondary materials across multiple media formats and content types for each selected event, including Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Darfur, and more than 30 additional subjects.

Resources for each topic guide users through the full scope of the event, from the historical context that made such violations possible through the international response, prosecution of perpetrators, and steps toward rebuilding.

Content is provided by preeminent historical archives and publishers, as well as video partners including Journeyman Pictures, BBC, and Witness.org—an organization with more than 20 years of experience using video as an advocacy tool for addressing human rights violations and fostering change.

Library patrons can look to this resource for essential documentation including previously unpublished archival items:

Personal accounts and artifacts that illustrate the impact of policies on individuals.
Television footage, photographs, and NGO press releases showing how events were portrayed as they unfolded
Government and court documentation, some never before available digitally
Documentaries, interviews, monographs, essays, and articles that help contextualize events
Select works of arts and literature that memorialize those affected

“Through firsthand accounts and testimonies, we can learn about humanity at its best and at its worst.” said Nathalie Duval, history publisher at Alexander Street Press. “We publish this resource to tell the story of these atrocities with an eye toward understanding, so that these crimes can be prevented in the future."

Alexander Street Press’s Human Rights Studies Online is available to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or one-time purchase. No special setup or software is required—all you need is an Internet browser. For more information or to request a trial or price quote, email sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com.

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More than 10,000 pages to be added to latest volume of online collection

Key Personnel Advancements at Alexander Street PressAndrea Eastman-Mullins To Serve as COO; David Parker as Managing Director of NYC Office

BUSINESS E-BOOKS COLLECTION DEBUTS AT ALEXANDER STREET500 Top Business Textbooks Available to Libraries for the First Time

ALEXANDER STREET INTRODUCES HUMAN RIGHTS ONLINE ARCHIVE​

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Key Personnel Advancements at Alexander Street Press
Andrea Eastman-Mullins To Serve as COO; David Parker as Managing Director of NYC Office

BUSINESS E-BOOKS COLLECTION DEBUTS AT ALEXANDER STREET
500 Top Business Textbooks Available to Libraries for the First Time

ALEXANDER STREET INTRODUCES HUMAN RIGHTS ONLINE ARCHIVE