| Page 38 | Alexander Street

Alexander Street Press Launches Patron-Driven Acquisition

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

(DUNDEE, SCOTLAND) – Alexander Street Press has forged a milestone agreement with the University of Dundee in Scotland that establishes the publisher as a key resource for patron-driven acquisition of library materials.

Beginning this month, patrons of the University of Dundee’s library will have unlimited access to Alexander Street Press’s complete suite of academic video titles—more than 23,000 titles—for one full year. At the conclusion of this period, university staff will use Alexander Street’s detailed metrics to evaluate the most-viewed titles and select those they’d like to incorporate into their permanent collection.

“Letting libraries hand-curate their own collection adds unprecedented value,” said Jordan White, senior product manager at Alexander Street Press. “This model ensures libraries of all budgets can provide their patrons with access to precisely the materials they’re looking for. Everybody wins.”

This inaugural agreement will pave the way for libraries worldwide to add the most highly sought-after content into their university’s collection in a precise, cost-effective way. And because all video content within Alexander Street Press’s databases is carefully selected by expert editors, library administrators can rely on the quality and relevance of all materials to the academic populations they serve.

“The University of Dundee has a strong desire to enhance the licensed video-based material that is available to support learning and teaching through a wide range of disciplines,” says university librarian Richard Parsons. “This is important for meeting staff and student expectations in our new digitally based environment. The new patron-driven acquisition provided by Alexander Street Press has offered us the opportunity to ensure that our expenditure for these resources is targeted directly to support material that is being utilized to enhance learning. This represents a very cost-effective method for ensuring that the maximum resource is available from the library budget.”

For more information about Alexander Street Press’s patron-driven acquisition model, visit the FAQ page, or please contact sales [at] alexanderstreet [dot] 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

Founder of Business Expert Press Joins Alexander Street for New E-Learning Venture

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press welcomes David Parker—founder and past-president of Business Expert Press—to his new position as publisher for business products.

David brings with him more than 14 years’ experience in the e-learning and library products space. After founding Business Expert Press (BEP) in 2008, he served as president of BEP and sister publishing company Momentum Press. Prior to this role, he served as editor-in-chief and member of the global business publishing committee at Pearson Education, where he managed a team of editors responsible for more than $80 million in annual sales.

At Alexander Street Press, David will utilize his skills in digital publishing to launch multimedia business resources with e-learning functionality. In his new position, he plans to pair traditional business materials with previously undiscovered content to deliver exceptional digital-era teaching and learning products built to empower faculty and students in new ways.

“I am thrilled to join Alexander Street Press,” said David. “I have long admired the company for its innovative unification of various forms of media to create best-in-class reference and education databases.”

David holds degrees from George Fox University and the University of Arizona, and has completed executive education certificates from the University of Chicago and City University. He serves on the Publisher’s Advisory Board for SIPX and writes a column for Against the Grain that explores the blurring lines in content, services, and responsibilities within libraries and the companies that serve them.

“I'm delighted that David is joining us,” says Stephen Rhind-Tutt, President of Alexander Street Press. “His experience with BEP shows that he knows how to create quality titles. He'll now be combining that with Alexander Street's expertise in media to create entirely new forms of business publications. It's going to be exciting!”

David’s forthcoming work will build upon the rapidly growing business sector at Alexander Street Press, and will join the company’s suite of more than 80 academic online databases, including Global Business and Economics in Video.

###

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

Alexander Street Press Debuts One-Stop Academic Video Store

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

ALEXANDER STREET PRESS DEBUTS ONE-STOP ACADEMIC VIDEO STORE
Site Offers DVDs and Streaming Licenses for 2,500+ Single Title Films

June 26, 2013 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has just unveiled its new Academic Video Store, which enables librarians and educators to browse thousands of academic DVDs and streaming videos through one easy-to-use site.

The Academic Video Store originally launched in 2011 as a streaming-only site, and has been fully revamped to improve the ease of searching, incorporate options for DVD purchases, and greatly expand the volume and diversity of titles available.

The new Academic Video Store combines the convenience of streaming video with the vast content archives of Alexander Street Press’s imprints—Filmakers Library, Microtraining Associates, and Asia Pacific Films—along with content partners like California Newsreel, TVF International, and more. A majority of titles can be purchased in either DVD or streaming format,

making it easy for users to get the content they want in the format that best suits their needs.

With more than 40 major disciplines represented, the Academic Video Store carries something for virtually every academic program. Popular categories include:

African American studies
Anthropology
Asian studies
Counseling and therapy

Criminal justice
Environment
Globalization
Health

History
LGBT studies
Sociology
Women’s studies

And because all titles within the Academic Video Store have been reviewed and hand selected by editorial experts, educators can rely on the films to be high-quality and relevant to their teaching goals.

The functionality of the site is designed with the academic community in mind. Permanent URLs are available for all streaming videos to make it easy to embed films into course management systems or syllabi. The Academic Video Store also lets purchasers share streaming titles with unlimited other users at the same institution, with no additional purchases required.

“We’re always thinking, ‘How do we make this more helpful for our users? What would improve their experience?’” says Jessica Kemp, Marketing Director at Alexander Street Press. “We have incredible amounts of valuable content, but prior to this launch, it was in disparate places and not always easy to navigate. Now you can purchase a stream five minutes before class and show it to your students then and there.”

The Academic Video Store is growing rapidly and will increase by 2,000 titles in the next month alone, with regular updates as content partners release new films. The site is available to all Web users, and will be demoed at the ALA Annual meeting in Chicago later this week. No special setup or software is required to stream videos—all you need is a Web browser. For more information, or to begin browsing, visit www.academicvideostore.com.

###

Alexander Street Launches Archive Of LGBT Text Resources

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

Alexander Street Launches Archive Of Lgbt Text Resources Features Exclusive Content From The Kinsey Institute And Windy City Media Group

MAY 26, 2013 (ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has launched LGBT Thought and Culture, an online collection of key works and rare archival documents tracing the history of LGBT movement throughout the 20th century and into the present day.

At completion, the collection will include 150,000 pages of transnational material from around the world, ranging from seminal texts, letters, periodicals, speeches, interviews, and ephemera covering the political evolution of gay rights to memoirs, biographies, poetry, and works of fiction.

CARLI Strikes Deal with Alexander Street Press

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

May 8, 2013 (ALEXANDRIA, VA)— Alexander Street Press has forged a landmark agreement with the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) to provide perpetual access to academic online video collections for 124 of the group's participating governing member institutions.

Since 2005, CARLI has united libraries across Illinois with the common goal of building environments that foster scholarship and education. Beginning in May, governing member institutions will be granted perpetual streaming access to the six Alexander Street Press video databases of their choice from a broad range of disciplines. The agreement will also cover participating libraries’ access fees for the first 10 years.

This unique agreement allowed each participating library the freedom to select the resources that best fit the needs of its patrons. The most frequently chosen collections include American History in Video, Nursing Education in Video, World History in Video, Health and Society in Video, Education in Video, Criminal Justice and Public Safety in Video, and volumes I–III of Counseling and Therapy in Video.

Cindy Clennon, CARLI Director of Electronic Resources explained, “This purchase was facilitated by a significant investment in ASP video collections made by four CARLI member libraries: Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. That purchase created a basis for this new endeavor and all of the CARLI libraries have benefitted from their vision.”

“We’re thrilled to provide these resources to so many institutions across Illinois,” said Alexander Street Press President Stephen Rhind-Tutt. “This agreement enables us to share information with hundreds of thousands of students, faculty, and scholars, and strongly supports our mission of making silent voices heard. CARLI is a pioneer in the field, and we hope this will open doors for other groups seeking ways to enrich their members’ resources.”

“The CARLI Board of Directors is excited to make these innovative resources available to our governing members," said CARLI Executive Director Susan Singleton. “Budgets are tight right now, but this agreement provides unprecedented flexibility for our institutions and allows them to embrace streaming video to support teaching and scholarship in dramatic new ways. We're grateful to Alexander Street Press for their instrumental role in making this landmark agreement possible. "

Each collection from Alexander Street Press includes hundreds of hours of high-caliber video hand selected by content experts. For many participating libraries, these will become the first video databases on offer, allowing thousands of students and faculty to experiment with and learn the benefits of streaming video.

According to Thomas Teper, Associate Dean and Associate University Librarian for Collections at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Our campus made a significant investment in Alexander Street’s streaming video products a couple of years ago. The flexibility of the offer made to CARLI provides broader coverage of streaming products to our campus and enables us to continue support to our consortial partners.”

Denise Cote, Reference Librarian at College of DuPage adds, “Alexander Street provides an excellent product that is easy for faculty to use in their online courses and in their classrooms. The collections subsidized by CARLI add useful content to our Academic Video Online subscription and we are thrilled to have access.”

###

About CARLI
Since 2005, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois has led the state’s academic libraries to create and sustain rich, supportive, and diverse knowledge environments that further teaching, learning, and research through the sharing of collections, expertise, and programs. Together, CARLI’s 145 member libraries serve the needs of 850,000 students and thousands of faculty and staff. Read more at www.carli.illinois.edu.

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

Two Alexander Street Collections Win Charleston Advisor Readers’ Choice Awards

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – The 2013 Charleston Advisor Reader’s Choice Awards named two Alexander Street online collections—Silent Film Online and Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels—to its list of winners.

Silent Film Online was named the winner in the category of Best New Product. The collection contains more than 500 seminal silent films from the 1890s to 1930s that laid the foundation for the course of filmmaking worldwide. The collection relaunched in 2013 on Alexander Street Press’s new online interface, making the streaming titles available with dozens of cutting-edge features to enhance students’ and scholars’ ability to discover and share content.

Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels received The Charleston Advisor’s award for Best Content. Launched in 2010, the collection was previously named a Library Journal Best Reference and declared “essential” by CHOICE. This first-ever scholarly online collection of rare adult comic books features the best artists and top publishers in the genre, and has expanded rapidly in 2013 with the launch of Volume II.

A complete list of 2013 award winners is available here. For more information about Alexander Street Press’s online collections, please visit 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

New Independent Comics Archives Now Available

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

Independent Comics Archives Explode at Alexander Street Press

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Hundreds of thousands of pages of underground and independent comics are now available from Alexander Street Press with the launch of the digital collection Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels: Volume II.

The second volume expands on the coverage of the celebrated first edition, which won the 2011 Library Journal Best Reference award and the 2013 Charleston Advisor Best Content award. Volume II of this acclaimed collection grows the archive by incorporating 100,000 pages of international comics, pre-Comics Code publications, and additional primary and secondary works both renowned and hard to find.

Now, library patrons and scholars can examine the controversial comics from the first half of the 20th century that prompted unprecedented levels of censorship alongside the later underground and independent works that defied, and eventually brought down, the US Comics Code Authority and international censorship campaigns.

Volume II features visionary comic and graphic novel artists and renowned publishers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Noteworthy titles in the first release include:

From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell (UK, Top Shelf)
Gen Manhwa by various artists (South Korea, GEN)
Lucille by Ludovic Debeurme (France, Top Shelf)
Werewolves of Montpellier by Jason (Norway, Fantagraphics)
Tango by various artists (Australia, Cardigan Comics)
God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga (University Press of Mississippi)
Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s (University Press of Mississippi)

“The hardest part of putting together Volume I was sheer volume of amazing content that we did not have space to include,” says Greg Urquhart, comics editor for Alexander Street Press. “But this content deserves to be preserved and made widely accessible. Fortunately, Volume II enables us to shed further light on the rich history and culture of this often-overlooked form of literary and artistic expression.”

Alexander Street Press’s Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels: Volume II 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.

###

Be Social:

Evidence-Based Acquisition Kicks Off In North America

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

ALEXANDER STREET EVIDENCE-BASED ACQUISITION KICKS OFF IN NORTH AMERICA
Develops Inaugural Agreement with George Mason University

(FAIRFAX, VA) –George Mason University Libraries has become the first in North America to join Alexander Street’s pilot program for evidence-based acquisition (EBA) of video resources.

George Mason University’s participation follows inaugural agreements from 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.

For a full year, authorized users at Mason 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.

"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."

David Gibbs, head of collection development and preservation at Mason Libraries, said, “We’re excited to test out this new approach to providing streaming video content. We have purchased several of Alexander Street Press’s subject-based collections over the past several years, and we know they are popular. But this will expand access for our users and allow us to make purchasing decisions based on what they actually watch.”

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.

###

Evidence-Based Acquisition Expanded to U.S. Consortia

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

(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.

###

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

Be Social:

Massive Database of Online Video Premieres Exclusively for Public Libraries

Submitted by admin on December 16, 2015 - 7:37am

(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.

###

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 DEBUTS ONE-STOP ACADEMIC VIDEO STORE Site Offers DVDs and Streaming Licenses for 2,500+ Single Title Films

Alexander Street Launches Archive Of Lgbt Text Resources Features Exclusive Content From The Kinsey Institute And Windy City Media Group

Independent Comics Archives Explode at Alexander Street Press

ALEXANDER STREET EVIDENCE-BASED ACQUISITION KICKS OFF IN NORTH AMERICADevelops Inaugural Agreement with George Mason University

Pages

Signup for a Free Trial

Stay in Touch

ALEXANDER STREET PRESS DEBUTS ONE-STOP ACADEMIC VIDEO STORE
Site Offers DVDs and Streaming Licenses for 2,500+ Single Title Films

ALEXANDER STREET EVIDENCE-BASED ACQUISITION KICKS OFF IN NORTH AMERICA
Develops Inaugural Agreement with George Mason University