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Two Alexander Street Collections Win Charleston Advisor Readers’ Choice Awards

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(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.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:

Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

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

Alexander Street Brings Running For Jim To Academic Libraries

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Filmakers Library, an imprint of Alexander Street Press, has added the award-winning film Running for Jim to its acclaimed catalog of academic titles.

The documentary, directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds and Dan Noyes, chronicles the true story of high school cross-country coach Jim Tracy, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease—in 2010.

Jim’s story first gained national attention in late 2010, when one of his team’s runners collapsed meters from the finish line at a California state championship. The 16-year-old student, aware that her coach was facing failing health and the twilight of his career, crawled across the finish line, securing the win and making Jim the most decorated high school cross-country coach in California history.

“The message of this film is remarkable,” said Andrea Traubner, editor at Alexander Street Press, “It will speak to student athletes and trainers, those in the health sciences and humanities, disability studies programs, and truly anyone who wants to have their spirit lifted.”

“We’re so pleased to be able to work with Alexander Street Press to share our film with academic audiences,” said director Robin Hauser Reynolds. “Every student, regardless of his or her focus, can gain something valuable from this powerful and inspiring story.”

Running for Jim has received critical acclaim and festival accolades worldwide, including the Audience Choice Awards at the 2013 San Francisco Independent DocFest and the 2013 Tiburon International Film Festival. It was also awarded the title of Best Documentary Film at the 2013 Soho International Film Festival.

Running for Jim is available is available from Alexander Street Press’s Academic Video Store on DVD and—soon—in online streaming format. For more information, or to learn more about related titles, please visit our Web site or contact orders [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 Launches Patron-Driven Acquisition

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(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.

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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

Two New Databases in Psychology and Engineering

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MULTIMEDIA CASE STUDY MODEL DEBUTS AT ALEXANDER STREET
Video, Audio, and Text Synthesized in New Psychology and Engineering Databases

(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has introduced the next wave of digital learning products—case studies delivered via seamlessly integrated text, audio, and video—with its two newest collections: Engineering Case Studies Online and Psychological Experiments Online. Available on Alexander Street Press’s new interface, these multimedia collections allow students and scholars to easily find, compare, and share information in a broad range of media formats.

Engineering Case Studies Online provides primary source materials for the in-depth analysis of key engineering failures. The case study approach to learning enables students to examine more than 50 of the world’s most frequently taught cases together with supplementary materials from more than 1,000 additional failures.

Using Alexander Street’s proprietary technology, the collection pairs 250 hours of video with 50,000 pages of text material. Users receive convenient, integrated access to documentaries, monographs, simulations, primary footage, maps, participant testimonies, blueprints, and more for an unprecedented 360-degree learning experience.

Psychological Experiments Online is similarly sweeping in scope, uniting the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries. More than 75 hours of audio and video recordings accompany 40,000 pages of primary-source documents to provide a nuanced, holistic view of the research that forms the foundation of contemporary psychology.

This collection highlights the experiments central to undergraduate psychology courses, from Solomon Asch’s conformity experiments to John B. Watson’s Little Albert study. It captures each quintessential study in unprecedented depth by incorporating never-before-digitized materials, such as the personal papers of Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo.

“So many high quality materials have remained inaccessible for so long because the technology hasn’t been able to support including them as holdings become more video-centric,” said Stephen Rhind-Tutt, president at Alexander Street Press. “It’s wonderful to arrive at a place where any informative, relevant piece of material, regardless of the medium, can be easily discovered by all who want to study it.”

The two collections launch on Alexander Street Press’s new interface, which provides access to dozens of features including synchronized scrolling transcripts, tools for creating and sharing video clips and playlists, and unlimited anytime, anywhere access to content.

Engineering Case Studies Online and Psychological Experiments Online 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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About Alexander Street Press
Alexander Street 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. 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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6 Million New Audio Tracks Added to Music Online

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press is adding 6.2 million tracks to its award-winning streaming audio databases. Available to academic libraries worldwide, the newly licensed content increases sevenfold the listening portfolio available to music subscribers at no additional cost.

Every one of the 6.2 million new tracks is exclusive to Alexander Street within the academic market. Works come from a broad range of independent labels, with a large concentration in popular music. The tracks feature both emerging artists and well-known performers in an array of genres:

Rock/Pop: Coldplay, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Dionne Warwick, Van Morrison
Rap/Hip-hop: Pitbull, Ying Yang Twins, Wu-Tang Clan, Lil John & The East Side Boyz
World Music: Bob Marley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Dubliners, Edith Piaf
R&B/Blues: Ray Charles, Little Richard, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker
Jazz: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett
Plus Classical, Electronic/Dance, Metal, and more

By the summer of 2014, the full suite of new tracks will be made available to current customers of Music Online: Listening. Later in the year, relevant tracks will also be incorporated into Alexander Street Press’s existing discipline listening collections—American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, and Jazz Music Library—completely free for existing subscribers at academic institutions.

All tracks will be delivered on Alexander Street Press’s cutting-edge online platform, which provides dozens of powerful tools and features, including:

24/7 access for unlimited simultaneous users on campus or off
Audio streaming at up to cd quality (320kbps)
Streamlined searching and browsing functionality
Tools for creating and sharing audio clips and playlists
Detailed usage statistics and a forthcoming deluxe admin portal

“Thanks to recent licensing agreements, we’re able to bring incredible new content to our customers in unprecedented volume,” said Tim Lloyd, COO and music publisher at Alexander Street Press. “We’re delighted to be able to offer academic libraries the largest and broadest range of audio recordings to support their learning and research needs.”

Alexander Street’s listening collections are available to academic 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

Nursing Video Resources Expanding Fast at Alexander Street

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press introduces two online video collections—Nursing Assistant Education in Video and Nursing Assessment in Video—designed exclusively for nursing professionals in training.

Nursing Assistant Education in Video includes 37 full-length training videos specifically geared toward nursing assistants on topics from infection control and oral care to communication and working with elders. Nursing Assessment in Video showcases the skills and techniques all nurses need to know to make an accurate patient assessment. Because all titles in the collections were created since 2009 and 2012 respectively, these databases ensure professionals will have access to the most up-to-date information available.

These sister collections follow on the heels of Alexander Street Press’s inaugural nursing collection Nursing Education in Video, which Choice named an Outstanding Academic Title in 2012. All three collections feature content from Medcom-Trainex, a leading provider of nursing education videos worldwide, so users can rely on content to be accurate and compliant with industry standards and best practices.

“Content from MedCom Trainex is the best in the industry,” said Greg Urquhart, nursing collection editor at Alexander Street Press. “It’s the most trustworthy, reliable training material available, and we believe nursing programs of all stripes will benefit greatly from having greater access to this information.”

The two collections launch on Alexander Street Press’s new interface, which provides access to dozens of features including synchronized scrolling transcripts, tools for creating and sharing video clips and playlists, and unlimited anytime, anywhere access to content.

Nursing Assistant Education in Video and Nursing Assessment in Video 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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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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CARLI Strikes Deal with Alexander Street Press

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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.”

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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

Alexander Street Launches Archive Of LGBT Text Resources

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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.

Evidence-Based Acquisition Kicks Off In North America

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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.

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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

Alexander Street Press Debuts One-Stop Academic Video Store

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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.

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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

MULTIMEDIA CASE STUDY MODEL DEBUTS AT ALEXANDER STREETVideo, Audio, and Text Synthesized in New Psychology and Engineering Databases

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

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

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

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MULTIMEDIA CASE STUDY MODEL DEBUTS AT ALEXANDER STREET
Video, Audio, and Text Synthesized in New Psychology and Engineering Databases

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

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