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Alexander Street Partners With Music Sales Group To Grow Scores Library

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press has partnered with the Music Sales Group—including Chester Music, Novello & Company, and Edition Wilhelm Hansen—to develop a third volume of the critically acclaimed Classical Scores Library online database.

Classical Scores Library: Volume III launches online with more than 140,000 pages of in-copyright scores, with a focus on modern editions. The collection is also the first of its kind to include works from renowned publishers Chester Music and Novello & Co. in fully digitized, cross-searchable format.

Over its centuries-long history, UK-based Chester Music has distinguished itself as a leading publisher and distributor in the classical and contemporary genres. Similarly, Novello & Company has spent nearly 200 years building its sterling reputation as a publisher of choral works and contemporary pieces. Both companies, along with Edition Wilhelm Hansen, are part of the Music Sales Group, the world’s largest independent publisher of classical music.

Volumes I and II of Classical Scores Library are among Alexander Street Press’s best-selling online academic collections. Collections in the series have earned accolades from numerous industry publications, including Booklist (“Classical Scores Library is amazing,”) and Choice (“highly recommended”).

“We pride ourselves on including the broadest range of works from the strongest content partners,” says Liz Dutton, Music Editor at Alexander Street Press. “And these three publishers exemplify the range and quality we strive to provide to our customers.”

“It’s a pleasure to provide Alexander Street Press users with access to our scores collection,” says James Rushton, Music Sales Group Director. “We admire [the company’s] commitment to making these works accessible to libraries worldwide.”

Classical Scores Library: Volume III is the third edition in the acclaimed Classical Scores Library and will grow to include 400,000 pages of in-copyright scores. The collection is available now to academic, public, and school libraries worldwide via subscription or one-time purchase of perpetual rights.

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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 the Music Sales Group
London-based Chester Music was founded in the 1860s as a distributor of classical music, and was the first publisher of many renowned composers, including Stravinsky. The company joined the Music Sales Group in 1988 and continues to publish pieces from contemporary classical composers.

Since 1829, Novello & Company has served as a leading publisher of choral music and influential educational periodicals. It joined the Music Sales Group in 1993 and maintains its reputation as a provider of new music and choral arrangements.

Edition Wilhelm Hansen, begun in 1857, is Scandinavia’s largest music publisher and a leading supplier of printed music, offering a catalogue of many of the region’s most celebrated composers, including Carl Nielsen, Jean Sibelius, and contemporary artists such as Per Nørgård.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:

Abby Horowitz, Marketing Writer
Alexander Street Press

3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 313

Australasian Film Archive Launches at Alexander Street Press

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(BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA) – Alexander Street Press has just launched Australasian Video Online, a streaming online resource that brings together the region’s most respected films for academic audiences. The collection is growing to include 500 hours of content from some of the region’s most trusted content partners.

Content within Australasian Video Online is curated to include key video published from the mid-20th century to present day that touches on the undergraduate curriculum needs of virtually every department. Films highlight regional perspectives on anthropology, environmental studies, business, economics, health, media studies, the arts, and other important disciplines. The collection also places an emphasis on coverage of indigenous issues and other region-specific cultural subjects.

Sample titles include:

Everyday Brave—First-hand stories of movers and shakers in the Aboriginal community
The Game of Our Lives—Rugby’s cultural significance in New Zealand
Bom Bali—Circumstances behind the 2002 terrorist bombings in Bali
Kiribati? Here We Are—Local efforts to gain political, economic, and cultural autonomy in Kiribati
And hundreds more

Films include some of the most-used titles in the classroom and come from content partners including the National Film and Sound Archive’s Film Australia Collection, SBS Television, George Andrews Productions, Beamafilm, and Electric Pictures.

“This collection allows libraries, teachers, and researchers to incorporate Australasian flavour into their work,” says Julie Stevens, Australian publisher at Alexander Street Press. “By combining selected films with accompanying teaching guides and links to relevant resources, the collection becomes more than just a streaming video database; it’s an interactive teaching and learning collection valuable across a wide variety of disciplines.”

Alexander Street Press’s Australasian Video 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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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. 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 Releases Theatre in Video, Volume II

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(Alexandria, VA)--Alexander Street recently released its latest collection, Theatre in Video, Vol. II. Designed as a follow up to the popular Theatre in Video, this collection brings together 400 hours of new, international, and contemporary performances; ground-breaking documentaries; and critical instructional series for theatre and drama programs across the globe.

Theatre in Video: Volume II includes live performance and cinematic productions of plays from classical playwrights such as William Shakespeare, Moliere, Voltaire, and Anton Chekhov, while also incorporating new, contemporary writers such as Philip Kan Gotanda, Alexander Buzo, and William Yang.

Users also have unlimited access to several acclaimed documentaries, such as Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement from California Newsreel (1978), documenting the birth of a new theatre out of the Civil Rights activism of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, and Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me from Smart Broad Films (2013), a bold, hilarious, and poignant documentary revealing the uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner both on and off the stage.

Beyond live performance and documentary content, this collection features 65 hours of instructional materials across a wide range of topics, from how to run the front of house to the difference between acting for the stage versus acting for a TV series. These videos will fit seamlessly into any drama or theatre curriculum.

Theatre in Video, Vol. II is available for purchase or annual subscription, and users may request a free 30-day trial of the collection prior to purchase at: alexanderstreet.com/theatre-video. Individual titles are also available for purchase at academicvideostore.com.

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About Alexander Street
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: alexanderstreet.com.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access
Lauren Casula
Product Marketing Manager
Alexander Street
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Toll Free: 800.889.5937
lcasula [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Limited Edition PBS Video Collection Debuts at Alexander Street Press

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) –Hundreds of acclaimed PBS films and series come together in streaming video as part of a new limited-edition online database from Alexander Street Press.

The PBS Video Collection assembles the greatest documentary films and series from the history of PBS into one optimized online interface. Available for a limited time only, this collection enables libraries to expand their multimedia holdings with diverse content from one of television’s most trusted producers.

From now until the end of 2014, Alexander Street Press is offering a multi-year subscription option that includes access to 245 PBS titles, selected for their high quality and relevance to academic curricula. Once a library enrolls, patrons receive anytime, anywhere access to these top PBS titles through the end of 2017. Films include:

America in Profile
American Experience
Empires
Freedom

Frontline
God in America
Great Performances
History Detectives

NOVA
Odyssey
The films of Ken Burns, Michael Wood, and more.

In addition to these core titles, The PBS Video Collection also grants free access to 172 bonus PBS titles for a limited time only. Available on a rotating basis, these extra titles will be available to all patrons alongside the core PBS collection.

“PBS is one of the most respected broadcasters in the world,” says Will Whalen, vice president of licensing at Alexander Street Press. “These films are a cornerstone of higher education, and of our culture at large, so it’s a privilege to continue to provide them to our library customers.”

The PBS Video Collection from Alexander Street Press is available to academic, public, and school libraries in North America via three-year subscription. The collection is on sale through December 2014. 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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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

60 Minutes Database Now Available to Libraries

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(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street recently launched a new collection -- 60 MINUTES: 1997–2014 -- in partnership with CBS News. This new resource grants unprecedented access to the 60 MINUTES news program from this period, including many episodes not widely seen since their original broadcast. The entire collection is only available from Alexander Street for the library market.

The database provides 350 hours of high-definition video from eighteen years of broadcasts. True to 60 MINUTES’ iconic style, each news segment within the collection serves as a standalone short documentary on a specific news topic. The resource also includes 175 hours of bonus material from the popular CBS News program Sunday Morning. The addition of this programming brings the collection to a total of 525 hours of CBS News content.

The collection is now available to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or perpetual license. Libraries may also request a free 30-day trial of the collection at http://www.alexanderstreet.com/60MINUTES.

Libraries attending the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in San Francisco this week can enter to win a free one-year subscription to 60 MINUTES: 1997–2014 at booth #918.

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About 60 MINUTES
60 MINUTES, the most successful television broadcast in history, is in its 47th season on the CBS Television Network. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast begun in 1968 is still a hit in 2015, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Over the 2013–14 season, 60 Minutes continued its dominance as the number-one news program, drawing an average of 12.2 million viewers per week—almost twice the audience of its nearest network news magazine competitor.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Kelly Latham, Director of Marketing
Alexander Street
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 115
klatham [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

Digitized Archives Bridge the Generation Gap in LGBT Studies

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(Alexandria, VA)-- In spite of the generation gap in LGBT studies, students are discovering the roots of LGBT activism thanks to the growing availability of digitized archives on university campuses. With the release of online archival collections like Alexander Street's LGBT Thought and Culture, librarians can connect young students to LGBT thought in the 1960s and earlier.

A 'gay generation gap' has long been noticed in research on LGBT communities. In the article, "The Gay Generation Gap: Communicating Across the LGBT Generational Divide," co-authors Glenda M. Russell, Ph.D. and Janis S. Bohan, Ph.D. write: "LGBT interactions tend to be age-segregated... This segregation can be magnified by stereotypes each group may hold about the other: older LGBT people often see youth as too radical, and LGBT youth often regard their elders as out of touch." (Angles 8, no. 1 (2005): 1-8.)

The digitization of LGBT ephemera has become a source of revitalization for the discourse between the two groups. By leveraging collections like Alexander Street's LGBT Thought and Culture, libraries are set to bridge the generation gap by exposing students to the history of the LGBT movement through primary sources that convey the experience firsthand.

One such primary source featured in LGBT Thought and Culture is a series of LGBT travel guides named the Damron Guides, which were established in 1964 and are still in production today. By comparing the well-publicized contemporary versions with the digitized copies from the 1960s, students can understand the covert necessities of an earlier LGBT generation.

"With this product, we want to preserve resources like the Damron Guides for a new vanguard of LGBT studies," says Nathalie Duval, Director of New Product Development at Alexander Street, who recently added a significant update to the LGBT Thought and Culture online database. "We want to help librarians pass on the legacy of pioneers in the LGBT community to the present generation."

The update to LGBT Thought and Culture brings the database up to almost 120,000 pages of text and 6,500 archived items, including ephemera, legal documents, photographs, and more, licensed from such partners as the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC and the Kinsey Institute. The digitized archive contains research materials about many of the top figures in LGBT history, including Magnus Hirschfeld, Radclyffe Hall, Jeanne Cordova, Pat Rocco, and Tracy Baim.

Alexander Street's LGBT Thought and Culture is available to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or perpetual license. Libraries may also trial the collection free for thirty days. For more information, visit: alexanderstreet.com/products/lgbt-thought-and-culture.

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About Alexander Street
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: alexanderstreet.com.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access
Kelly Latham, Director of Marketing
Alexander Street
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x115

60 MINUTES Database Coming Exclusively to Alexander Street Press

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(Alexandria, VA) -- Alexander Street Press has partnered with CBS News to release 60 MINUTES, 1997–2014, an exclusive database from one of the most successful programs in American television history. The forthcoming online resource was announced this week at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago with a video introduction from Emmy-winning 60 MINUTES anchor Scott Pelley.

The 60 MINUTES: 1997–2014 collection from Alexander Street grants unprecedented access to the CBS News program from this period, including many episodes not widely seen since their original broadcast. The entire collection is only available from Alexander Street for the library market.

The database provides 350 hours of high-definition video from eighteen years of broadcasts. True to 60 MINUTES’ iconic style, each news segment within the collection serves as a standalone short documentary on a specific news topic.

The program is specifically intended to enable people to quickly learn and understand some of the most important topics history, business and economics, health sciences, law, international affairs, psychology, society and culture, performing arts, women’s studies, African American studies, and politics. The broad range of content offers many applications for students, faculty, and researchers.

The collection delivers the highest caliber reporting from acclaimed journalists including Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper, Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Morley Safer, Lara Logan, Steve Kroft, Bob Simon, and others.

According to Scott Pelley, the collection is “a learning resource like no other available today.” Its more than seventeen-hundred news stories “get to the heart of the most important news and issues of the past eighteen years… 60 MINUTES, 1997–2014 is sure to make teaching, learning, and research a richer experience for all.”

The resource also includes 175 hours of bonus material from the popular CBS News program Sunday Morning. The addition of this programming brings the collection to a total of 525 hours of CBS News content.

“60 MINUTES is arguably the most important series in US television history,” said Stephen Rhind-Tutt, President of Alexander Street. “It has made critical issues in a wide range of disciplines engaging and easy to understand. For the first time, users will be able to search the materials from 1974-2014 and jump instantly to the segment they want. We couldn’t be more excited!”

Alexander Street’s 60 MINUTES, 1997–2014 launches in March and is now available for pre-sale to libraries worldwide via annual subscription or perpetual license. Libraries may also trial the collection free for thirty days. For more information, visit alexanderstreet.com/60minutes.

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About 60 MINUTES
60 MINUTES, the most successful television broadcast in history, is in its 47th season on the CBS Television Network. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast begun in 1968 is still a hit in 2015, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Over the 2013–14 season, 60 Minutes continued its dominance as the number-one news program, drawing an average of 12.2 million viewers per week—almost twice the audience of its nearest network news magazine competitor.

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Kelly A. Latham, Director of Marketing
Alexander Street Press
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-212-8520 x 115
klatham [at] astreetpress [dot] com

Alexander Street Press Evidence-Based Acquisition Expands into Denmark

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Alexander Street continues the expansion of its evidence-based acquisition (EBA) model in the Nordics, with The State & University Library Aarhus coming on board as its first customer in Denmark.

The agreement will commence in 2015, when the library will begin receiving unlimited access to Alexander Street’s complete suite of streaming video content, which includes over 40,000 titles, with more added annually. At the end of their access period, university staff 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.

“I’m delighted to welcome Aarhus as our latest customer for EBA in the Nordics,” said Rachel Zillig, sales manager for Europe at Alexander Street Press. “We have already seen a growing demand for video in this region, working closely with our local distributor WizeNordic to promote the benefits of this format in the academy. Aarhus has recognized the value of this new business model in acquiring video to support the audio visual needs of today’s students and also provide faculty with relevant content. To have such a prestigious institution adopt this EBA model demonstrates the growing acceptance of video in teaching and learning.”

Lilian Madsen, head of processes at The State & University Library, Aarhus says, “Evidence-based solutions allow us to be more targeted in our purchases. Alexander Street Press’s EBA will allow us to access the full EBA collection and then purchase the titles that are in most demand with our users. Audio visual material is a new agenda for us, but students want us to provide a more and more varied range of resources. EBA means our purchases will be focused on supplying students and staff of the university with the material they want. I’m looking forward to see how this new material will be received by our users.”

This latest EBA agreement follows the adoption of the EBA program at other institutions across the world in areas including the UK, Sweden, the US, Australia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

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 visit the FAQ page.

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Prendismo Video Content Coming Soon to Alexander Street Business Resources

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(Ithaca, New York)—Prendismo, a leading provider of curated video content on leadership, management, and professional development, has worked with partner Alexander Street Press to develop content for the publisher’s two powerful new online learning products—International Business Online and Human Resource Management Online.

In order to contribute the most relevant materials, Prendismo worked closely with the product and syllabus planners at Alexander Street Press. Prendismo analyzed the key criteria and topics in international business and human resources, then contributed course-aligned materials from among its database of 17,000 clips.

Mike McCarthy, president of Prendismo, said, “We are very pleased to be working with the team at Alexander Street Press. They continue to be a leader in establishing high-value video content as a resource for academics and professionals internationally.” He added, “Seeing and hearing leaders share their personal insights on topics of international business and human resources has a strong impact. Our inclusion in these collections will help deliver unique insights to Alexander Street Press’s customers and patrons that may not have previously been accessible.”

“We’re very pleased to welcome Prendismo as one of our newest content providers,” said Kathleen Saylor, business editor at Alexander Street Press. “The high caliber of their materials and the range of topics covered makes them a strong addition to our business portfolio. We know these films will be of great value to our customers worldwide.”

To learn more about Alexander Street Press’s business portfolio, or to request a trial for your library, visit http://www.alexanderstreet.com/products/business/business.

About Prendismo

Prendismo, LLC, founded in 2008, develops innovative and provocative ways to capture and share business insight and knowledge. The Prendismo Collection offers access to the world's premiere collection of digital video content on leadership, management, ethics, innovation, and entrepreneurship. With over 700 speakers contributing to more than 17,000 highly curated video clips, the Prendismo Collection is a valuable resource for entrepreneurs and innovators, as well as corporations and educational institutions. Our videos unique insights and serve as a powerful tool for knowledge transfer. Prendismo works with publishers and curriculum developers to expand their products and contribute the real world insights offered by the speakers within the collection. Prendismo applies its curation and delivery methodology to help leading universities and corporations maximize their resources with the addition of video lectures, panel discussions, and conversations.

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. Through partnerships with thousands of the world’s leading content providers, we provide high-quality resources in disciplines including business, history, literature, music, health sciences, and engineering.

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 EBA Model Expands into Sweden

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(Stockholm, Sweden) — Stockholm University has become the first institution in Sweden to join Alexander Street Press’s pilot program for evidence-based acquisition (EBA) of video resources.

For a full year, authorized users at Stockholm University Library will have unlimited access to Alexander Street’s complete suite of streaming video content, which includes over 40,000 titles. At the end of this access period, university staff 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.

“I am pleased that Stockholm University is our first EBA customer in Sweden, and look forward to supporting them with this new venture for video,” said Rachel Zillig, Europe sales manager at Alexander Street Press. “After a very successful trial period and with the help of our local distributor WizeNordic, the organization saw strong demand for video across all disciplines. The EBA agreement demonstrates Stockholm University’s commitment to assist faculty in teaching and learning, and to enhancing the student experience.”

This latest EBA agreement follows the launch of EBA programs at other institutions around the world in countries including the UK, US, Australia, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

“The information landscape across various media resources and library services—which our students, teachers, and researchers need—is changing all the time,” said Sabina Anderberg, head of the Department of Media Acquisition at Stockholm University. “In order to address these changes, we are continuously working to improve and adapt our services. Although audiovisual material in itself is not a new format, it is a new teaching format within the academy to complement the traditional media resources used in research, teaching and learning.”

Ms. Anderberg said the Alexander Street EBA trial has become very popular in a short time and has received favorable reviews from academic staff that use the material in teaching. “The business model of EBA is in line with our focus on demand-driven models,” adds Anderberg.

Evidence-based acquisition options from Alexander Street Press 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. Learn more about evidence-based acquisition.

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Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Rachel Zillig, European Sales Manager
Alexander Street Press
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Tel: +44 (07714) 854855
rzillig [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

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