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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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.

(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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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 www.alexanderstreet.com.  

Contact for Media Inquiries/Reviewer Access:
Rachel Zillig, European Sales Manager
Alexander Street Press
Unit G04
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Tel: +44 (07714) 854855
rzillig [at] alexanderstreet [dot] com

(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.

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