(ALEXANDRIA, VA) – Alexander Street Press’s collection Filmakers Library Online has received a nomination for a 2013 Learning on Screen Award from the British Universities Film & Video Council.

For more than 40 years, Filmakers Library, an imprint of Alexander Street Press, has delivered high-quality, issue-based documentaries and independent films from around the world. Filmaker’s Library Online brings together more than 1,000 of these titles in a single, easy-to search, multidisciplinary collection of streaming video designed specifically to meet the needs of researchers and teaching faculty.

The collection includes documentaries popular in humanities and social science classrooms and features the most relevant and contemporary topical coverage, including race and gender studies, human rights, global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science, psychology, arts, literature, and more.

The Learning on Screen Awards “celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image and related media in learning, teaching and research.” Filmakers Library Online received a nomination in the General Education Non Broadcast / Multimedia Award category. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday, April 18, 2013.

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