Alexander Street Press News and Updates

Images of the American Civil War is live

We are excited to announce the beta release of the highly anticipated Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera.  This new online collection presents the dramatic imagery of nineteenth-century Americana as experienced from the social, political, and military perspectives.

Cheryl LaGuardia, author of the E-Views blog on LibraryJournal.com, notes the collection's robust search capabilities and says, "it's an important, fascinating collection of photos and ephemera." 

At completion, Images of the American Civil War will contain 75,000 images allowing researchers and students to see the moments that occurred as the nation stood divided. 

Access to Images of the American Civil War is open through June 30th as part of our extended Civil War open access period.  For more details visit http://www.alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm.

MLA and Alexander Street Announce Agreement

Alexander Street Press and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) today announced an agreement as part of the MLA’s Reference Online programme for English public libraries. The agreement will give participating libraries access for their users to Alexander Street’s acclaimed  Music Online: Listening, and Music Online: Reference at discounted rates.

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council works with the nine regional agencies in the MLA Partnership to improve people’s lives by building knowledge, supporting learning, inspiring creativity and celebrating identity. The Partnership acts collectively for the benefit of the sector and the public, leading the transformation of museums, libraries and archives for the future. For more information, visit www.mla.gov.uk.

Please email Hayley Harris (hharris@alexanderstreet.com), Alexander Street’s Sales Director for the UK and Ireland, if you would like additional information about Alexander Street’s Music Online products.

Open Access is Back

Due to the many trial requests and wonderful feedback we received in April, Alexander Street is once again opening access to The American Civil War Online, our comprehensive series of online Civil War collections.  Through June 30th you can enjoy free access to these popular online resources. No registration is required and you can begin exploring immediately.

Additionally, we will be launching the beta-version of Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters and Ephemera in the next few days.  As part of The American Civil War Online, this brand new collections will be included in our open access offer.

Start your research now by going to http://alexanderstreet.com/resources/civilwar.access.htm.

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