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Alexander Street in Information Today

Earlier this month, at the ALA Midwinter meeting, Information Today caught up with us! They talked to us about some of our most exciting recent developments and what we've got in store for 2011. Check out what they had to say: Streaming Video and Music Developments at Alexander Street Press.

Advisory Roundtables at ALA

If you're heading to ALA in Washington, D.C., why not give our editors 45 minutes of your time at one of our advisory roundtable sessions? Our editors host these informal gatherings in order to get feedback and suggestions on new and forthcoming collections. We're hosting five different sessions, and all are conveniently located at the convention center or in ALA hotels no more than 2 blocks away. In exchange for your time we'll give you the opportunity to win a one-year subscription.

Join us at one or more of the following:

• Alexander Street’s Comics and Graphic Novels Roundtable
• What’s New in Alexander Street Video
• “On the Couch” with Alexander Street: Counseling and Therapy Advisory Roundtable
• Going Global: Alexander Street’s History in Video Advisory Roundtable
• Alexander Street’s Music Advisory Roundtable

You can learn more about all five session and RSVP here.

And don't forget to stop by booth #3813 in the exhibit hall!

Free subscription winners from ALA Midwinter

Last month at ALA, we held drawings for free subscriptions at each of our five advisory roundtables, and at our booth in the exhibit hall. We'd like to thank everyone that attended our ALA events and entered our drawings and, as always, we appreciate your feedback and support.

And now, your 2010 ALA Midwinter winners.

• Hung Lee, Rock Valley College - Jazz Music Library
• Christina Smith, Boston university - Ethnographic Video Online
• Rosalind Tedford, Wake Forest University - American History in Video
• Donna Capelle Cook, Tulane University - Women and Social Movements, International
• Chad Curtis, New York University - Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
• Ryan Johnson, University of Mississippi - Ethnographic Video Online

Thanks again and be sure to attend our events at the ALA Annual meeting in Washington, DC for more chances to win a free subscription for your library.

I Love My Librarian

There is still time to nominate your librarian for the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award.

Nominations will run through October 9 and are being accepted online at http://www.ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.

Nominate a librarian in one of three categories: public librarians; school library media specialists; or college, community college, or university librarians. Up to ten librarians will be honored. Each will receive $5,000 and be recognized at an awards ceremony hosted by The New York Times at TheTimesCenter in December 2009.

And the winner is . . .

After a busy and exciting ALA Midwinter meeting, it's time to announce the winners of the various Alexander Street free subscription drawings. We'd like to thank the hundreds of librarians that participated in the drawings on the exhibit floor and at our advisory board roundtables. We appreciate your participation and the excellent feedback you always provide.

Without further ado, here are your ALA Midwinter winners:

• American History in Video - Judith Downie and California State University San Marcos
• Jazz Music Library - Rich Gause and University of Central Florida
• Local and Regional History Online - Jim Dooley and University of California Merced
• Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels - Catherine Michael and Ithaca College
• American History in Video - Nan Schichtel and Grand Rapids Community College

 

All subscriptions will begin as soon as each product is launched. Early Adopter Discounts are available on these collections and others. For more information email sales@alexanderstreet.com.

Join us at our ALA Roundtable Sessions

If you're attending the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver next week, please consider giving us an hour of your time in an Advisory Roundtable session. Although space is limited, there are still seats available in two separate sessions.

Our editors will be hosting informal gatherings to get your feedback and give you a sneak peek at our forthcoming collections. In exchange for your time and opinions, we'll give you the opportunity to win a one-year subscription—and if you attend multiple sessions your chances of winning will increase.

Seats are still available for the following sessions:

• The NEW Music Online
  
• Local And Regional History

All of our roundtable sessions will be held on Saturday, January 24 in our cozy, fireplace suite in The Magnolia Hotel.  For exact times, details, and to RSVP, please visit http://alexanderstreet.com/events/ALAmw09/roundtable_rsvp.htm.

We hope to see you at one or more of the roundtable sessions. You can also find us in the exhibit hall at our new island booth (#1924) or our comics booth (#1153).

ALA Winners and Videos from Anaheim

Alexander Street would like to thank everyone that attended the Customer Appreciation Breakfast at ALA in Anaheim, and all of you who stopped by our booth, attended the roundtable sessions, and participated in the live demos in our theatre.

We would also like to congratulate all of the winners of our one-year subscription giveaways:

Norman Belk and the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities won a subscription to Opera in Video.

Elizabeth Evans and Point Park University were the winners of a free year of Dance in Video.

Albert Tovar and the Azusa City Library won a subscription to any collection in our new Critical Video Editions series.

And finally, Judy Anderson and Concordia University and Michael Martinez and Reinhardt College won subscriptions to Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection as soon as it's launched.

If you have not had a chance to see the videos from ALA, including a performance by actors from the L.A. Theatre Works and a presentation by Daniel Ellsberg, then head over to our Web site.

Thanks again, and we look forward to seeing everyone at ALA Midwinter in Denver.

ALA Roundtables

If you are a librarian attending the American Library Association Annual Meeting and want the inside scoop on streaming audio and video, then you won't want to miss our roundtables.

Alexander Street will host three roundtables at ALA in Anaheim next month on Monday, June 30th and we hope you’ll attend at least one of them.

Why attend an Alexander Street Roundtable?

Our editors host these informal gatherings in order to get feedback from a small group of trusted customers on our new and soon-to-be-released collections.  We need your input!

In exchange for your time and the benefit of your expert opinion, we give you the opportunity to win a one-year subscription—and with just 25 attendees per session, the odds aren't bad!

So come, take a breather from the ALA rush and bustle, have a cup of tea or coffee, and learn about our exciting new streaming audio and video collections in theatre, dance, and opera—and forthcoming collections you’ll be among the first to know about.

Space is limited so please RSVP now.

James McPherson's presentation available online

More than four-hundred people woke up bright and early last Sunday to  hear Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian James McPherson speak at the Alexander Street Press customer appreciation breakfast during the American Library Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.  If you missed the presentation, or would like to see it again, you can view it here. 

Here are some pics from the event.  I'll be posting Stephen Rhind-Tutt's presentation on new developments at Alexander Street Press shortly.

James McPherson to speak at Alexander Street's ALA breakfast

Pulitzer Prize winning historian James McPherson will be the guest speaker at this summer's Alexander Street ALA breakfast on Sunday, June 24. Dr. McPherson served as an editorial adviser to Harper’s Weekly: 1857-1912, and is widely acknowledged as one of the world's foremost experts on the American Civil War.

McPherson's works include The Struggle for Equality, awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Award. In 1989, he published his Pulitzer-winning book, Battle Cry of Freedom. And in  1998 another book, For Cause and Comrades, received the Lincoln Prize. In 2002 he published both a scholarly book, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam 1862, and a history of the Civil War for children, Fields of Fury.