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Free Download: Manuel Enriquez's "Rapsodia Latinoamericana"

Manuel Enriquez (Salazar) (1926-1994) was a Mexican composer. He wrote mainly orchestral and chamber music, as well as some film scores and songs. The Rapsodia Latinoamericana (for orchestra) was written in 1987, and this recording is performed by the Carlos Chavez Symphony Orchestra; Fernando Lozano, conductor. 

Download this work now at http://musicdownloads.alexanderstreet.com/promo/

All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user.

Try Music Online until March 15th!

A few weeks ago, we told you that Music Online had tripled in size. But numbers don't always mean much. So we're going to let you find out for yourself just how much music we've got with an exclusive sneak peek.

Register now for free access to Music Online!

All the classical, jazz, American, and world music content you could want—in every format. Cross-search all of our recordings, scores, reference, and video content from a single interface. Listen to the best recordings from the best record labels—while you follow along with the score and read the composer's biography. Create playlists and take them anywhere with mobile access.

Your access will only last through March 15th, though, so register now.

For more information about Music Online, or to request extended trial access, email sales@alexanderstreet.com.

Artist and Influence on Black Thought and Culture

If you're already following the Black Art Project (and if you're not, consider this a recommendation!), you know that the Spring 2011 Artist and Influence interviews are starting this week! You'll be able to order Volume 29 at the end of this month. If you're in New York, check out the interviews for yourself at the Hatch-Billops Collection.

But if New York is a little too far for you, we've got you covered: our Black Thought and Culture database contains all the past Artist and Influence interviews. We're thrilled to be teaming up with the Black Art Project's George McKinley Martin to offer you temporary access to the Black Thought and Culture database through March.

Check out the Black Art Project's post for more details!

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.

Free Download: Roberto Hazon's Canti di Kavafi

Roberto Hazon (1930-) is an Italian composer who has written many vocal works, including solo song and song cycles. The 'Canti di Kavafi' was written in 1979 for voice and piano and re-orchestrated for voice and orchestra in 1982. The texts for the songs were written by Greek poet Kostas Cavafy.

This recording is performed by the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, Encarnacion Vazquez, mezzo-soprano, and conductor Fernando Lozano.

Download this work now at http://musicdownloads.alexanderstreet.com/promo/

All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user.

Article on QR codes in College & Research Library News

College & Research Library News has just published their November 2010 issue including an article featuring QR codes from Alexander Street Press.

"QR codes and academic libraries: Reaching mobile users," by Robin Ashford (George Fox University librarian and "Librarian by Design" blogger), calls Alexander Street "an innovative library vendor," quotes our President, Stephen Rhind-Tutt, and includes a long explanation of how our Send-to-Mobile functionality works alongside a Music Online screenshot.

The cover of the C&RLN print issue is a QR code, which links to a delicious page with lots of resources on QR codes.

Read the article at http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/10/526.full!

New MARC records sets available

Four new sets of MARC records have just been uploaded to http://marc.alexanderstreet.com. The new record sets include:

• Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels - This is the first set of book-level records for this collection, and it includes 133 records in MARC8 format.
• Black Short Fiction and Folkore, supplement 3 - This file includes 5 records representing 145 links to periodical sources.
• Contemporary World Music - The first set of records for this streaming audio collection includes 504 records representing 529 albums. This set is intended for customers in the U.S. and Canada only.
• Contemporary World Music, supplement 1 - This supplemental set includes 434 records representing 446 albums, and is intended for customers in the U.S. and Canada only.

Additionally, we've released several new lists of titles with URLs linking directly into our collections. Newly added title lists include:

• American Song (for customers outside of the U.S. and Canada)
• Classical Music Library (for customers outside of the U.S. and Canada)
• Classical Music Library (EMI titles available in select countries. Please view the spreadsheet for a complete list of territories where EMI content is currently available.)
• Jazz Music Library (for customers outside of the U.S. and Canada)
• Contemporary World Music (for customers outside of the U.S. and Canada)
• Smithsonian Global Sound^® for Libraries
• Alexander Street Literature
• Black Short Fiction and Folklore
• Black Women Writers
• Caribbean Literature
• Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
• Latin American Women Writers
• Latino Literature
• The Romantic Era Redefined
• Scottish and Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
• South and Southeast Asian Literature
• Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives, and Reference Works

We will continue to produce MARC records for the collections listed above, but in the meantime the title lists are available at http://marc.alexandestreet.com.

Support public libraries

Cecil County Public Library in Maryland is making their My Library, My Lifeline logo freely available to increase awareness of the value of public libraries. You can download the logo and learn more on the CCPL Web site.

 

Celebrate Labor Day with a free playlist

As you head to the beaches and plan your cookouts for Labor Day, why not bring some free music along with you? Alexander Street is celebrating by offering a free playlist streamed directly to your mobile device.

iPhone and Android can scan the code below with a QR reader, or simply go to http://goasp.it/labor anytime betwen now an September 15th.

And don't forget, if your library subscribes to any streaming music collection from Alexander Street Press, you can stream any track, album, or playlist. Just look for this send-to-mobile icon.

New MARC records available

We've released 4 new sets of MARC records, which are currently available for download at http://marc.alexanderstreet.com. As always, our MARC records are freely available. You can also find MARC records for Alexander Street collections on OCLC WorldCat.

New record sets include:

• Latin American Women Writers, supplement 2 - This set contains 133 records with links to 133 sources, in MARC8 format. To date, we've released 428 records for this collection.
• Latino Literature, supplement 1 - This set contains 82 records with links to 82 sources, in MARC8 format. To date, we've released 1,150 records for this collection.
• Dance in Video, supplement 1 - This set contains 147 records with links to 161 works, in both MARC8 and UTF8 formats. To date, we've released 244 records for this collection.
• Alexander Street Literature, supplement 1 - Please note, this supplement is intended for customer who have the full Alexander Street Literature package including drama. The set contains 215 records with links to 215 volumes, in MARC 8 fomat.

You will also find an updated release schedule at http://marc.alexanderstreet.com. Please email marc@alexanderstreet.com with any questions or comments.