Alexander Street streaming music collections go mobile

We've just enabled mobile access to ALL of our streaming music collections, making it possible for patrons at subscribing libraries to listen using internet-enabled smart phones and other mobile devices. Mobile access options include QR codes (like the one to the left), automatic email or SMS text delivery, and navigating to a mobile-friendly URL. Every recording, album, and playlist can now be accessed on-the-go.

Later in 2010, Alexander Street video collections will be streamed to mobile devices. For more information, read the press release. If your phone doesn't have a QR reader pre-installed, download a reader from your app store. Then scan the QR code to the left for a free playlist.

Three new streaming video collections to launch by 2011

Education in Video

Education in Video is the first online collection of streaming video developed specifically for training and developing teachers. More than 1,000 video titles totaling 750+ hours of teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms give your education students a way to observe the intricacies of behavior, tone, facial expression, and body language that define effective teaching styles. The collection's wealth of course, study, and discussion guides; assessment checklists; and themed playlists give your education faculty ready-to-use teaching tools.

Learn more about Education in Video and sign up now for sneak peek access to the collection as soon as it's launched.

World History in Video: English-Language Documentaries

The latest streaming video collection from Alexander Street, World History in Video: English-Language Documentaries will give faculty, students, and history lovers access to more than 1,750 important, critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide. A rich survey of human history from the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall, World History in Video is truly global in scope, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Its unparalleled geographical and chronological coverage delivers the sights, sounds, artifacts, and histories from around the world straight to your desktop.

Learn more about World History in Video and sign up now for sneak peek access to the collection as soon as it's launched.

Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume II

Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume II both updates and expands upon Volume I, with special emphasis on contemporary topics such as family therapy, child therapy, geriatric therapy, play therapy, weight control and eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, sex therapy, culturally sensitive therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

The second volume of Alexander Street Press’s award-winning Counseling and Therapy in Video will feature more than 300 additional hours of training videos, reenactments, and footage of actual therapy sessions conducted by renowned psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.

Learn more about Volume II and sign up now for sneak peek access to the collection as soon as it's launched.

Read the press release here.

We’ve just announced that our entire suite of Music Online listening collections—including Classical Music Library, Jazz Music Library, American Song, and Contemporary World Music—will triple in size in 2010, growing from 250,000 to more than 750,000 recordings. The best part about it is that we’re not increasing prices! Learn more here or email sales@alexanderstreet.com for trial and pricing details.