From: Deg Farrelly <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:09:50 +0000

Begging the indulgence of the moderatorŠas the media librarian at Arizona
State University, and a strong proponent of streaming video in academic
libraries, I am very pleased to be able to pass along this press release
from Alexander Street Press.

deg farrelly, Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Hayden Library C1H1
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, Arizona  85287-1006

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The Arizona University Library Consortium (AULC) just became the first
North American consortium to participate in Alexander Street Press¹s pilot
project for evidence-based video acquisitions.

Through the EBA program, authorized users at University of Arizona,
Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona State University will have
a full year of access to more than 28,000 video titles from ASP, with 400
additional films added each month. At the end of the access year, the
libraries will select which titles they¹d like to own in perpetuity,
owning content equal in value to their initial EBA commitment. The
libraries are not obligated to purchase the most-viewed titles; they can
instead use Alexander Street¹s title-level usage metrics as ³evidence of
need² to guide the decisions on what to incorporate into the libraries¹
permanent collections.

EBA is a new model from Alexander Street that lets a library hand-curate a
video collection for maximum flexibility. Alexander Street's aim is to let
the librarians select individual films to support specific programs, for
more cost-effective acquisitions of perpetual rights.

AULC is the first consortium to join the pilot. Previously, individual
libraries from the UK (University of Dundee and Leeds Metropolitan
University), Australia (University of New South Wales and University of
Queensland), Malaysia (University of Malaya), and the U.S. (George Mason
University) decided to participate. Alexander Street looks forward to
talking with libraries and consortia who would like more information.

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*Jordan D. White*
*Senior Product Manager*
*Alexander Street Press*