Alexander Street Press becomes Serials Solutions® KnowledgeWorks Certified
Seattle, WA – July 10, 2009 Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press today announced that it has become a Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certified content provider. Libraries that subscribe to both Serials Solutions and Alexander Street Press online collections can be assured that Alexander Street Press content is presented in the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks knowledgebase in the most current and accurate method possible.
“Alexander Street Press joining the KnowledgeWorks Certified provider program is a sign of their commitment to the needs of libraries everywhere.” says Jane Burke, Vice President of Serials Solutions. “We are pleased that Alexander Street Press recognizes the benefits that our premier search and discovery solutions provide libraries and their patrons.”
“Working with the team at Serials Solutions has been very easy,” said Stephen Rhind-Tutt, President of Alexander Street Press. “Their willingness to work with our metadata delivery systems has allowed us to increase discoverability of Alexander Street content.”
The KnowledgeWorks Certified program helps Serials Solutions develop the best possible relationships with content providers. These relationships enable Serials Solutions to maintain the highest quality bibliographic metadata for e-resources in the KnowledgeWorks knowledgebase, which supplies authoritative metadata to Serials Solutions services. Greater collaboration also helps our librarians to more quickly resolve issues if they occur and ensures quality experiences for library patrons.
About Serials Solutions
Founded by a librarian for librarians in 2000, Serials Solutions is the global leader in E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) that serves more than 2,000 libraries of all sizes and types. Serials Solutions® KnowledgeWorks, the authoritative e-resource knowledgebase, is the foundation for Serials Solutions® 360, the only complete and integrated e-resource access and management solution. Serials Solutions recently introduced the Summon™ unified discovery service, a revolutionary discovery tool that provides instant access to the full breadth of the library’s collection through a single search.
Serials Solutions also is the exclusive source for Ulrichsweb.com™ and Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System™ worldwide, and represents the AquaBrowser Library® unified discovery interface in the academic market in North America. The WebFeat® federated search service recently acquired by ProQuest soon will be incorporated into the Serials Solutions family of access and discovery services.
Serials Solutions provides fast implementation, easy customization, and outstanding value to libraries throughout the world.
Serials Solutions is a business unit of ProQuest LLC.
About Alexander Street Press
Alexander Street Press is an independent electronic publisher of award-winning online collections in the humanities, social sciences, performing arts, and music. Since its beginnings in 2000, Alexander Street has developed a reputation for uniquely powerful search capabilities powered by Alexander Street’s Semantic Indexing™ and for offering content not available anywhere else. Alexander Street collections are available to library and educational institutions via annual subscription or outright purchase of perpetual rights. Visit http://alexanderstreet.com for more information.