[Eril-l] Considering an all-campus Kanopy PDA subscription

Wed Sep 27 12:39:36 PDT 2017

We are also a small liberal arts college, and we were early adopters of Kanopy, which is now very popular here.   Kanopy is quick to respond to problems or requests, so I'm very happy with their customer service.

Students expect that we would provide streaming media, and faculty appreciate the depth of the Kanopy collection, especially for non-English language titles.   We get a lot for the price, which is very reasonable.

--Jennifer

Jennifer L. van Sickle M.L.S.
Science Librarian and E-Resources Coordinator
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT USA 06106

860-297-2250 phone

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Denise Garofalo
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We are a smaller liberal arts 4 year college in our 4th semester of an all campus Kanopy PDA set-up. Kanopy was very helpful, putting us in touch with other colleges (some our size, some larger), providing guidance on the initial amount, and with overall tech and other support. We started with $3000, and we still have quite a bit on that initial balance left still (at least half).

Our faculty who teach in online or blended classes have been very appreciative of our move to streaming. We are seeing increased usage, too, but we figure it will even out as we move away from purchasing physical DVDs...

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Mount Saint Mary College
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From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of VanUllen, Mary K
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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Considering an all-campus Kanopy PDA subscription

I agree you should ask Kanopy for an estimate.  They were pretty accurate for us, too, but part of the cost will be a result of how much you promote the resource.

One thing to be aware of is that the cost may go up sharply after a period of time.  We are on our third year.  It took a little time for it to take off, but now Kanopy is extremely popular on our campus.  I see that many of the titles that are set to expire are still getting significant use.  Most will likely be triggered again, along with a new batch of titles.  I still think it's a good value and more and more faculty are looking to us to provide streaming video, so we are going to continue with it for now.

--Mary

Mary K. Van Ullen
Director of Collections
University Library, LI-328
University at Albany
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY  12222
(518) 442-3559

From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Mackinder, Lisa
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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Considering an all-campus Kanopy PDA subscription

Have you asked Kanopy for data on a school your size?  They can tell you what a typical institution of your size spends on their PDA program in a year.

In our case, we're much larger - 22000 FTE - and they recommended a deposit of $20k for a year.  We only had $5k to spend, so we did a pilot.  We spent out that 5k in a quarter. So they were right in recommending the 20k.

Lisa Mackinder | Head of Acquisitions and Collections Services
Alden Library | Ohio University
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Subject: [Eril-l] Considering an all-campus Kanopy PDA subscription

So trying to figure out how quickly our 250 students and faculty  would run thru our budget for a Kanopy PDA program, I calculated this: (I've excised the actual price because I'm not sure if that is  quoted differently per institution?).

2/month limit, thru budget in 3 months

250

people

250

people

5

films per month

2

films per month

12

months

3

months

6.5%

chance this is a film already seen by 3 other (visits or users?)

6.5%

chance this is a film already seen by 3 other (visits or users?)

975

Triggers

97.5

triggers

$          .00

per trigger

$          .00

per trigger

$  .00

annual cost

$    0

annual cost

So thinking about the 80% rule distributed across a group of films

This probably overestimates the trigger%:

1 use

2 uses

3 uses

triggered at 4

5 or more uses

sum

# with this many uses

                      80

                                                      40

              20

                      10

                                               5

           155

6.5%

I'd be glad to hear from others who have made/are making this decision and what your experience or calculations show.

Cindy Harper
E-services and periodicals librarian
Virginia Theological Seminary
Bishop Payne Library, VTS Box 159
3737 Seminary Road
Alexandria VA 22304
charper at vts.edu<mailto:charper at vts.edu>
703-461-1794

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