[Eril-l] Kanopy Streaming Videos - PDA program

Fri Jul 27 06:26:52 PDT 2018

It depends on your purpose and of course budget constraints. In our case,
we specifically started our Kanopy DDA in order to support faculty use of
videos in the curriculum, and budget for it was allocated on that
assumption. The DDA model carries a risk of having that budget allocation
"hijacked" for a different campus purpose, but make no mistake, that's a
bug, not a feature, of the DDA model.

While providing entertainment for students may or may be within the mission
of our library, we librarians need to retain the professional discretionary
authority to determine how much of our budget is spent on serving which
aspects of the campus information demand, whether that be determining how
much we spend on English lit books versus physics books, or whether it be
how much we spend on videos versus anything else in our collections budget.

In our case, we have other initiatives to serve the non-scholarly needs of
our students, and I make no apologies for asserting the librarians' right
to decide how we do that, and how we don't, particularly given the entirely
inadequate budget we're given, which forces us to cancel core journals year
after year.

Melissa Belvadi
Collections Librarian
University of Prince Edward Island
mbelvadi at upei.ca 902-566-0581
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On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 2:29 PM, Karen Jensen <kljensen at alaska.edu> wrote:

> I find it interesting that the discussion is focused on how to reduce
> patron use of a resource, rather than increase it. I get it - we don't have
> funds for the pay-per-use model indefinitely, but at my library, where use
> of just about all resources is significantly down, having a sudden increase
> sounds like a "good problem" to have. Rather than finding ways to obstruct
> patron use, maybe the better approach would be to find a way to accommodate
> it. Cut something else? perhaps something sacrosanct that we librarians
> don't want to let go of, but that our patrons no longer care about  - if
> such a thing still exists at your library, maybe not. Or use the demand as
> proof that your library needs additional support? Or renegotiate with the
> vendor? At the very least, getting the vendor to work with you to set
> appropriate use parameters.
>
> I also think "entertainment" use of library resources is worth thinking
> about in depth. I think of my library's mission broadly; we are there not
> only to support academics, but to help provide the entire higher ed
> experience for students. So if a student club is watching a film, the
> library supporting that use seems like good policy. In provision of that
> film, we enrich the education students are getting outside of classes,
> which is a critical part of learning. We have purchased films for outdoor
> rec, environmental student groups, and LGBT groups, all outside of
> faculty/class demands. I would defend all of those as providing an
> essential library service.
>
> Karen Jensen
> Collection Development Officer
> Rasmuson Library
> University of Alaska Fairbanks
> 907-474-6695
> kljensen at alaska.edu
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 9:17 AM, Jill Emery <jill.emery at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Portland State University Library had a three year PDA plan for all of
>> Kanopy's content. Between year 1 and year 2, we saw an increase in usage
>> that we felt was acceptable about 15%-20% but then between year 2 and 3,
>> our usage quadrupled even after we removed records from the catalog and
>> blocked a handful of providers that we had available on other platforms. We
>> have since canceled the PDA program entirely & now are only using the
>> mediated access. We're waiting to see how this plays out with faculty as we
>> ended access at the close of Spring term & Fall term will not start until
>> towards the end of September. So far, there has been dissatisfaction noted
>> by faculty in the College of Film and we're working with them to come to an
>> offering that works best.
>>
>> What we did learn close to shutting off the PDA is that some folks on
>> campus were using Kanopy as a personal entertainment service and not
>> necessarily in classroom use (online or face-to-face). We had anecdotal
>> evidence of that form of usage presented from various discussions on
>> campus. Then, we also found a local student group facebook page where an
>> advertisement for Kanopy services was posted. It appears that this
>> promotion was not posted by the student group members so it's beneficial to
>> be a bit wary of the marketing targets being used in social media.
>>
>>  There is some significant overlap in content with Alexander Street's
>> Academic Video Online for a few content providers (California Newsreel &
>> First Run for instance) and we prefer the Alexander Street model of being
>> able to purchase high demand content in perpetuity at the end of each
>> calendar year. So we are tending towards their model at this point.
>>
>> We're taking a harder line this year with Kanopy & have designated a
>> specific amount of money to be spent using their services & once that limit
>> is met, we're cutting off access. The College of Film agrees with us that
>> this is a reasonable approach to take.
>>
>> Jill Emery
>> Collection Development & Management Librarian
>> Portland State University Library
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 8:35 AM van Sickle, Jennifer <
>> Jennifer.vanSickle at trincoll.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Video usage in general has taken off like a rocket here as well, and
>>> we’re also spending much more on Kanopy.  Since it’s used for teaching
>>> purposes, it would be difficult to restrict access in any way.  For the new
>>> fiscal year, we shifted funds around from areas where we didn’t spend as
>>> much (binding, print books).  It’s definitely a challenge in a tough budget
>>> climate.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --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 *Marcia
>>> Lee
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2018 8:03 AM
>>> *To:* eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
>>> *Subject:* [Eril-l] Kanopy Streaming Videos - PDA program
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Good Morning,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Since the beginning of the year our library has seen a significant
>>> increase in invoice totals for our subscription to Kanopy’s PDA
>>> subscription.  We are now being invoiced monthly, instead of quarterly
>>> (which it looks like were in 2017) and our totals for the monthly invoices
>>> are equaling the quarterly ones from last year.  I was wondering if anyone
>>> else had noticed anything similar?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If so, has anyone made changes to their approaches in making these
>>> accessible?  We currently have all subject categories available for our
>>> users to access – has anyone begun turning any of these off?  If you have,
>>> how are you selecting which subjects are hidden and which you are leaving
>>> “on”?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any insights would be greatly appreciated!  Thank you in advance for
>>> your help. J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Marcia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Marcia Lee
>>>
>>> Technology Specialist, E-Resource Management | leemarci at gvsu.edu |
>>> GVSU, University Libraries
>>>
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