[Eril-l] Kanopy DDA, Unmediated to Mediated, Any Regrets?

[Roen Janyk]

We moved to a partial mediated access model, due to the fact we had a lot of duplication with Alexander Street Press. We removed the Documentary Educational Resources videos from unmediated access due to the duplication. So it is a somewhat customized PDA collection pool. Our collections librarian receives the requests for DER videos through Kanopy, and usually sends the requestor access through ASP.

We also review our Kanopy invoice monthly and check against our catalogue. If there is a title on the Kanopy invoice that is a duplicate of a streaming title owned or accessible elsewhere (ie. ASP), we provide a screenshot and Kanopy will send us an updated invoice. I would encourage others to do this if they aren’t already. We often save a couple hundred dollars per invoice by checking for duplicates.

Kanopy seems to have better records in EDS than some of the other streaming databases, so often their records appear first in results. The records are different enough that deduplication doesn’t happen, and the user clicks on the Kanopy record for access.

It becomes trickier if you use EBSCO’s holdings management and want to include Kanopy records, as it is much harder to narrow down collections. If you are just loading catalogue records it gives you more ability to limit the records that display to users.

We evaluate usage at the end of a title’s license to assess whether we want to license again, purchase, etc.

Roën



Roën Janyk, BA MLIS
Web Services Librarian
Library Department Chair
Okanagan College
Kelowna, BC
(250) 762-5445 x.4660 | L101A
rjanyk at okanagan.bc.ca<mailto:rjanyk at okanagan.bc.ca>



From: Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org] On Behalf Of Timothy Streasick
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 7:43 AM
To: ndemovil at calpoly.edu
Cc: eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
Subject: [Eril-l] Kanopy DDA, Unmediated to Mediated, Any Regrets?

Hi All,

I haven't felt any regrets from our move to mediated access at all. Aside from a brief surge of requests in the early weeks, we haven't had anything happen to cause us regret for our decision.

I would absolutely echo all of Lynne's considerations, though. We also moved to mediated in the middle of the semester and caused some mild concern among our patrons. It was not fun, and I 100% recommend not repeating that mistake. I would also echo the recommendation to prepare for the time necessary to process Kanopy orders, especially when you initially switch over. I didn't personally find the time necessary all that bothersome, but I could see how it could be an issue for folks in different circumstances (more pressing duties elsewhere, larger campus with more requests, etc.).

One strategy that I've also found fairly useful in handling requests is to become comfortable with the producers/distributors of commonly requested films, and where they usually license their streaming content. If I see a request come in for a film that California Newsreel  or PBS handles, for example, I know that there's a fairly good chance we may already have it in one of our Alexander Street Press collections.

To reiterate my answer, though, no. We haven't felt any regret with this move thus far. Just by ordering series in packages or directing faculty/students to other platforms where we've already licensed the content, we have managed to save nearly $4000 in unnecessary/inefficient license purchases since mid-September. Our faculty, staff, and students have been very understanding (spending lots of time explaining this change to them helped!), and I feel very safe calling this change a success.

- Tim
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Tim Streasick
Electronic Access Associate
JASS and (Interim) History Selector
Mardigian Library
UM-Dearborn
Ph: 313-593-5567
streatim at umich.edu<mailto:streatim at umich.edu>
http://library.umd.umich.edu
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