[Eril-l] limiting Kanopy

[Mark Gooch]

I find the responses Amy received to be interesting.  Did they explain why they were able to load patron accounts for public libraries but not academic libraries?  I wouldn't expect the numbers to be much different.  I don't know the language they used but their lack of interest to create additional options in support of academic libraries says a lot.

So far (knock on wood) we have been able to continue with unmediated access.  We are spending about $1,500-$2,000 per month.  We have been able to accommodate this so far as we have reduced the number of DVDs we have purchased and we discovered an endowed fund we can use to also assist with these costs.  We did send out a communication to faculty and staff explaining the cost for Kanopy titles.  We had one faculty member respond how good the Kanopy collection was and she had planned to watch a number of films (for personal enjoyment) but wouldn't now that she was aware of the pricing.

Maybe this is a bit much but if Kanopy continues to be unwilling to better accommodate academic libraries, maybe we should all move to mediated access which could have some financial impact for them and send a message.

On 3/13/19 4:07 PM, Amy Lynn Fry wrote:
I was wondering if anyone out there had come up with a way to limit Kanopy use successfully. What did you do? How much did it make a difference to your spend?

Evidently, for public libraries, Kanopy loads all patron accounts and libraries can limit each person to a certain number of streams per month. I asked Kanopy about that at ER&L last week and they said there was no way that would be possible for academic libraries.

I also asked if they had thought about making ways for us to limit besides only by subject or provider, and they said no and that they weren’t interested in creating additional options.

Without other good alternatives, we are planning to change our entire Kanopy profile to mediated after this semester and thereafter only approve license requests made by faculty and perhaps graduate students.

Has anyone else made this switch?

What about alternatives to Kanopy? The content and access are good and obviously filling a need in our user population, but Kanopy’s business model is just not a good fit for our budget limits. Is there another service that could be a substitute?

Amy Fry
Associate Professor, E-resources Librarian
Jerome Library
Bowling Green, OH 43403
afry at bgsu.edu<mailto:afry at bgsu.edu>
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