[Eril-l] limiting Kanopy

[Jenifer Holman]

We're just beginning to investigate mediated access to Kanopy. A major
drawback to this model is that we are forced to "rent" a title with no
indication of how many users would actually be interested in the title. The
only way to make mediated titles visible is by paying the full 12-month
rental fee.

Perhaps if enough of us move to mediated, Kanopy will consider offering an
EBA model.


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Jenifer Holman
Electronic Resources Librarian
Van Wylen Library, Hope College
53 Graves Place
Holland, MI 49423

phone: 616-395-7793
email: holman at hope.edu


On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:42 PM Ambi, Alison <aambi at mun.ca> wrote:

> We too have just been forced by runaway expenses to start mediating our
> Kanopy purchases.
>
> Kanopy explained that limiting by user was too problematic in an academic
> setting where students might be required to watch films for course
> assignments. It would be especially frustrating if a student was prevented
> from doing their homework at 1:00 AM because they had exceeded their Kanopy
> limit! In a public library setting where we can assume that most viewing is
> recreational these types of restrictions are more practical.
>
> The Kanopy PDA sales model is clearly not sustainable for many libraries,
> and our current migration en masse to mediated purchasing is surely going
> to start hurting their bottom line. The mediated approach is not great
> either, and results in a significant drain on staff time. I hope they find
> a way to adjust their model so that we can all continue to provide this
> often unique content to our students and faculty!
>
> Alison
>
> Alison Ambi
> Head, Collections Strategies
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
>
> From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> On Behalf Of Mark Gooch
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:37 AM
> To: Amy Lynn Fry <afry at bgsu.edu>; Eril-l at lists.eril-l.org
> Subject: Re: [Eril-l] limiting Kanopy
>
> 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>
> email is the best way to reach me
>
>
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