[Eril-l] limiting Kanopy

[Adams, Stephanie]

Hi Amy,

We only make Kanopy available via a link on our library databases page. We don't download any MARC records or make any of the films discoverable in Primo.  So far this has been reasonably successful in limited our usage. We have had the Kanopy PDA program for about 18 months and we have only spent half of our budgeted amount.  We also do not have all of the collections/categories "turned on" so we do end up buying a number of 1-year licenses for special requests in addition to the videos that are "triggered" by use in the open collections/categories. We started our subscription primarily for the English Dept. and most of our use seems to be from them and Sociology. It is not widely advertised on campus and is mostly used based on word of mouth in these two departments.


Stephanie J. Adams, MSLS, MBA
Electronic Resources Librarian
Associate Professor
Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library
Box 5066
Cookeville, TN 38505
P 931.372.3545
E sjadams at tntech.edu




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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:07:52 +0000
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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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