Trial to Kanopy Streaming Media Service

The Library has arranged one final streaming video trial.  This time we will be examining over 26,000 videos available through Kanopy.  The videos come from leading producers such as Criterion, PBS, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber and First Run Features.  And more are being added each year.

The Kanopy service is different from the ones we trialed previously, in that it is a patron driven acquisitions model.  If we decide to join the service, we will  pay only streaming license fees for those films that are viewed at least four times for more than 30 seconds each view within a twelve month period.  The company believes this should allow faculty and students to browse the collection for classroom and research purposes without actually triggering a purchase.  Once a film has been "viewed" four times, a streaming license fee will be charged and the film can then be viewed unlimited times in a one year period without incurring additional fees.

According to the company, their patron driven acquisitions model is currently used in over 700 academic institutions, including UMass, Harvard and Columbia with research showing "films are mostly triggered by faculty usage and generate significantly more than 4 plays".  

As with our other trials, we are posting a survey for your feedback.

Your input is very important and we greatly appreciate your time in participating in these trials.

Important Survey If You Use Library Online Videos

The business of academically-oriented video streaming currently is undergoing dynamic changes.  Recently we have trialed several new services, and we appreciate the great feedback we received from the faculty.  As yet, we have not identified one streaming service that meets most of the needs of our campus.  Indeed, there may not be a one size fits all service available.

Before we arrange one final trial (this time with Kanopy  which will run after the spring break), we would like to survey the faculty on which online videos you plan on re-using from our current streaming service.  This survey is important, as we may need to discontinue our service with Alexander Street Press this August in order to subscribe to a new video streaming service for the next academic year.  We currently subscribe to the following collections with Alexander Street Press:  American History in Video; Counseling & Therapy in Video; Education in Video; and Filmakers Library Online.

Please email the list of video titles you are interested in re-using (or any comments) to Judy.Diffenderfer@marist.edu.   We thank you for your time and support.