As of this week, all videos that are available to us from Kanopy are findable in OneSearch. Our subscription to Kanopy uses a patron-driven acquisition model. Rather than buy access to the whole collection of streaming videos, our subscription is set up so that when any given video is streamed a certain number of times, we automatically purchase it. This model is especially useful because it allows faculty and others to preview a video before we commit to actually purchasing it. While we do not want to impede use, we want to be mindful about when we will recommend Kanopy to users, especially to faculty members. Kanopy is not best used for a one-time film viewing in class (if the faculty has alerted us, we can have the DVD for them to use instead), or for watching clips (we can work with the faculty member to create a clip collection).
News and tips by and for staff providing reference services at the Newman Library, Baruch College (New York, NY).
