EIU Booth Library

Access to Kanopy streaming videos limited

Posted on November 11th, 2019

Booth Library has moved to a mediated access model for Kanopy streaming videos. This model will allow only faculty to request films for course-related viewing. Films already licensed by the library will continue to be available until their license expires.

Kanopy has been extremely popular with the EIU community. Unfortunately, the annual expenditure for Kanopy has tripled in the last fiscal year, and the expected increases make providing unlimited campus-wide access unsustainable.

We regret having to make this change mid-semester. This has been a difficult decision, but many other libraries are facing the same issue. Duke, Stanford, and Harvard, among others, have also recently had to limit their use of Kanopy.

How mediated access with Kanopy will work:

• Faculty who need a Kanopy film for course-related purposes can contact the head of Acquisition Services, Janice Derr, at jmderr@eiu.edu.
• Only films required for courses will be licensed from Kanopy.

Our library has a number of other streaming video collections for your use. We also encourage patrons to explore the library’s extensive DVD collection. We are happy to work with you to meet your curriculum-related needs. Faculty can request library DVDs for delivery to their offices by filling out this form. Faculty can also contact their department’s Instructional Support Specialist (ISS) for assistance with using video content in D2L.

For additional questions about using Kanopy, or how to request films for classroom use, please contact Janice Derr at jmderr@eiu.edu.