This semester, the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, will be suspending its access to new titles in Kanopy. This change comes as a result of the unsustainable cost of providing unlimited access through an automatic licensing model. By the end of the fall semester, we had fully expended the amount that was allocated to Kanopy for the entire year.
Kanopy's pricing model for libraries was based on views per title. Once a title was viewed three times for longer than 30 seconds on the fourth viewing we were charged a licensing fee of $150 for one year of access.
We understand and respect how popular streaming media is and that it can be an invaluable instructional resource. We regret having to make this change. But we could not sustain our access to Kanopy. Until the licenses expire, users will still be able to watch and stream all of our currently licensed films in Kanopy (approximately 307 titles).
UMBC is not alone in having made this difficult choice. Many
libraries have either dropped their Kanopy collections or are working with
Kanopy to provide access to a very limited collection. We will be working with Kanopy to see if a limited access collection might be feasible.
Other options for streaming and viewing video
We have a number of other streaming video platforms available to the UBMC community. For a complete list, please see our Resources for Streaming Media guide
We also have an extensive DVD and Blu-Ray collection. The titles are listed in our Library Catalog and are also browsable in the 2nd floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery.