Changes to Kanopy Streaming Service

Stanford Libraries will be transitioning to a limited access model for Kanopy, a library of streaming videos covering a broad range of subjects in the arts and humanities, social sciences, education, business, film and theatre, effective December 15, 2018.  This change comes as a result of the increasing cost of the service, which have escalated significantly in the past year and is no longer sustainable. 

Kanopy's pricing model for libraries is based on number of views per-title.  Once a title has been viewed three times, Stanford Libraries is charged an annual licensing fee per title. A conservative estimate had Stanford costs expected to double in the next calendar year. With increasing costs of resources across the board, the Libraries could not continue to absorb the cost for the current level of Kanopy access. 

We understand and respect how increasingly popular streaming media has become as an instructional resource, which is why our modified service offering will prioritize the academic use of Kanopy. Access for individual viewing will unfortunately be interrupted. We regret having to make this change but we could not justify nor sustain the exorbitant costs.