Thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases are now available to WSU faculty and students through a service offered as a pilot by WSU Libraries.
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides 12 million students and faculty with access to more than 26,000 films each year, according to the service website. Schools only pay for the films their students and faculty actually watch.
Kanopy works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections, including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
WSU Libraries is testing the service this fall to see how it is used on campus, what films are accessed and how many times a selection is made. To browse Kanopy offerings on campus, go to https://wsu.kanopystreaming.com.
For off-campus access, log in to Search It (http://searchit.libraries.wsu.edu/), type in “Kanopy” in the search bar and follow the links to the streaming service website. For more information on using Kanopy, and other streaming media services offered by the WSU Libraries, visit: http://libguides.libraries.wsu.edu/stream
For more information, please contact WSU Libraries’ humanities librarian Gabriella Reznowski at reznowski@wsu.edu
