The Things That Streams Are Made Of

Punning from a song by The Human League, this was a presentation delivered at an internal staff development session on new video streaming services that our library has subscribed to (whether in full or by PDA). It also discusses the growth of streaming in non-educational settings and how streaming has become so prevalent in education, as well as the affordances streaming gives users and librarians.

Transcript

1. THE THINGS THAT STREAMS ARE MADE OF Kevin Wilson, December 2016
2. HOW WE WATCH FILMS AND TELEVISION HAS CHANGED  Video on Demand changed consumption habits  Greater choice of how to watch content  Free video on demand (BBC, C4) or paid for on demand (Amazon, Netflix)
3. HOW WE WATCH FILMS AND TELEVISION NOW  16-24s watch MORE recorded, on demand, online content than live TV  Six in ten adults have used video on demand in the last year
4. HOW WE USE PAID FOR ON DEMAND SERVICES  Steady growth in all age groups between 2014-2016  Netflix is the big driver for this shift
5. WHY IS VIDEO IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION?  Visual literacy (Debes, 1969) – “a group of vision-competencies a human being can develop by seeing and at the same time having and integrating other sensory experiences”  ACRL (2001) – “determine which materials he/she needs and how to find, access, interpret, analyse and use them both effectively and ethically”  SCONUL (2011) – visual literacy as a core component of information literacy  Benfield (2009) – “high usage activities involve multimedia use, particularly listening to audio and watching video”  Holland (2014) – “digital native students are already fluent in using these technologies, and academic staff themselves expect to make greater use of video in class”
6. SO…WHY ARE WE BEHIND THE CURVE? Do we need a library filled with DVDs?
7. CHANGES IN DVD BORROWING 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 45000 50000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (to date) DVDs issued DVDs issued
8. WHY ARE WE STILL BUYING DVDS?  Some of our suppliers are still DVD only (no streaming options)  Not all films and television are available for streaming (or free at POD)  Reliability issues of streaming in class  Better quality for showing films  Streaming films isn’t necessarily easier than watching DVDs  DVDs can be kept permanently – not the case for streaming?
9. THE AFFORDANCES OF STREAMING  Students can watch films anytime, anywhere on any device  Repeat viewings – easy to go back to what you missed/need to check  Frees up lecture and seminar time – discuss rather than watch  Concurrent usage allowed  Films are shareable and customisable (e.g. clips)  New devices have no DVD playback  No worries about damage/loss
10. STREAMING SERVICES WE USE  Academic Video Online (several different collections)  ArtFilms  Box of Broadcasts (BoB)  Film Platform  Kanopy
11. ACADEMIC VIDEO ONLINE Includes the following collections:  Asian Film Online  Counselling and Therapy in Video  Dance Online, Ethnographic Video Online  Human Rights Studies Online  Media Plus  Music Online  Teachers TV  World History in Video  World Newsreels Online
12. ARTFILMS  Australian company – distributes films by artists/art organisations  Streaming platform since 2008  Goldsmiths is the first UK subscriber  Collections include: design, film, literature, media, music, performance art, photography, theatre, visual art  Currently have access to entire set of collections  MARC discussions ‘ongoing’
13. BOX OF BROADCASTS (BOB)  On demand TV and radio for ‘education’  Institutions can record from 65 freeview channels  Or search the archive since approx. 2007  Integrates with TRILT – longer archive?  Can make clips, add to playlists  Better functionality with all devices
14. FILM PLATFORM  Access to over 300 important, innovative documentaries  Curated collections  PDA subscription  Supplementary materials can be available  MARC records optional – discoverability?
15. KANOPY  Provides access to over 13,000 art-house and documentary films  Works with 3,000 universities libraries worldwide  Streaming films from distributors we use e.g. DER, ArtHaus Musik, Illuminations Media, Ronin Films  PDA subscription  MARC records optional – again, discoverability?
16. ANALYTICS AND USAGE Art Films
17. ANALYTICS AND USAGE Box of Broadcasts
18. ANALYTICS AND USAGE Kanopy
19. ANALYTICS AND USAGE Kanopy (Part Two)
20. WHAT NEXT?  Streaming video will become more common  More streaming services will emerge  More academic libraries will move towards streaming  Gradual withdrawal of our off-air recordings  Smaller investment in many or bigger investments in one/few?  Promotional issues