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<div>We just finished a 3-month trial of AVON and are purchasing it for the coming year to run alongside FOD, FilmPlatform, and a limited Kanopy implementation. It would be nice if we can just get one tool for all the video, but that's not the case in the current
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<div>AVON has gotten pretty good use during our trial and appears worth the price. We're purchasing through Orbis so that may help us out in the cost.</div>
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<div>it is worth keeping in mind though that WSL's contract is with ProQuest and while I'm not sure about the previous contract, past contracts had language that libraries who buy additional ProQuest products should receive an additional discount.<br>
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<div style="font-size:13px"><font face="Helvetica">ferraria@evergreen.edu | p. 360-867-6288 | f. 360-867-6790<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 10, 2019 12:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bem, Greg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] ProQuest Video Platform<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hey all,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I was just emailed by our ProQuest rep about
</span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falexanderstreet.com%2Fproducts%2Facademic-video-online&data=02%7C01%7Cferraria%40evergreen.edu%7C7a92d06bb6e34202d14f08d705695726%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C636983822309429808&sdata=BBlSLvMlfwEdATvpSs2SFjcqoO6oorN5vVnewy2%2BDPk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Academic
Video Online (AVON)</a>, their online video service. There was a recent ALA thread about how some folks are using it over other platforms, like Kanopy, so LWTech will take a look and probably start a free trial in the near future.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I asked the rep if there had been chats about system-wide bargaining and that isn’t the case,
<i>but if there were 5-10 interested CTCs, a mini buying club deal could be entertained</i>. So my question for this thread is, who is considering this product and has yet to start a subscription? For the system as a whole, what are your thoughts on the “mini
buying club deal” as a concept—is it a worthwhile approach to databases? I will say that group purchasing came up during the recent Technical College Libraries Meeting last quarter as something various librarians would like to investigate.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And another question: for those of you already using AVON, how is it?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greg</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Greg Bem, MLIS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Professor and Library Coordinator</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#0070C0">Lake Washington Institute of Technology</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:greg.bem@lwtech.edu%0d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:blue">greg.bem@lwtech.edu</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:black">425-739-8100 xt.8898</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2019-2020 Vice President of Local 3533, LWTech’s Faculty Union!</span></i></b></p>
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