New VIVA resource: Academic Video Online Premium - AVON (ProQuest)

[tcassidy]

Below is the email update I shared with my SO division this week. This message was very exciting and was likely forwarded to college (financial aid, distance ed, student services, etc.) contacts outside of the library, so I wanted to make sure you all see it as well.  
-Tara

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Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to share that an exciting new streaming video collection is now available through the VCCS online library.
 
Academic Video Online Premium
 
“Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive streaming video subscription available to libraries. It offers over 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, and music. Included are news programs, training, lectures, interviews, documentaries, ethnographies, performances, and feature and short films. Browse Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody®-winning films, video from PBS, BBC, 60 MINUTES, National Geographic, Annenberg Learner, BroadwayHD™, A+E Networks’ HISTORY®, and more.”
 
Highlights

• Over 2,000 videos to support student success in areas such as stress management, college life, communication, and success in math
  
• Accessibility features including on-demand audio described video, onscreen captions, and scrolling/searchable transcripts
  
• Limited public performance rights as long as no admission is charged (exception: FILM PLATFORM documentaries).
  

These videos should appear in college library catalog search results within the next week, and I am investigating available Canvas course-level integration methods. Access to this collection is courtesy of VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia. Thanks to CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds provided by the Governor for streaming media content to support online and remote education, VIVA subscribed to the Academic Video Online collection in December 2020. Additional streaming video acquisitions made possible by Coronavirus Relief Funds will be finalized and announced over the next few weeks.
-Tara
 
Tara Cassidy | Director of Library Services  |  Virginia Community College System Office  |  tcassidy@vccs.edu  |  804.819.4976  |  300 Arboretum Place, Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23236