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Curio.ca Renewal 2015-2016

Response Deadline: 
June 26, 2015

Subscription Term

Begins: 

September 1, 2015

Ends: 

August 31, 2016

BC ELN has received renewal pricing for Curio.ca, the streaming audio and video product from CBC and Radio-Canada. Institutions can also opt to add the following streaming news products at an additional cost: L'Actualité en revue (French), News in Review (English), and new this year, the National Geographic (French). More details are found below.

There has been no pricing increase since last year.

These products are made available to BC ELN partner libraries through a national site license negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI).


Updates: 

November 2015: Based on aggregated subscribers nationwide, BC ELN partner libraries will benefit from the largest consortial discount on Curio.ca.

This product is made available to BC ELN partner libraries through a Consortia Canada national site license. The final price per FTE is not determined until the final number of subscribers is known across all participating consortia. Last year, the number of subscribers nation-wide, with aggregated numbers, qualified for the largest possible discount.


Overview

Platform: 
Curio.ca
IP Authentication
Remote Access

Additional Information

Technical support is via the website for Curio.ca (https://curioca.zendesk.com/hc/en-ca).

Information about MARC records for the Curio.ca and News In Review/L'Actualite en revue content is available from the Curio.ca Help page: https://curioca.zendesk.com/hc/en-ca/articles/203005954-Curio-ca-Metadata

Usage statistics:This Account Configuration and Statistics tutorial presents the steps on how to create and configure member accounts and how to use the statistics tools available to you: http://curio.ca/en/video/curioca-tutorial-account-configuration-and-statistics-6904/

Questions? Contact: 
Sunni Nishimura