Streaming video content spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, literature, music, and more.
Digital Theatre is a platform for performances onscreen of leading theater & performing arts companies, such as the Royal Shakespeare Company. It also includes documentaries, masterclasses, lectures, study guides, practical workshop guides, and encyclopedia entries discussing aspects of theater practice, theory, and criticism.
Partner companies include the Royal Shakespeare Company, Almeida Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, the English Touring Theatre, Royal Opera House, English National Ballet, Opera North, L.A. Theatre Works, Frantic Assembly, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), the Young Vic, the Old Vic & the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
Kanopy is a platform for streaming films from leading producers, such as BBC Shakespeare onscreen, the Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, PBS, and Documentary Educational Resources.
Attention: Effective Jun 1, 2024, the library will move to a mediated model for videos requested through Kanopy. These videos will require requesting access in advance of the time of need. Please send requests for known needs as far in advance as possible to ensure access when needed. When on the Kanopy site, clicking on an unlicensed film will result in a request form being presented to the user, which can be filled out to request access. This information, including the reason for the request, will be sent to a librarian. The requestor will be notified of approval, and activation should occur within 3-5 business days of requesting. Once a video has been leased, anyone will be able to watch it for the duration of the lease (typically one year) without re-requesting it.
Changing to mediated access will allow Grasselli Library to continue to make Kanopy titles available in support of the academic curriculum, and manage streaming video costs. This change will allow us to focus library expenditures on teaching and learning purposes. For personal entertainment purposes, we encourage users to see what their public library has to offer!
Hoopla is a platform offered by public libraries for the free viewing of popular films and books. Among its feature films are some popular adaptations of famous works of literature. Create a free account, then choose your public library. All JCU students may apply for a Cleveland Heights/University Heights library card.
Streaming Films from Public Libraries
All John Carroll students are eligible for a Cleveland Heights-University Heights library card. See information to apply here. CH-UH is also in the Clevnet consortium of libraries, so you will have access to those materials, as well.
