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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).


This license is made available through a national site license negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by the 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

Vendor: 
CBC/Radio-Canada
Description: 

Education professionals can use Curio to readily find and explore CBC/Radio-Canada content that has been carefully selected for its educational value and is available in teaching-friendly formats. Curio offers:

  • more than 10,000 resources
  • content in both English and French
  • documentaries, TV/radio shows, podcasts, archival clips and more
  • material for every academic level from elementary to university
  • material for every subject
  • teacher guides
  • the Curio Info and News In Review current affairs channels
  • channels from the BBC and National Geographic
  • new resources every week

An intuitive, customizable platform, Curio also features:

  • suggestions that match your profile
  • a highly effective search tool
  • playlist creation
  • content sharing

[From vendor]

Last updated: September 4th, 2024

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Response

Current Subscribers: 

Response Instructions

To RENEW, no response is required from current subscribers as listed above. To CANCEL or to CHANGE OPTIONS, libraries should contact BC ELN by the response deadline.

Terms & Conditions

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?