Monday - Thursday:
8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday:
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Closed weekends & LAVC holidays
The library provides access to streaming video via 5 main vendors: AVON/Alexander Street, Films on Demand, Kanopy, Swank, and Digital Theatre+. Kanopy and Swank films are only added by instructor request to library@lavc.edu. See below for more info on each vendor and how to embed videos directly into your course Canvas sites.
Multidisciplinary streaming video database with more than 62,000 titles curated for higher education. Alexander Street includes a range of scholarly video material including: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage. Also included are thousands of award-winning films, Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners along with new releases, archival material, and titles frequently used for classroom instruction.
Embed AVON/Alexander Street videos directly into your Canvas site using these instructions.
Digital streaming collection of full-length performances including Shakespearean plays, modern dramas, classical music, dance, musicals, opera, and adaptations of classic novels.
Embed Films on Demand videos directly into your Canvas site using these instructions.
Access thousands of award-winning documentaries and films across diverse subjects and disciplines. Please note: Users must register with Kanopy to stream content and the Library must purchase a license to make Kanopy films available. Due to limited funds, only faculty may request licenses. Faculty should refer to our Kanopy Guide to learn more about requesting films.
Learn how to request Kanopy films and how to login, etc. on our Kanopy guide.
Embed Nursing Films on Demand videos directly into your Canvas site using these instructions.
Collection of feature films and documentaries selected by LAVC instructors for instructional use.
Learn how to request Swank films and how to link to them from your Canvas sites on our Swank guide.
