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Closed Captioning: A Coordinated Statewide Initiative

Closed Captioning: A Coordinated Statewide Initiative. Joseph Moreau Dean of Academic Information Services, MiraCosta College. A presentation to the members of the Learning Resources Association of California Community College Northern Regional Meeting City College of San Francisco

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Closed Captioning: A Coordinated Statewide Initiative

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  1. Closed Captioning:A Coordinated Statewide Initiative Joseph Moreau Dean of Academic Information Services, MiraCosta College A presentation to the members of the Learning Resources Association of California Community College Northern Regional Meeting City College of San Francisco February 25, 2005

  2. The Current Situation • State & Federal law require media used in public education to be captioned • CCC Libraries hold a significant number of uncaptioned titles • CCC Libraries do not have the resources to caption all uncaptioned titles in their collections • Resources available for captioning selective titles is limited • Getting a title captioned takes a long time

  3. The Current Situation • Vendor catalogs/product packaging do not always accurately reflect captioning • Producers/distributors are not required to caption media unless it is to be broadcast

  4. The Result • Students and faculty may not be served in an appropriate manner • Media collection development is impaired • Institutional responsiveness is often outside “reasonable accommodation” guidelines

  5. There Has Got To Be A Better Way! • Fall 2004 Library Deans & Directors meeting in Sacramento • Discussed the idea of providing statewide coordination • LRACCC Board volunteered to provide leadership • Other discussions followed: • CO staff, vendors, Foundation staff

  6. The Proposal • Disclaimer: • This proposal is meant to provide a framework for a possible statewide initiative to coordinated closed captioning of media for the CCCs. Many of the parties critical to this proposal have been consulted, but others need to have input. All input to date has been extremely positive, but no party has officially agreed to implement this proposal.

  7. The Proposal: Part 1 • Streamline Captioning Approval Process • Develop an approval request template • Standardized language • Blanket approval • “On behalf of MiraCosta College and the California Community College System, we hereby request permission to caption Beavis and Butthead Do America.”

  8. The Proposal: Part II • Develop CCC Captioned Media Clearinghouse Database RapidText National Captioning Institute CCC CMCD (FCCC to host) California Community Colleges

  9. The Proposal: Part 2 • Titles searchable by: • ISBN • Title • Producer/Distributor • Records would also contain: • Availability of captioned version from vendor • Copy of captioning permission letter and approval correspondence

  10. The Proposal: Part 2 • Vendors would provide captioning of already captioned videos at reduce rate - $1.50/minute or $90/hour – the “precaptioned” rate • Colleges could express interest in have uncaptioned titles captioned – the “waiting list” • Library/Media & DSPS contacts would be notified regularly of waiting list titles • Colleges could add their name to the waiting list for a particular title • If three or more colleges express an interest in captioning a title, vendors would offer captioning at the precaptioned rate

  11. The Proposal: Part 3 • Centralization of Captioning Funds • Each college/district would receive an allocation for captioning, but…… • Captioning funds would no longer be distributed to college/districts • As colleges/districts request captioning services, vendors will bill the state directly on behalf of the requesting college/district

  12. Desired Outcomes • Reduce redundancy • Requesting permission • Captioning titles already captioned • Reduce cost • Lowering cost of titles already captioned • Lowering cost of titles when captioning is needed by multiple institutions • Purchasing replacement copies of captioned media when available from original vendor

  13. Desired Outcomes • Reducing turn-around time on captioning requests • Avoid local purchasing processes • Already captioned titles may be provided within reasonable accommodation guidelines • Improving service and support to students and faculty

  14. Possible Timeline • February/March 2005 • LRACCC regional meetings • March 2005 • Develop final proposal with vendors and other parties • April/May 2005 • Get approval of proposal • May/June 2005 • Develop and launch CCC CMCD • July 2005 • Implement centralization of funding

  15. Questions/Comments? Discussion

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