We are currently grappling with this issue, but on two documentary films not feature films. It's a complex discussion and there is not a lot of documentation out there to rely on. The first thing I did was contact the copyright holders to find out whether they would give us permission to close-caption their titles. Both were very willing to allow us to do this, and one requested as part of their permission to have us send them a copy when we had it captioned. One had a transcript available, the other did not. We are now trying to determine if we should do this in-house or use a captioning service. If we do it in-house, the captioning would not be able to be turned off, which changes the viewing for everyone. We are also thinking about whether we should purchase additional copies if we decide to do this in-house, and of course, debating on who would fund all of this: us, or Student Disabilities Services. So lots of issues to resolve, and in our case, not a lot of time to figure it all out.
Once we have determined how we are going to proceed, I can post something to the list about what we figured out. I would be very interested in knowing how other libraries are dealing with this, also. Jeanne Little Rod Library University of Northern Iowa On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Grant, Tyra <[email protected]> wrote: > Good question. **** > > Please post responses re: providing reasonable accommodations and access > to the list.**** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Tyra Grant**** > > [email protected]**** > > University of Kansas Libraries**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian W Boling > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:52 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Videolib] Accessibility and Visual Impairment**** > > ** ** > > Has anyone had experience providing reasonable accommodations that allow a > visually impaired student to access assigned feature films? > > Any guidance you can provide--either on or off list--would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Brian Boling > Media Services Librarian > Temple University Libraries > [email protected]**** > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > -- Rod Library - Room 250 Collection Management & Special Services University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50613-3675 319-273-7255
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
