Results: 2004 Survey on Access Technology in Higher Education

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Administrative Issues: Alternate Format

Q1_48. Does your institution have an internal centralized service for producing alternate format?

(46 responses)

Response	Count	%
Yes	33	71.7
No	13	28.3

Q1_49. Where does alternate format production reside within your organizational structure? (check all that apply)

(32 responses)

Response	Count	%
Disability Services	29	90.6
Library	4	12.5
Information Technology Organization	4	12.5
Other: alternate media specialist does the E-text production and is part of DSP&S. AT Services High Tech Center Individual departments nonstudent support is by request from the Admin. Question #Q 1_50 answer is zero. Position is part time RNIB and other local charities. Again there are not specific posts for the job - it is done adhoc and not sarisfactorily because there tend ot be so few requiring the service - Sussex Uni only has 10,000 undergraduates	7	21.9

Q1_50. How many full time equivalent staff positions support the alternate format production effort at your institution?

(30 responses)

Response	Count	%
1	17	56.7
2-3	10	33.3
4-5	1	3.3
Greater than 5	2	6.7

Q1_51. How does your institution respond to alternate format requests for Braille? (check all that apply)

(47 responses)

Response	Count	%
In-house production	33	70.2
Outsource	24	51.1
Other: APH District office State Rehab services for the blind We have a State-wide Alternate Text Production Center	4	8.5

Q1_52. How does your institution respond to alternate format requests for large print? (check all that apply)

(47 responses)

Response	Count	%
In-house production	43	91.5
Outsource	10	21.3
Other: APH CCTVs for textbooks In-house production	3	6.4

Q1_53. How does your institution respond to alternate format requests for electronic text? (check all that apply)

(47 responses)

Response	Count	%
In-house production	41	87.2
Outsource	14	29.8
Other: Request from publishers (8 responses) all requests from publishers go through ATPC of the CCC. I use the AMX and ATPC. Publishers, Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped We have a State-wide Repository and database of books that we all share	12	25.5

Q1_54. How does your institution respond to alternate format requests for audio? (check all that apply)

(46 responses)

Response	Count	%
In-house production	41	89.1
Outsource	21	45.7
Request from publishers	8	17.0
Other: Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (5 responses) If necessary, we will get audio books from RFB&D, or the LOC Kurzweil 3000 Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Most institutes use the Natioanl Tactile Map centre and RNIB etc RFB&D for tapes. MP3 production is done here. RFB&D or State Rehabilitation	11	23.9

Q1_55. Does your institution participate in any regional or national consortiums or other efforts to share alternate format materials?

(47 responses)

Response	Count	%
Yes	25	53.2
No	22	46.8

Q1_56. Please describe the alternate format sharing consortiums in which your institution participates.

(24 responses)