About CCUMC
History
CCUMC, Consortium of College and University Media Centers, is a dynamic organization whose mission is to provide leadership and a forum for information exchange. Our members are the providers of media and technology support for quality teaching and learning at higher education institutions. The over 750 members represent all sizes of institutions in higher education that provide media/instructional technology-related support services, as well as companies providing related products.
Founded in 1971 as the Consortium of University Film Centers (CUFC), the organization became the Consortium of College and University Media Centers in 1988.
The following topics are regularly presented at CCUMC conferences and discussed in CCUMC publications:
- New technologies
- Classroom design - planning and maintenance
- Copyright issues
- Multimedia and hypermedia
- Distance learning - technology and support
- Media collection management
- Applied media research
- The changing role of media
- Diversity issues
- Budget management
- Instructional media production
- Professional ethics
CCUMC has been involved in many special projects supporting the field, including:
- producing a videoconference with PBS/ALSS on Designing Classrooms for Technology: Integration and Accessibility that aired on April 13, 2000, and a series of one-day workshops around the country to follow up on the information provided. VHS copies of the videoconference are available from the CCUMC Executive Office.
- providing leadership in the development of Educational Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines that involved both users and rights holders. These guidelines were adopted by the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, on September 27, 1996.
- producing two videoconferences with PBS/ALSS on educational multimedia fair use guidelines. VHS copies of these programs are available from the CCUMC Executive Office.
- publishing the Educational Film/Video Locator and the Precision One MediaSource CD-ROM in concert with Sustaining member companies.
- publishing a list of university film/video rental collections.
CCUMC Mission
The mission of CCUMC is to provide leadership and a forum for information exchange to the providers of media and technology support for quality teaching and learning at higher education institutions. Specifically, the consortium shall:
- advocate the accessibility and effective use of educational media.
- provide leadership in the development of standards for the effective implementation and management of instructional technology in higher education.
- foster cooperative efforts among colleges and universities and other institutions, agencies, foundations, and organizations in the solution of mutual problems.
- gather and disseminate information about educational, professional, and operational issues, including statistics important to the profession.
- develop and provide programs and services that will enable members to most effectively support the missions of their institutions.
- provide professional development opportunities for members.
- inspire, generate, and coordinate research and scholarship that advances the mission of CCUMC.