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NIMAC Update

Julia MyersNicole Gaines

NIMAC Statistics

Accepted File Sets:

February 2012: 30,251

January 2011: 23,815

(27% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

Publishers Working with NIMAC:

February 2012: 105

January 2011: 99

(6% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

States/Outlying Areas Coordinating:

February 2012: 57

January 2011: 57

NIMAC Statistics

Authorized Users:

February 2012: 180

January 2011: 177

NIMAC Statistics

Accessible Media Producers:

February 2012: 193

January 2011: 171

(13% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

“National” AMP Authorized User Accounts:

Learning Ally: 23

Bookshare: 35

NIMAC Statistics

Unique Downloads by AUs:

February 2012: 6,237

January 2011: 3,375

(85% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

Unique Downloads by AMPs:

February 2012: 4,675

January 2011: 3,144

(49% increase)

Unique Downloads

• 10,912 unique downloads by AMPs and AUs since the NIMAC has been in operation.

• Over 35% of the inventory has been downloaded at least once.

• Note: Figure does not include multiple downloads of a file by the same user to produce different formats. Actual use of NIMAS in accessible media production is greater than the number of unique downloads.

Downloads by Content Type

Textbooks 66%

Supplementary

Reading Materials 20%

Consumables (workbooks) 12%

Other (worksheets, etc.) 2%

TOTAL 100%

Inventory by Content Type

Textbooks: 25%

Other: 7%

Consumables: 10%

Supplementary

Reading Materials: 58%

TOTAL: 100%

NIMAC Inventory Growth

Jan 2011 Feb 2012

Textbooks: 5,773 7,545

Other: 1,738 2,167

Consumables: 2,500 2,874

Supplementary

reading materials: 13,804 17,665

TOTAL: 23,815 30,251

AU Downloads“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 02/29/2012

Account Downloads

CSMT (California) 1,684

George Mason University (Virginia) 401

Indiana Center for Accessible Materials 364

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities 358

Illinois Instructional Materials Center 232

Chicago Lighthouse 180

Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind 169

Indiana Center for Accessible Materials 166

Ohio State School for the Blind 156

University of Louisville 155

AMP Downloads

“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 02/29/2012Account Downloads

Bookshare 3,394

APH 353

Learning Ally 171

APEL Education Consultancy LLC 157

Anamosa Braille Center 95

Braille Access Center 85

Transcribing Mariners 64

TechAdapt 59

Arizona Instructional Resource Center 44

Shepherd 18

Recap of NIMAC Growth

Feb. 2012 Jan. 2011 Increase

Files accepted in prior 12 months

7,542 Files accepted in prior 12 months

4,249 78%

AU downloads 6,237 AU downloads 3,375 85%

AMP downloads 4,675 AMP downloads 3,144 49%

Files Available 30,251 Files Available 23,815 27%

“Louis Plus” Unified Search

• Allows single search of NIMAC and Louis.

• Utilizes Google Search Appliance and web service.

• Extensible to other repositories.

• Went live in July of 2011!

• Allows AU to go from Louis Plus search results directly to the NIMAC record for download.

2011 File Quality Issues

• Percentage of files downloaded in 2011 reported to have problems: .4% (four-tenths of one percent)

• Total number of problem reports in 2011: 25

• Problems determined to be issues with the AT device and not the file set: 2

• “Best practices” issues: 2 (Both were files in which text included in an image was not also transcribed in the XML. The publishers were alerted and voluntarily corrected and resubmitted the files.)

2011 File Quality Issues

• Problems for which NIMAC required resubmission by publisher: 21

• Percentage of cases in which publishers corrected and resubmitted file set: 100%

• Problems related to non-metadata OPF issues or XML declaration issues: 9

• Actual file content problems (XML tagging, images, etc.): 12

2011 File Quality Issues

Breakdown of issues in files with content problems:

• Pagination (missing, incorrect): 4

• Broken annoref, noteref links: 2

• Textual content (missing, incorrect): 3

• Image file problems (e.g., corrupt image file): 3

2011 File Quality IssuesDuring a recent visit to the Miami Accessible Media Project

in Indiana, staff mentioned these NIMAS file issues:

• Ordered lists incorrectly coded (Most common issue—need print book to discern)

• Table of Contents coding (Next most common issue)• Text embedded in an image not also included in XML file • Pagination tags incorrectly nested inside a list• Improper use of level headings (need print book to discern)• Incorrect image referenced in the XML (need print book to discern)• Sidebar placed incorrectly in the XML (need print book to discern)• Misspellings in XML

NIMAC Team

• Julia Myers, Project Director

• Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager

• Johanna Argo, NIMAC Support Specialist

• Tiffany Bradford-Oldham, NIMAC Support Specialist

• OverDrive NIMAC Team

How to Reach Us

• http://www.nimac.us

• 502-899-2230

• 1-877-526-4622 (1-877-52-NIMAC)

• nimac@aph.org