NIMAC Update
Julia Myers
Nicole 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:
Bookshare:
23
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
Supplementary
Reading Materials
Consumables (workbooks)
Other (worksheets, etc.)
66%
TOTAL
100%
20%
12%
2%
Inventory by Content Type
Textbooks:
Other:
Consumables:
Supplementary
Reading Materials:
25%
7%
10%
TOTAL:
100%
58%
NIMAC Inventory Growth
Jan 2011
Feb 2012
Textbooks:
Other:
Consumables:
Supplementary
reading materials:
5,773
1,738
2,500
7,545
2,167
2,874
13,804
17,665
TOTAL:
23,815
30,251
AU Downloads
“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 02/29/2012
Account
CSMT (California)
Downloads
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 02/29/2012
Account
Bookshare
Downloads
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 Issues
During 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
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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