NIMAC Update

Julia MyersJanuary 2012

NIMAC Statistics

Accepted File Sets:

January 2012: 29,490

January 2011: 23,815

(24% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

Publishers Working with NIMAC:

January 2012: 105

January 2011: 99

(6% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

States/Outlying Areas Coordinating:

January 2012: 57

January 2011: 57

NIMAC Statistics

Authorized Users:

January 2012: 176

January 2011: 177

NIMAC Statistics

Accessible Media Producers:

January 2012: 189

January 2011: 171

(11% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

“National” AMP Authorized User Accounts:

Learning Ally: 22

Bookshare: 33

NIMAC Statistics

Unique Downloads by AUs:

January 2012: 6,080

January 2011: 3,375

(80% increase)

NIMAC Statistics

Unique Downloads by AMPs:

January 2012: 4,494

January 2011: 3,144

(43% increase)

Unique Downloads

• 10,574 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 67%

Supplementary

Reading Materials 20%

Consumables (workbooks) 11%

Other (worksheets, etc.) 2%

TOTAL 100%

Inventory by Content Type

Textbooks: 25%

Other: 7%

Consumables: 9%

Supplementary

Reading Materials: 59%

TOTAL: 100%

NIMAC Inventory Growth

Jan 2011 Jan 2012

Textbooks: 5,773 7,389

Other: 1,738 2,055

Consumables: 2,500 2,790

Supplementary

reading materials: 13,804 17,256

TOTAL: 23,815 29,490

AU Downloads“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 01/01/2012

Account Downloads

CSMT (California) 1,611

George Mason University (Virginia) 396

Indiana Center for Accessible Materials 364

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities 358

Illinois Instructional Materials Center 232

Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind 169

Chicago Lighthouse 159

Indiana Center for Accessible Materials 157

University of Louisville 155

Ohio State School for the Blind 152

AMP Downloads

“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 01/01/2012Account Downloads

Bookshare 3,265

APH 325

Learning Ally 168

APEL Education Consultancy LLC 148

Anamosa Braille Center 91

Braille Access Center 83

Transcribing Mariners 64

TechAdapt 59

Arizona Instructional Resource Center 44

Shepherd 18

Recap of NIMAC Growth

Jan. 2012 Jan. 2011 Increase

Files accepted in prior 12 months

5,873 Files accepted in prior 12 months

4,249 38%

AU downloads 6,080 AU downloads 3,375 80%

AMP downloads 4,494 AMP downloads 3,144 43%

Files Available 29,490 Files Available 23,815 24%

“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