NIMAC Update Julia Myers Nicole Gaines
Mar 27, 2015
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)