NIMAC UPDATE

Julia MyersNicole GainesMay 2010

NIMAC Statistics

Accepted File Sets:

April 2009: 15,735

April 2010: 20,028

(27% Increase)

NIMAC Statistics

Publishers Working with NIMAC:

January 2009: 75

April 2010: 88

NIMAC Statistics

States/Outlying Areas Coordinating:

January 2009: 54

April 2010: 56

NIMAC Statistics

Authorized Users:

January 2009: 105

(from 31 states/ outlying areas)

April 2010: 155(from 53 states/outlying areas)

NIMAC Statistics

“National” AMP Authorized User Accounts:

RFB&D: 14Bookshare: 22

NIMAC Statistics

Accessible Media Producers:

January 2009: 105

January 2010: 135

NIMAC Statistics

Unique Downloads by AMPs:

April 2009: 504

April 2010: 1,885

(270% Increase)

NIMAC Statistics

Unique Downloads by AUs:

April 2009: 945

April 2010: 2,139

(126% Increase)

NIMAS InventoryJan 2010 Jan 2009

Textbooks: 4,335 2,690Other: 1,646 1,171Consumables: 1,864 1,174Supplementary reading materials: 11,743 7,536

TOTAL: 19,588 12,571

NIMAS InventoryFile Types by Percentage:

Textbooks: 22%Other: 8%Consumables: 10% Supplementary reading materials: 60%

TOTAL: 100%

DOWNLOADS

• 4,024 unique downloads by AMPs and AUs

• 18% of total inventory has been downloaded

• 32% of textbooks have been downloaded

Unique AU Downloads By Content Type

• 65% Textbooks

• 25% Supplementary reading materials

• 8% Consumables (workbooks)

• 2% Other (assessments, blackline masters, etc.)

Unique AMP Downloads By Content Type

• 73% Textbooks

• 14% Supplementary reading materials

• 12% Consumables

• 1% Other

Authorized User Downloads“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 01/11/2010

Account DownloadsWyoming Institute for Disabilities 284

George Mason University 158

Indiana Center for Accessible Materials (AU #1) 149

Indiana Center for Accessible Materials (AU #2) 128

Indiana Education Resource Center 120

Utah State Instructional Materials 117

University of Louisville 107Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind 66

Ohio State School for the Blind 63

Oregon Textbook & Media Center 56

AMP Downloads“Top 10” From 12/03/2006 through 01/11/2010

Account Downloads

Bookshare 1,013

APH 114

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic 94

Anamosa Braille Center 56

APEL Education Consultancy LLC 50

TechAdapt, Inc. 43

Transcribing Mariners 38

Braille Access Center 24

Arizona Instructional Resource Center 20

Calaveras County SELPA 13Braille Transcription Project of Santa Clara County 12

NIMAC 2.0!• “Went live” on January 6, 2010. • Mac compatibility in all portals!

– Authorized User– Accessible Media Producer– State Coordinator– Publisher– NIMAC Administrator– Public Search Interface

NIMAC 2.0!System Level Improvements:• Mac compatibility• Compatibility with non-IE browsers• More robust search engine (uniform

code across user portals)• Additional search options• Faster response time• More user-friendly navigation

NIMAC 2.0Authorized User Portal:• Access to complete AMP contact

information• Access to complete publisher contact

information• New Watchlist status information• Ability to “Batch Assign” files to

AMPs• Access to up-to-date file assignment

information by all users and AMPs

NIMAC 2.0Accessible Media Producer Portal:• Access to publisher contact

information• Enhanced Download Queue display• Ability to sort Download Queue by:

Date Assigned TitleDate Downloaded IdentifierAuthorized User Format

• Ability to Archive file assignments

NIMAC 2.0Publisher Portal• New tool that enables publishers to

convert metadata from Excel into correctly formatted, correctly tagged OPF metadata!

• OPF edit functionality within the portal itself. File sets no longer must be resubmitted to correct OPF errors!

• Download option for all inventory categories.

• Expanded search capabilities.

NIMAC 2.0 Trainings!

• New webcast trainings for AUs, AMPs, publishers and conversion houses

• 23 trainings offered January-March

• New documentation posted on NIMAC web site and on Support tabs within each portal

NIMAC Team

• Julia Myers, Project Director• Nicole Gaines, NIMAC Manager• Johanna Argo, NIMAC Support

Specialist• Tiffany Bradford, 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