NIMAS Center

The NIMAS Center maintains and updates the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS), which guides the production of digital versions of textbooks and related instructional materials so they can be more easily converted to accessible formats, including Braille and text-to-speech.

See also the About NIMAS Center page on this site.

The NIMAS Standards Board

The work of the proposed NIMAS Center will be shaped by the expertise of the NIMAS Standards Board, representing curriculum publishers, disability advocates, technology specialists, accessible media producers, and other invested stakeholders. The NIMAS Center will maintain a close collaborative working relationship with the OSEP-funded National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM).

Following initial appointments in the Fall of 2009, governance procedures and membership will be publicized on the National Center on AIM web site, and annual Board meetings will continue to remain open to the public.

NIMAS Board Members List

List of members as of September, 2011

Winter 2012 NIMAS Meeting

The winter 2012 NIMAS Board meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida on January 25, 2012 in conjunction with ATIA’s annual conference.

1/25/12 Documents:
NIMAS Standards Board Meeting Agenda
NIMAS Requirements Relevant to File Validation
NIMAS Best Practices List for File Validation
NIMAS Standards Board Members Brief Biographies

Additional Information

What is NIMAS? Go to this page for a definition of NIMAS as well as a description of the NIMAS workflow cycle step-by-step.

History & Archives Go to this section for more on the history of the Standard and other NIMAS-related information.