The ICAM Flowchart explains the process of how accessible textbooks and materials are obtained for a student with a print disability.

ICAM Flowchart -

The following sites will provide national trends and policies in technology for alternative media:

• NIMAS@CAST
  http://nimas.cast.org
• NICHCY, IDEA 2004 Training Module 8
  http://www.nichcy.org/training/contents.asp#NIMAS
• OSEP, Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004, NIMAS
  http://idea.ed.gov/explore/home

7/15/08

The annual calendar for the Indiana Educational Resource Center (IERC) is a continuum for the local DRMs to follow when requesting or returning materials for students with vision impairments that are needed from the IERC. The dates listed are in accordance with mandates for visually impaired students. Those timelines will affect the delivery of requested materials for the visually impaired student(s) in the DRM’s school corporation. The calendar timeline is for students with vision impairment only.

IERC Annual Calendar

7/15/08

If requesting current textbooks that are on the Indiana State Textbook Adoption List it is not necessary to include the NIMAS conformant language in the contract with the publisher. However, for publishers contracts for curriculum materials that are not on the Indiana State Textbook Adoption List the language needs to be included. For local educational agencies using one template for all publishers’ contractual agreements it is appropriate for the language to be included.  Below is a sample of the language that districts may want to incorporate into their contract agreements with publishers.
According to the NIMAS/Cast Website;

MS Word 2003 Format
Adobe PDF

 

7/15/08

The information in this link is an agency version of Indiana's special education rules promulgated in the Indiana Administrative Code at 511 IAC 7-17 through 7-31. The official version of the rules may be found in the Indiana Register (http://www.in.gov/legislative/iac/irtoc.htm). Schools and organizations are encouraged to reprint and disseminate Article 7. Article 7 is not protected by copyright and anyone may produce unlimited copies.

http://baby.indstate.edu/iseas/art71.html

http://www.doe.in.gov/exceptional/speded/laws.html

9/01/2007

http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/copyright.html

9/01/2007

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/intellectualProperty/copypol2.htm

6/14/2007

Effective immediately, the NIMAC wishes to advise all publishers, SEAs and LEAs that, after conferring with OSEP, NIMAC has determined that it will not accept "advance copy" file sets into the repository. Because "advance copy" versions of instructional materials are not the final versions approved for use in the classroom, they are not appropriate for use in the creation of specialized formats for blind, visually impaired and print disabled students. Accepting these versions into the repository introduces the risk that specialized formats will be produced using file sets that are not corrected, final versions. Students then receiving these formats could receive a product that is significantly different or inferior to the version received by their non-disabled peers. NIMAC requests that SEAs and LEAs please keep this policy in mind when drafting language for publisher contracts requiring the submission of files to NIMAC. Please do not require "advance copy" file sets to be submitted as NIMAC will not accept these file sets. We also ask that publishers who may be voluntarily submitting files in anticipation of future requests also refrain from submitting files until the finalized version, usually known as the "B Printing," is available. Please contact the NIMAC at 877-526-4622 if you have any questions regarding this policy statement.

Local Educational Agencies who have opted in to coordinate with the National Instructional Materials Center (NIMAC) and the Indiana Center for Accessible Materials (ICAM) must register their appointed Digital Rights Manager(s) (DRM) with the Indiana Department of Education/Center for Exceptional Learners.  Registered DRMs will receive a secure login and password for the purpose of ordering specialized formats of K-12 textbooks and core instructional materials. For more information on registering DRM's, superintendents should see http://www.icam.k12.in.us/DJ/DRMRegistration.aspx