Audio Book Distribution System Design. (Final Report for March 2005-June 2006)

摘要

This report presents findings and recommendations developed by ManTech International Corporation for the Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), for work performed under Order Number GSTOO05AF5023. The objective of Task 2 of the project was to develop the design for the selected future distribution system for Digital Talking Books (DTBs). While NLS generally intends to implement the Hybrid DTB distribution system, which was recommended in Phase 1 of the project for implementation, it is possible that NLS may not implement 000 Centers and that DTB distribution may be performed exclusively via mass-duplication and library-based distribution. Therefore, system designs for both the All Mass-Duplication and Hybrid distribution systems are described in the report. The report describes the future audio book distribution system. Data were collected from NLS, network libraries and several other sources, compiled and analyzed in order to update the statistical profile of the current system and to model the future DTB distribution system and estimate costs for the same.