[infoshare] Fw: [Nyi-l] Northstar Systems Inc. to produce digital audiocartridges

"SHARON JOYNER" <darlenjoy@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:03:35 -0500

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From: "Don Moore" <don.moore48@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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Subject: [Nyi-l] Northstar Systems Inc. to produce digital audiocartridges

Northstar Systems Inc. of Rancho Cucamonga, California, was awarded a

contract on August 22, 2008, to manufacture USB flash-memory cartridges

for use in distributing recorded audiobooks to patrons of the talking-book

program by the Library of Congress on behalf of the National Library

Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Washington, D.C.

The initial contract funding of more than $6.2 million will enable

Northstar to manufacture audio flash cartridges on which NLS will record

both new and existing titles over the next year. The base contract covers

three years with a unilateral government option for four additional years.

The books recorded on these cartridges will be distributed to the net work

of 128 libraries that serve approximately one-half million blind and

physically handicapped individuals through the United States and its

territories.

The cartridges purchased under this contract will permit all NLS recorded

books to be issued on either 512 MB or 1 GB cartridges. This will enable

each recorded book to be contained on a single cartridge, greatly

improving the current patron's experience of receiving multiple four-track

cassettes. In addition, Northstar is obligated to furnish participating

libraries and interested patrons with blank cartridges at prices fixed in

the contract. Specific procedures for purchase by these parties are being

determined.

Northstar has a manufacturing network that includes plants in Ireland,

Japan, Taiwan, China, and Singapore, providing a total of one million

square feet of production space.

The corporation is an active member of the Bluetooth Special Interest

Group, SD Association, USB-IF Committee, Compact Flash Organization, and

MemoryStick Organization.

In June 2008 contracts were signed with Shinano-Kenshi Corporation

Ltd./Plextor-LLC of Culver City, California, to begin production of

digital talking-book players and with LC Industries in Hazlehurst,

Mississippi, to produce mailing containers for the cartridges.

This Northstar Systems contract is the final agreement necessary for the

conversion of the national talking-book program from analog to digital.

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