Please excuse any cross postings. The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [The Alliance] is seeking proposals for the design, development, and integration of a robust user interface for its Alliance Digital Repository service. The interface will provide a customizable "look and feel" to the ADR's initial discovery and access portal, encompassing the searching, browsing, and viewing actions related to digital content, including jpegs, pdfs, xml documents, and audio and video files. The interface will bring together multiple software platforms (Fedora, Fez, XTF) currently used within the ADR. The interface will need to interact with existing PHP and JAVA programming. Objectives of the user interface design work are to: * Create a granular, customizable interface that ultimately allows for institutional/community branding, adjustable labeling and positioning of components (i.e. search boxes, results lists, etc.) * Provide a centrally managed, but easily distributed design customization environment * Generate templates that are geared not only towards different institutions, but also content types and audiences * Support integration with other services (Uportal, widgets, etc.) * Support interactions with local authentication services (LDAP, etc.) * Build off of the existing interface foundations provided by Fez and XTF You will find a timeline within the RFP. Please address all questions To jessica[at]coalliance.org on or before August 20, 2007. The Alliance will consider proposals from both vendors and independent contractors. To access the RFP document, please go to http://www.coalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=232&Item id=103g Jessica Branco Colati Project Director Alliance Digital Repository Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries 3801 E. Florida Ave., Suite 515 Denver, CO 80210 t: (303) 759-3399 x113 f: (303) 759-3363 e: [log in to unmask] w: http://www.coalliance.org