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Here's a working link to the RFP: http://bit.ly/13nAuYO -Wilhelmina Randtke On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:17 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR > > EPOCH (Electronically Preserving Obituaries as Cultural Heritage) > > FOR > > THE [ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM](http://www.ocls.info) > > > **See full RFP at **[http://bit.ly/13nAuYO](http://bit.ly/13nAuYO) > > Introduction and Purpose > > > OCLS is seeking proposals for the creation of an online website/content > management system. > > Overview > > Obituaries traditionally contain valuable genealogical and historical > information that is essential to a community's heritage. > With the dramatic decrease in the number of obituaries published through > traditional means due to the financial expense for the bereaved family, and > with the severe reduction in the amount of information contained in those > that > are published, communities are losing vital knowledge that helps future > generations understand their heritage. > > The EPOCH (Electronically Preserving Obituaries as Cultural Heritage) > project > will provide a service to the community, in that it will serve as a > depository > of information that will be held for future generations of researchers and > genealogists. Family and friends of the deceased can submit > detailed obituaries as a tribute to their loved ones, and in doing so help > build a meaningful history of the residents of the > community. With the ability to upload photos, videos and > other items, a multidimensional portrait of an individual and their > contributions to the community will be created. > > > Deadline for submission of RFP is March 18, 2013. > > > > Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/6504/ >