[Genealib] Re: Digital Publishing - Indexing

[BeanyCecil at aol.com]

Note: "Custodians may choose to publish the records by themselves or with  
the assistance of FamilySearch or affiliate genealogical websites and historical 
 societies. The free services are a boon to archives and other records 
custodians  who wish to digitize, index, publish, and preserve their collections."
 
See below for more information.  This is out of date, but it may still  be 
worth looking into.
 
Deborah Bruno
San Diego, CA
 
Records Access Program Begins Genesis Project
15 May  2007

FamilySearch initiates digital publishing  proposal
 
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—FamilySearch today began distributing a Request for  
Information (RFI) for its Genesis project—a key component of the Records Access  
Program announced in May 2007.
 
The Records Access program increases public access to vast genealogy  
collections worldwide by enabling record custodians to publish their records  online. 
Custodians may choose to publish the records by themselves or with the  
assistance of FamilySearch or affiliate genealogical websites and historical  
societies. The free services are a boon to archives and other records custodians  
who wish to digitize, index, publish, and preserve their collections.
 
The RFI for the Records Access Genesis Project involves evaluating a  
proposed publishing model for preparing digital information (images and/or  indexes) 
related to certain genealogical record datasets. The initial datasets  target 
an impressive list of censuses, civil registrations, and church, land,  and 
military records that FamilySearch intends to publish online within the next  24 
months.
 
The RFI seeks responses from both records custodians and service providers  
who are interested in publishing the datasets listed in the RFI. The datasets  
are only a sample of the projects FamilySearch intends to publish.
 
Submitters are also encouraged to suggest alternative datasets of similar  
types or even alternative publishing models that might better fit their business 
 needs. FamilySearch intends to produce the projects with the appropriate 
records  custodian and therefore may amend listed datasets, modify the 
requirements, or  extend the timeframe required to publish any given dataset.
 
Records custodians and service providers interested in participating in  this 
groundbreaking initiative should download the cover letter and download the  
request for information. Inquiries may be directed to David Harding (_hard
ingdp at ldschurch.org_ (mailto:hardingdp at ldschurch.org) ) or Ransom  Love 
(_loverh at ldschurch.org_ (mailto:loverh at ldschurch.org) ).
 
Note that completed RFI's must be received by September 14,  2007.




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