Type of committee

Standing committee

Charge

The Committee on Electronic Resources (CER) meets regularly to discuss new electronic resources (including reference works, full-text databases, and electronic journals), to arrange trials, to review and evaluate product performance, and to determine the level of interest among the represented libraries for both new purchases and renewals. For each product, one or more committee members work as a subgroup to negotiate price and access issues with the vendor. The committee is also responsible for determining an equitable cost distribution that adheres to the principles adopted by the Orbis Council. The chair or designated committee member is responsible for ordering the product, signing the licensing agreement, and working with Orbis and UO (fiscal agent) staff to arrange for payment of the invoice and billing of participating libraries. Council encourages maximum use of email in conjunction with Orbis-funded meetings (see funding policy). CER is supported by Orbis staff who produce committee meeting minutes, track the status of licensing projects, maintain a CER Web site, maintain key data (e.g., ip address ranges, enrollment), coordinate meetings, and work with UO staff to pay invoices and bill libraries. Requests for additional funding or staff support should be presented to the Orbis Executive Committee.

Timeline

CER is a standing committee. Meeting minutes should be produced and distributed to committee members and Orbis staff for distribution to Council. An annual written report is submitted to Council.

Funding

Membership

Members:

Each Orbis or Portals member institution may designate one staff person as a member of CER.

Chair:

Barbara Valentine, Linfield. Appointed: 2001 July

Tuesday, December 22, 1998

List of Members

Central Oregon Community College	Cat	Finney	cfinney@cocc.edu	(541) 383-7559
Clark College	Joan	Carey	jcarey@clark.edu	(360) 992-2826
Eastern Oregon University	Diana	Gleason	dgleason@eou.edu	(541) 962-3523
George Fox University	Janis	Tyhurst	jtyhurst@georgefox.edu	(503) 554-2424
Lewis & Clark College	Joanna	Haney	haney@lclark.edu	(503) 768-7286
Linfield College	Barbara	Valentine	bvalen@linfield.edu	(503) 883-2573
Marylhurst University	Canon	Crawford	ccrawford@marylhurst.edu	(503) 699-6261
Mount Hood Community College	Teresa	Hazen	hazent@mhcc.edu	(503) 491-7694
Multnomah County Library	Greg	Doyle	gregd@multcolib.org	(503) 988-5319
Oregon Health and Science University	Dolores	Judkins	judkinsd@ohsu.edu	(503) 494-3478
Oregon Institute of Technology	Karen	Kunz	kunzk@oit.edu	(541) 885-1769
Oregon State University	Laurel	Kristick	Laurel.Kristick@orst.edu	(541) 737-7276
Pacific University	Lynda	Larremore	larremol@pacificu.edu	(503) 352-2102
Portland Community College (Sylvania)	Flora	Lippert	flippert@pcc.edu	(503) 977-4584
Portland State University	Sarah	Beasley	beasleys@pdx.edu	(503) 725-3688
Reed College	Heather	Whipple	hhw@reed.edu	(503) 788-6636
Seattle Pacific University	Carrie	Fry	cfry@spu.edu	(206) 281-2124
Southern Oregon University	Emily	Miller-Francisco	millere@sou.edu	(541) 552-6819
University of Oregon	Barbara	Jenkins	jenkins@oregon.uoregon.edu	(541) 346-1925
University of Portland	Susan	Hinken	hinken@up.edu	(503) 943-7419
University of Puget Sound	Donna	Bachmann	bachmann@ups.edu	(253) 879-3619
Washington State University - Vancouver	Karen	Diller	diller@vancouver.wsu.edu	(360) 546-9681
Western Oregon University	Anne	Fox	foxa@wou.edu	(503) 838-8892
Whitman College	Lee	Keene	keenelp@whitman.edu	(509) 527-5917
Willamette University	Ford	Schmidt	fschmidt@willamette.edu	(503) 375-5407

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Committee Chair: Barbara Valentine, Linfield

Last updated: Sept. 26, 2002

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