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Charge
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The
Electronic Resources Committee (ERC) discusses new purchases and renewals of electronic
resources (including reference works, full-text databases, ebooks, electronic
journals, and related products); works with consortium staff to arrange
trials, review and evaluate products, and determine the level of interest
among the member institutions. The Electronic Resources Committee determines
which resources should be pursued for group purchase and creates equitable
cost distributions that adhere to the principles adopted by the Council. The
Committee also discusses policies related to the group purchase of electronic
resources and forwards recommendations to Council for consideration. The ER Program Manager is
responsible for facilitating the work of the Committee; negotiating
licenses, terms and conditions; ordering products; and arranging for payment
of invoices and billing of participating libraries. Consortium staff are also
responsible for the inclusion of non-member libraries and coordination with
other consortia.
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Membership
responsibilities
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Committee members represent
an entire member institution. Thus each representative is expected to gather
input from all relevant divisions, branches, autonomous libraries, etc. and
speak for the member institution. In addition ER Committee representatives
must be able to commit institutional resources. Vendor orders will be placed
and financial commitments made based on verbal and email statements made by
members of this committee.
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