The CIC is particularly interested in proposals that address the acquisition of key resources within a given discipline, and those proposals that support the development of a critical mass of important, research oriented information resources. Acquisition of all resources is self-funded through assessments on each participating university library. EROs developing proposals will be responsible for following these same steps, using the ERO list as the peer group. The process of selection and acquisition must be coordinated by one person from a CIC university library. If a peer email list is necessary to facilitate decision making, the CIC office will create one.
Coordinator conducts a survey of peers to identify interest and conduct environmental scan.
A standard survey form is available for use at . A sample proposal is available at . That ERO then submits the proposal to the ERO list for final review, and indication of intent to participate. Phase The ERO and coordinator submit the final proposal IV and list of interested universities to the CIC Center for Library Initiatives. The CIC negotiates with vendor, identifies final V terms, and forwards the license to the EROs for final agreement and signature.