CARLI offers products from vendors that have been vetted by our Commercial Products Committee and have gone through a contract process including a signed license agreement and completion of all State of Illinois documents and processes. The contract process is lengthy, and therefore CARLI starts negotiations with vendors they believe have wide interest within CARLI member libraries and can show that contracting with CARLI will provide a cost savings to libraries.
CARLI members range from small seminaries and nursing schools with less than 100 students to large research universities. Community Colleges make up 39 of our members, and approximately 100 institutions have less than 5K students. We also have a handful of museum libraries and independent research libraries.
More information about working with CARLI can be found in our E-Resources Brokering Program Values and our Electronic Resource Licensing Principles documents. Both of these documents need to be read before submitting the proposal form below so that vendors understand how CARLI works and the terms we require for all contracts.
All vendors doing business with CARLI should utilize the CARLI Standard License Agreement format for license agreements, including all current State of Illinois certifications.
To assist in the review of the proposal, please provide the following information about the product being offered:
E-Resources
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