• Facilitation of print-based and network publications.

• Participation in various conferences, meetings, workshops and committees on an institutional, regional, national and international basis.

• Contributions to standards efforts; through collaboration with key funding agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Department of Education, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

• Participation in organizations such as the World Wide Web Consortium and the Internet Society.

Of particular note in this area are our contributions to the Library of Congress's efforts to map out a National Digital Preservation Program, and to various studies and programs conducted by the US National Research Council. On an international level, we collaborate with other national organizations concerned with networked information, such as the UK Office of Library Networking (UKOLN) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) in the UK, DINI in Germany, and SURF, the Dutch higher education and research partnership organization for network services and information and communications technology.

As well as contributing to the programs of our sponsor organizations, the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, we also support, contribute to, and collaborate closely with other organizations that share in specific aspects of our programmatic interests and priorities as a strategic part of our own program work. These include:

• The University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID). This organization manages the Internet2 initiative to promote advanced networking and applications within the higher education community. CNI is represented on the Internet2 Applications Strategy Council and works with UCAID on numerous interests, including video and multimedia applications and standards, and high-bandwidth content-intensive applications.

• The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). CLIR addresses a broad range of issues involving the scholarly communication system, higher education and libraries. The Digital Library Federation (DLF) is a CLIR program focused on the use of digital library technologies within research libraries. CNI collaborates extensively with CLIR and DLF on issues ranging from digital preservation to metadata.

• The Digital Library Federation (DLF) focuses on the use of digital library technologies within research libraries. CNI collaborates extensively with DLF on issues ranging from digital preservation to metadata.

• CNI and IMS Global Learning Consortium have formed an alliance designed to explore the development of common architectural and functional models leading to joint specifications and improved technical interoperability in both digital libraries and learning object repositories.

The Coalition also contributes to the development of the networked information community by hosting electronic discussion groups, such as the CNI-COPYRIGHT forum, and acting as a distribution point for materials via its website and the CNI-ANNOUNCE e-mail list.