The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization whose mission is to promote networked information technology as a way to further the advancement of intellectual collaboration and productivity. It is a joint initiative of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as well as EDUCAUSE. It was founded in 1990 and has grown to include over 200 institutions which include both for-profit and non-profit members.[1] It holds semi-annual conferences where its member organizations send representatives to discuss the current trends and activities of the networked information community.Its directors are also frequent contributors to scholarly journals in the information science field. It works on a consultative basis with many of its members, like for instance, it is working with the Library of Congress in an effort to map out a National Digital Preservation Program. It also works with international members in countries such as England and Germany. For the 2007-2008 year, CNI was involved with a number of research and development opportunities as it continues to work towards furthering the collaboration of the networked information community. Its activities include close work with the Open Archives Initiative, a focus on increasing campus infrastructure to support research programs, and helping supervise a risk analysis on the implications of the continuing shift towards digital content with respect to business continuity and the future of libraries. It will also be involved with the digital preservation movement and is a leading advocate for the movement towards electronic theses and dissertations.[2]