EDEL / a European Digital Library for Economics

With mounting pressures on libraries caused by the ever-expanding range and number of information sources in print and electronic format, the attractions of library co-operation are clear. Areas for co-operation may be in sharing resources or technical expertise or in working together to obtain favourable licensing or purchasing conditions. Many library consortia are based at national or regional level. The Decomate II consortium is unusual in being subject-based across national borders, involving university libraries in six European countries.