International Coalition of Library Consortia

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries
Website: http://lib.consortium.ch/index.php

Brief description

The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries includes all university libraires in Switzerland, together with the National Library, and seeks to provide them with the best information resources possible.

Legal structure

Government/University-supported

Primary functions

• Electronic content licensing
• Electronic content loading/presentation
• Training
• Other: Help Desk, Project studies for electronic archiving
  

Number and type of member libraries

15 libraries of 10 universities, 2 technical universities, 4 research institutions, 13 universities of applied sciences, Swiss National Library, 10 secondary consortium partners.

Additional material/URLs

http://lib.consortium.ch/Projekt_e.html