As I noted in a posting earlier today to the ERIL-L list, there's an article in D-Lib Magazine that provides more details on OhioLINK's approach to the Big Deal: Gatten, Jeffrey N., and Tom Sanville. An Orderly Retreat from the Big Deal: Is It Possible for Consortia? D-Lib Magazine, 10(10). October 2004. http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october04/gatten/10gatten.html Bernie Sloan