International Coalition of Library Consortia

FinELib
Website: http://www.nationallibrary.fi/libraries/finelib

Brief description

The Finnish National Electronic Library, FinELib, is a consortium supporting Finnish research, teaching and learning by promoting the availability and use of high quality information throughout Finnish society.

The consortium comprises Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, public libraries and a number of research institutes and special libraries.

Legal structure

Government-supported

Primary functions

• Electronic content licensing
• Training
• Other: Collection of usage information centrally; Running user surveys annually; Running consortium surveys; Development of a national portal to access e-resources; Coordination of user training
  

Number and type of member libraries

Academic: 44 (17 universities and 24 polytechnics); 342 Public; 38 research institutes