International Coalition of Library Consortia

SURFdiensten (SURF)
Website: http://www.surfdiensten.nl

Brief description

Dutch national licensing organisation, serving universities, research institutions and public libraries and their library consortia UKB and SHB.

SURFdiensten is a partner in SURF, the collaborative organisation in which research universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutions aimed at innovative ICT facilities operate at a national and an international level: http://www.surf.nl/en.

Legal structure

Other: Member-Supported

Primary functions

• Electronic content licensing
• Other: Software licensing

Number and type of member libraries

14 Universities, 46 Colleges, 140 Research Institutes, 100 Public

Last updated May 2009