CIPE is a consortium of University Libraries of 11 Italian University (University of Ancona, Bologna, Firenze, Genova, Modena e Reggio Emilia, Padova, Parma, Pisa, Sassari, Siena e Venezia Ca’ Foscari). CIPE works in particular in the field of digital documentation, its diffusion, selection and retention. CIPE will be a center of guidance, promotion and support for knowledge sharing and cooperative development of expertise and services related to the acquisition, production and conservation of documental heritage and the optimal management of information in research of higher education and cultural heritage.
Principal Consortial Functions
Collections sharing
Electronic content licensing
Electronic content loading/presentation
Interlibrary loan/document delivery
Union lists/shared online catalogs