This speech was hold at the round-table conference “Projects and Strategies” in the 14th Seminario Vinay "bibliotECONOMIA": the digital frontier, which took place in Venice on the 5th of April 2003, Fondazione Querini Stampalia. This speech focused on a comparison between three projects: the digitalization plan of BEIC, the copyright form of the Biblioteca Digitale Italiana and the proposal for the European project of Digital Math Library, presented in the 6th Framework Programme. The speech dealt with the following topics: 1) comparison between the three different projects; 2) Common issues raising from the benchmarking of the projects: the core points to consider; 3) Strategies for local, national and European process of digitalization; 4) Conclusions.