This presentation will focus on the following consortia:
- PROBE/FAPESP -  Electronic Library Program  is a State of Sao Paulo consortium, created in 1999 with support of FAPESP - The State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation .
- Brazilian Scientific Information Portal/CAPES -  is a national Consortium, created in 2001 and sponsored by a federal government agency called CAPES - Coordination for Higher Level Graduates Improvement, at the Education Ministry;
- COPERE/SENAC - is a new national consortium, created in 2003 and coordinated by SENAC- a national service for professional qualification in commercial areas.