document: The role of CAUL -LRB- Council of Australian Libraries -RRB- in consortial purchasing The Council of Australian University Librarians , constituted in 1965 for the purposes of cooperative action and the sharing of information , assumed the role of consortial purchasing agent in 1996 on behalf of its members and associate organisations in Australia and New Zealand . This role continues to grow in tandem with the burgeoning of electronic publication and the acceptance of publishers of the advantages of dealing with consortia . The needs of the Australian university community overlap significantly with consortia in North America and Europe , but important differences are highlighted
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