The Consortium of European Research Libraries is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England. All full members of the Consortium are partners in the company.
Membership is open to libraries anywhere in the world.
Each partner or member institution is invited to participate in annual meetings and allowed one vote in Consortium decisions. Members have the right to contribute records to the Hand Press Book Database and to utilise the Database for retrieving information and for the downloading of records. Group membership is available for six libraries or multiples of six at a reduced rate equalling four annual membership fees. Each group of six will have four votes. There can only be one National Library in each group.