025.0 DESIRE: Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education Project aiming to produce a sustainable approach to making searching, finding, browsing, accessing and retrieving multimedia resources as easy as possible, tools for the maintenance and security of information resources and mechanisms for monitoring the quality of information.
025.0 ELIB: Electronic Libraries Programme Major research programme, 1998 to 2001, which emerged from the Follett Report. The programme has resulted in around 60 projects in a number of areas: Access to Network Resources, Digitisation, Electronic Document Delivery, Electronic Journals, Electronic Short Loan, Images, On Demand Publishing, Preprints, Quality Assurance, Supporting Studies, Training and Awareness.
025.0 Information Society Website European Commission initiative to support, promote and orient private and public action in the field of the information society. Facilitates contacts between potential partners, raises awareness and provides a forum for pooling solutions.