The Conference is an initiative of the Electronic Resources Academic Library Link (ERALL) consortium which is formed by the eight members of the Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee (JULAC - i.e. the eight Hong Kong university libraries). The ERALL consortium purchases E-Books for shared and perpetual access among the eight member libraries. Funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) Restructuring and Collaboration Fund (RCF), the conference aims at exchanging experiences and best practices in strategic collection development, acquisitions, promotion and use of E-Books.