Denmark’s Electronic Research Library (DEFF) is an inter-ministerial collaborative organisation for Danish educational, academic and research libraries. DEFF is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and the Ministry of Education. The overall management of DEFF is in the hands of a coordination committee consisting of representatives from the three ministries mentioned above. The committee has the overall decision-making authority for DEFF. The strategic direction and grants for projects are decided by the DEFF steering committee which consists of representatives appointed by each ’owner ministry’ and an external chairwoman. The DEFF secretariat coordinates the daily work and services both coordination committee, steering committee and the four programme areas.