The theme in the present issue is Online distribution. All the Scandinavian countries are involved in buying licenses for electronic journals, and we have therefore asked a Swedish journalist to take a closer look at how this is being managed in the four different countries.
From Denmark we hear about some major steps forward in relation to online distribution of music and movies. Norway presents a status on their nation-wide project kulturnett.no as well as introducing us to Seniornett.no, and Finland examines the position of Libraries.fi as a national Internet service.

Jonna Holmgaard Larsen
Editor-in-chief
jhl@bs.dk

Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly Volume 37, no. 4, 2004 SPLQ Danish National Library Authority Nyhavn 31 E DK-1051 Copenhagen K splq@bs.dk Legally responsible publisher: Jens Thorhauge, jth@bs.dk Editor-in-chief: Jonna Holmgaard Larsen, jhl@bs.dk Assistant editor: Vibeke Cranfield, vhc@bs.dk Co-editors: Sidsel Hindal, sidsel.hindal@abm-utvikling.no The Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority Barbro Wigell-Ryynänen, Barbro.Wigell-Ryynanen@minedu.fi Finnish Ministry of Education, Dep. for Cultural Policy Helena Kettner Rudberg, helena.rudberg@kulturradet.se Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs Lay-out: Stæhr Reklame & Marketing ISSN 0036-5602 Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly (SPLQ) is published by the Nordic Public Library Authorities