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Presents results of a two‐year trial, undertaken by the ADONIS Consortium, in which CD‐ROM containing facsimile images of pages of articles, abstracts, editorials, letters and other items from 219 biomedical journals were delivered to document supply centres. Shows sufficient potential for the members of the ADONIS Consortium to introduce a commercial service.

Describes the change in the perception of the ADONIS project 14 years after its introduction. Outlines the original mission – to use new technology to provide copies of copyright articles more efficiently, and to take net efficiency gain as a usage or copyright fee. Details the present ADONIS service – its mission is the same although the manner of achieving it has changed – providing a history of the last ten years; lists recent developments, planned developments and highlights the main problem of ADONIS to be pricing.