This report is part of the Eurilia (European Initiative in Library and Information in Aerospace) project, the aim of which is to enhance the Libraries’ R&D and education process which underpins the aerospace sector by establishing a new service based on a standardised pan- European system for information access, retrieval, image browsing and document delivery. This will in turn extend the access and availability of major aerospace collections. The partners in this project are: University of Limerick, Delft University of Technology, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sup’Aero, ENSAE - Ecole National Superieure de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace, Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial, Cranfield University. This report was originally presented at the international seminar on Eurilia held at Cranfield University in July 1994. The report was subsequently submitted to the EC as Eurilia (European Initiative in Library and Information in Aerospace), Pre-project Audit, Project LIB-EURILIA/3-2083 funded by the European Action Programme for L