The organisation of the Consortium and the responsibilities of its bodies are laid down in the Consortium agreement signed by the members. The Consortium’s bodies are the Assembly of Members (represented by SLiNER), the Steering Committee with the President, the Extended Board and the Consortium Head Office.
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee defines the Consortium’s strategic focus. Its members represent the various library and university types, the German and French-speaking parts of Switzerland and the academic sector. The steering committee is appointed by the board of SLiNER and reports to it on its activities.
| Name | Function/Representative of | Voting rights |
| Dr. Wilfried Lochbühler | President, cantonal universities | Voting member |
| Jeannette Frey | Vice President, cantonal universities | Voting member |
| Marie Fuselier | Representative cantonal universities | Voting member |
| Dr. Alice Keller | Representative cantonal universities | Voting member |
| Andreas Kirstein | Representative ETH Domain | Voting member |
| Dr. Lothar Nunnenmacher | Representative ETH Domain | Voting member |
| Cristina Carlino | Representative Chamber of universities of applied sciences and arts, swissuniversities | Voting member |
| Ömer Even | Representative Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education, swissuniversities | Voting member |
| Dr. Thomas Marty | Director SLSP | Advisory member |
| Susanne Aerni | Head Consortial Services | Advisory member |
| Simon Zemp | Representative General Secretariat of swissuniversities | Advisory member |
| Maurizio Toneatto | Representative State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI | Advisory member |
| Brigitte Schubnell | Representative Chamber of universities of applied sciences and arts, swissuniversities | Advisory member |
| August Scherer-Hug | Representative Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education, swissuniversities | Advisory member |
Extended Board
The Extended Board is composed of the President and Vice President of the Steering Committee and another member. The President calls the Extended Board as and when needed.
President: Dr. Wilfried Lochbühler, Director of the Main Library at the University of Zurich
Vice President: Jeannette Frey, Director of the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Lausanne
Member of the Extended Board: Dr. Rafael Ball, Director of the ETH Library in Zurich
Consortium Head Office
The Head Office is responsible for the Consortium’s operative business: it organises and coordinates the shared licensing of electronic information resources for Swiss academic libraries and provides various services for its members and customers. The tasks of the Head Office are set out in the service contract with SLSP AG.
The Head Office also serves as a contact point for academic libraries, organises the flow of information, keeps in regular contact with the libraries and is responsible for PR.