digital library consortia

[Tomaiuolo, Nicholas (Library)]

Dear Colleagues, 
Please forgive A) my crossposting this question and B)if it is somewhat out
of the list's scope.

Connecticut (USA) has launched a service that allows residents holding a
valid library card in its state access to an attractive list of database
resources.  In essence, students and residents in the state can perform
bibliographic database searches and retrieve citations and full-text when
available from periodicals.  Authenication, of course, is required. I
believe it is a great asset to any end-user. 

My question is: what other states, cuntries, or geographic consortia, have
similar projects in place?  I am aware of a couple others, but if you have
any information concerning "digital libraries" of this sort, could you pass
your comments, and URLs if known, on to me? [I hope this doesn't fall into
the 'DUH' category.]

On a side note, I think developments of this sort really beg the question
"is there a need for end-user subscription databases" such as Questia.

Thank you very much, 
Nick Tomaiuolo 
Reference Librarian 
Central Connecticut State University