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Digitising film distribution and screeningafter norway, the netherlands is the first country where the distribution and exhibition of films will be 100% digital. whereas financial and political obstacles have to be overcome in many countries to achieve full digitisation, the digitisation of the film sector is at an advanced stage in the netherlands. the dutch exhibitors association, the dutch film distributors' association and eye film institute netherlands joined forces to found cinema digitaal bv in january 2011. this unique joint venture is a collective, national approach to digitisation, which makes a fast, coordinated transition possible. the total cost of the cinema digitaal project is usd 52 million. cinema digitaal was co-financed by the ministry of economic affairs (usd 4.2 million from the programme implementation agenda for ict policy (prima)) and the netherlands film fund (usd 2.8 million). the film distributors operating in the netherlands bore the largest part of the project cost. effective cooperation between different players on the market and a relatively small government contribution – which was nevertheless very important to the film theatres – ensured that a close-knit network of cinemas has been retained and no dutch cinemas or film theatres would disappear as a result of digitisation.public librariesthe dutch library sector has been decentralised and includes about 160 local or regional library organisations, about 10 provincial organisations and 14 specialist libraries. because the supply and use of print media are in decline in all sectors of society, while the supply and use of digital media are undergoing a dramatic increase, the public library sector has for some years been building up a national digital library with the support of the minister of education, culture and science. the digital library will ensure that the public libraries continue to perform their public tasks in the digital domain. new legislation on libraries is set to enter into force on 1 january 2015 to ensure that this process is properly regulated.