 Of special significance and impact have been the 2004 ICOLC Statement of Current Perspective and its widely disseminated and discussed successor statements of January 2009 and June 2010  These received wide play in the media and were the topics of a great deal of conversation throughout the consortial and scholarly communications industries.Proposals for statements ICOLC may issue come from within the ICOLC membership (in meetings, via e-mail); they gather support from members and take shape when a small working group is assigned to draft a statement.All ICOLC members are invited to review the drafts online and suggest changes, with iterated revision by a stated deadline.