This is the presentation of a survey about the initiatives of digital libraries in Italian universities. Conducted with the help of a monitoring form for coordinators and presidents of university libraries systems, the survey had the aim of collecting data and information about the initiatives promoted by universities in order to foster sharing and discussion of ongoing experiences and projects that are being started. The analysis of its results (done considering categories such as the involved subjects, times, costs, funding channels, technologies, ways of usage, etc.) according to the two authors highlighted the necessity of defining a common trend line for the Italian academic digital library, through which it's possible to achieve forms of coordination between existing initiatives, the adoption of international standards, the integration of technological tools, the use of non academic fund programmes
