期刊出版商亟於從館際合作複印中抽取版權收益的想法，促成阿多尼斯計畫的成 形，由 Elsevier 公司於 1979 年提供構想，經二次調查研究證實資料被大量複印。隨著資 訊技術的進步，以光碟作全文影像處理，讓實現的可行性提高； 各項軟硬體的試驗自 1986 年起至 1989 年至 5 月止， 結果顯示確有可行性， 而於 1991 年 6 月產品上市。 據 ADONIS News 報導目前在 18 個國家有 60 餘文獻供應中心設有 ADONIS 系統，除了單機版 還有區域網路版， 一臺 ADONIS 工作站達到最多可接 7 座光碟箱（ jukebox ）存取 700 片光碟的先進技術。期刊收錄範圍原本以生物醫學為主，推出後市場反應還有必要擴及化學 等學科，而使得期刊文獻的供應方式出現一個新的嘗試，至少 ADONIS 提供出版商抽取複印 版權收益一途，為電子複印的發展而言奠下一個新的開端。

　　　　　Major serials publishers in attempting to have the control on copyright licensing from interlibrary loan processing gives the birth of the ADONIS project, proposed by Elsevier Publishing Co. in 1979. Two surveys were made to explore that their major publications had been photocopied in large quantity. The advances of information technology and image processing on CD-ROM triggered the trial. Trial. Trials were taken from 1986 to May 1989, the results support the commercialization of ADONIS. In June 1991 the first ADONIS product went to market, the December 1992 issue of the ADONIS News reported more than 60 document supply centers in 18 countries have installed ADONIS workstations. The recently developed Local Area Network version, by using SCSI adaptor to connect 7 jukeboxes, can access 700 CD-ROM discs. In addition to biomedical journals, the market demands to include titles in chemistry and related fields. ADONIS provides electrocopying a proper solution of copyright licensing, which the publishers never had before.