==== Promoting Europe's cultural heritage in manuscript and print ====
CERL seeks to share resources and expertise between research libraries with a view to improving access to, as well as exploitation and preservation of the European printed heritage in the hand-press period (up to //c. // 1830). The organisation was formed in 1992 on the initiative of research libraries in many European countries and legally came into being in June 1994. Welcome to our site.
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[[:en:resources:hpb:main|{{ :en:press.jpg?80|A wooden common press}}]] **HPB Database**
The Heritage of the Printed Book in Europe, c. 1450 - c. 1830. A database of records from major European and North American research libraries.
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**CERL Thesaurus**\\
Multi-lingual information about names of persons and places found in catalogues of books of the hand-press period.
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**CERL Portal**\\
Cross-searching of catalogues of European manuscript materials, with the option to search selected early-printed books databases.\\
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**Publications**\\ Includes the series of [[:en:publications:cerl_papers|CERL Papers]] which record the contributions given at CERL's Annual Seminars.\\
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[[:en:services:seminars:main|{{ en:seminar2005.png?80|CERL Seminar, Rome, 2005}}]]
**Seminars and Workshops**\\
The Consortium holds annual international seminars and regular regional and national workshops.\\
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**Provenance Information**\\
Web pages about publications and web sites on provenance. The CERL Thesaurus links personal names to web-based catalogues containing books owned by them.\\
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This site is archived as part of the initiative of the [[http://www.webarchive.org.uk|UK Web Archiving Consortium]]
//**News**//
** CERL Newsletter -- December 2008 **\\ CERL's December Newsletter is now available for downloading from [[en:publications:newsletter]].\\ [[en:news#CERL Newsletter -- December 2008|Read more...]]
** New CERL member in Estonia **\\ We are very pleased to welcome the [[http://www.utlib.ee/en/index.php|University of Tartu Library]] (Tartu Ülikooli Raamatukogu) as a new member of the Consortium.\\ [[en:news#New CERL member in Estonia|Read more...]]
** More new files on the CERL Thesaurus **\\ Imprint names from Francisco Vindel, //Escudas y marcas de impressores y libreros en Espana durante los siglos XV a XIX (1485-1850)// with links to digitised printers' devices.\\
Warsaw University Library, Authority file for personal name headings.\\ [[en:news#More new files on the CERL Thesaurus|Read more...]]
** CERL seeks a new Company Secretary **\\
Dr David Shaw has indicated that he wishes to step down as CERL's Company Secretary in 2009. The Consortium has set in motion a selection process for the appointment of a successor. \\ [[en:news#CERL seeks a new Company Secretary|Read more...]]
** CERL Thesaurus provenance data **\\
Provenance names from the [[:en:resources:provenance:canterbury_cathedral:mendham|Mendham Collection]] (Canterbury Cathedral Library) and from the [[http://www.kallimachos.net/cgi-bin/ebob/spc.pl|EBOB database]] (Early Book Owners in Britain) have been added to the provenance names index on the CERL Thesaurus.\\ [[en:news#More provenance data added to the CERL Thesaurus|Read more...]]
** Using OCLC's Connexion Browser to access HPB records in MARC21 format **\\ CERL members may now use OCLC's Connexion client and browser facilities for retrieval, downloading and editing of HPB records. A recording of a [[https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=25177687&rKey=C872B65B7E797780|demonstration of the Connexion Browser]] has been prepared for all first time users.\\ [[http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/hpb/technical/modes_of_access_to_the_hpb_database|Read more ...]]\\
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