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.
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 CERL Papers which record the contributions given at CERL‘s Annual Seminars.
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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 UK Web Archiving Consortium
CERL Newsletter – December 2008
CERL‘s December Newsletter is now available for downloading from CERL Newsletters.
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New CERL member in Estonia
We are very pleased to welcome the University of Tartu Library (Tartu Ülikooli Raamatukogu) as a new member of the Consortium.
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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.
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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.
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CERL Thesaurus provenance data
Provenance names from the Mendham Collection (Canterbury Cathedral Library) and from the EBOB database (Early Book Owners in Britain) have been added to the provenance names index on the CERL Thesaurus.
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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 demonstration of the Connexion Browser has been prepared for all first time users.
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