Note: this list will be modified and extended now that the HPB Database has moved to the OCLC operating environment (FirstSearch and Connexion) from 17 September 2007.
Members of the Consortium receive access to the following databases:
gives cataloguing staff and researchers a unique overview of which authoritative forms for authors, printers and place names are in use throughout Europe.
helps libraries to coordinate microfilming and other reformatting activities aimed at the preservation of printed information while at the same time serving as an instrument for ordering Service copies of reformatted books
Access can be negotiated for other files available on OCLC‘s servers.
Members of the Consortium may contribute bibliographical or authority records to the CERL resources, thereby increasing the visibility of their collections
Members of the Consortium receive copies of all CERL publications:
the series CERL Papers contains the papers presented at the CERL Seminar which is held in November of each year
the CERL Newsletter is published bi-annually
CERL occasionally prepares additional publications and reports
Members of the Consortium have access to CERL‘s community of rare-books specialists through seminars and workshops
Members of the Consortium can join in discussions and share specialist information through the Members area of the CERL web site (through password-controlled access)
Members of the Consortium have the opportunity to participate in the development of CERL‘s electronic and published resources
Members of the Consortium help to support CERL‘s initiatives at the European level in the field of Europe’s written and printed cultural heritage
Full Members may apply to have up to 15 cluster libraries associated with their membership. Cluster libraries are not members of the Consortium but can have access to the HPB Database.