http://www.cerl.org/web/ 2009-01-05T21:11:24+00:00 http://www.cerl.org/web/ http://www.cerl.org/web/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-01-05T11:33:20+00:00 Kimberley Hart http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/cerl_portal/contents The portal presently comprises twelve separate files from ten institutions, i.e. CERL and nine others. The institutions are located in Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Six collections are harvested through the OAI-PMH protocol and stored locally in an integrated index; five (among which CERL‘s Hand Press Book Database) are accessed on the fly by Z39.50. Of the six harvested databases, the Manuscriptorium database has been divided i… text/html 2008-12-30T17:26:49+00:00 David Shaw http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/provenance/can_you_help Provenance queries CERL offers to host queries about provenance identications (see below). “ If you would like to submit a provenance enquiry for this page, please contact David Shaw. Please give a short description of the item, with a photograph (or a link to a photograph) if possible), and a link to further information if appropriate. ” text/html 2008-12-29T15:16:29+00:00 David Shaw http://www.cerl.org/web/en/main 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. text/html 2008-12-29T15:12:11+00:00 David Shaw http://www.cerl.org/web/en/news December 2008 CERL Newsletter -- December 2008 CERL‘s December Newsletter is now available for downloading from <http://www.cerl.org/web/en/publications/newsletter>. Topics include: * A new name for the HPB: Heritage of the Printed Book Database * The HPB Database is nearing the 3 million records mark * Access to OCLC WorldCat through FirstSearch and Connexion * CERL Portal: Manuscripts and Early Printed Material * CERL Thesaurus -- upcoming file loads * Digital Resources – … text/html 2008-12-23T14:45:40+00:00 Kimberley Hart http://www.cerl.org/web/en/publications/newsletter CERL‘s Newsletter is published twice a year in June and December. All CERL members receive a copy of the Newsletter electronically on publication. 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There is no charge. text/html 2008-12-15T17:12:54+00:00 Kimberley Hart http://www.cerl.org/web/en/membership/list_members Full Members (37) * Belgium * Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Brussels * Croatia * National and University Library, Zagreb * Denmark * Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen * Finland * Åbo Akademi University Library * The National Library of Finland, Helsinki text/html 2008-12-15T16:11:42+00:00 Kimberley Hart http://www.cerl.org/web/en/about/organisation Day-to-Day Management * Chairman: Prof Dr Elmar Mittler * Secretary: Dr David Shaw * Executive Manager: Drs Marian Lefferts * Assistant Executive Manager: Dr Otfried Czaika Board of Directors (2008-2009) * Chairman: Prof Dr Elmar Mittler * Secretary: Dr David Shaw * Treasurer: Drs Jan Bos, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague * Ms Milagros del Corral Beltrán, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid * Dr Antonia Ida Fontana, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence * Professor… text/html 2008-12-15T15:00:28+00:00 Kimberley Hart http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/hpb/public_access Access to the Heritage of the Printed Book Database can be made available in any of CERL‘s member libraries. Updated June 2008 Institution No. of terminals Location of terminals Belgium Brussels Bibliothèque royale de Belgique 1 Rare Books Reading Room Croatia Zadar Zadar Research Library 13 Reading Rooms Estonia Tallinn Academic Library of Tallinn University 86 All public access terminals France Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France 292 Reading Rooms Germany Berl… text/html 2008-12-07T16:54:32+00:00 David Shaw http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/provenance/sidebar Provenance Publications Online resources Incunables Manuscripts CERL Newsletter CERL Thesaurus Can you help? Submit new material Other CERL Resources text/html 2008-12-07T15:48:34+00:00 David Shaw http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/provenance/main Array Interest in provenance information goes in and out of fashion. Once it was a bibliophilic interest concerned with authors’ association copies and books belonging to great men. Following the rise of the history of the book in the 1980s and 1990s, provenance studies have become an important ingredient in the work of social and cultural historians dealing with questions of readership and literacy. The ownership of books by craftsmen and women is now as significant as that of kings and archb…