CERL Annual Seminar 2012
Accessing heritage research collections through digitisation: models and use
Organized by: CERL, the British Library led by Adrian Edwards worked with the CERL Secretariat Rare Books and Special Collection Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
Speaker(s): Aly Conteh,Amanda Saville,Andrew Prescott,Eric Dussert,Gabriel Egan,José Antonio Magán Wals,Kristian Jensen,Marieke van Delft,Rachel Heuberger,Rachel Marshall,Ulf Göranson
The 2012 CERL Annual Seminar was held on Tuesday 30 October 2012 at the British Library in London. Under the title Accessing heritage research collections through digitisation: models and use, the seminar aimed to
review the wide range of digitisation initiatives taking place in Europe and to highlight the partnership and licensing models behind them. Issues such as funding, content selection, product design, and sustainability were covered by librarians, and a small panel considered the issues from the point of view of researchers and educators working with digital resources.
As the host institution, staff at the British Library led by Adrian Edwards worked with the CERL Secretariat to organise the seminar, shape the programme, and seek sponsorship. In order to reach the largest audience in the host country, the Rare Books and Special Collection Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) was also brought in as a co-organiser.
Programme
– 09.30-10.00: Registration
– 10.00-10.15: Opening & Welcome – Kristian Jensen (Head of Arts & Humanities, British Library, London) – Ulf Göranson (Chair, Consortium of European Research Libraries)
Presentations
- Aly Conteh (British Library, London): Planning digitisation projects: presentation
- Rachel Marshall (British Library, London): Licensing models: presentation
- José Antonio Magán Wals (Complutense University, Madrid): Case study 1: Google Books: presentation
- Rachel Heuberger (Goethe University Library, Frankfurt): Case study 2: Judaica Europeana: presentation
- Eric Dussert (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris): Case study 3: Gallica: presentation
- Marieke van Delft (National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague): Case study 4: Working with commercial partners: presentation
A Five Minute Rant for the Consortium of European Research Libraries – Tim Hitchcock, Professor of Eighteenth-century History and Co-Director, Old Bailey Online.
