EVENTS

The 2009 Annual General Meeting and accompanying meetings took place at the Bibliothèque royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België (Bruxelles/Brussel), 5-7 November 2009.

It was attended by 37 representatives of CERL member libraries from 18 countries and by two members of LIBER, Dr Ann Matheson (LIBER General Secretary) and Mr Graham Jefcoate (Chair of the Steering Committee for Heritage Collections and Preservation). Members reviewed the activities of the Consortium during the previous year and approved plans for the coming year, including the membership fee for 2009-2012, the budget for 2009-2010, and the Strategic Plan for 2010-2015.

Members also discussed progress with the Consortium’s services (HPB, CERL Thesaurus, CERL Portal, and Provenance) and heard reports from OCLC, the Advisory Task Group, cooperation with Europeana, LIBER, and the Finance Committee and Secretariat.