Collection Security Summer School 2026
Researching and recording printers’ devices: current activities and new perspectives
Organized by: CERL Security Network Working Group
Speaker(s): Anna Magdalena Lindskog Midtgaard,Bente Lavold,Brian O'Donnell,Henk Raap,Jacqueline Lambert,Ruth Tove Trang-Liljar,Victoria Nordling
The 9th edition of the the CERL Collection Security Summer School will take place on 16-18 September 2026 and is hosted by the National Library of Norway, Henrik Ibsens gate 110, Oslo.
Hotels nearby the National Library and close to the airport train:
Programme
– 13:00: Welcome and Introductions by the participants – Jacqueline Lambert (KBR and Chairman of the Security Working Group) and Bente Granrud (National Library of Norway)
– 13:30: About the CERL Security Working Group, things it produces and this Summer School – Jacqueline Lambert
– 13:50: Breaking the Path to Theft: Building Barriers, Sharing Responsibly – Henk Raap (KB the National Library of the Netherlands)
– 14:45: BREAK
– 15:15: When a stamp misleads: facsimiles, false provenance, and collection security. An early precursor to subsequent library theft cases– Anna Magdalena L. Midtgaard (Royal Library Denmark), followed by a group discussion
– 16:15: A tour of the exhibition spaces in the National Library of Norway
– 17:30: END / SOCIAL TIME
– 19:00: Dinner at your own expense – Barcode Streetfood
– 9:15: Assemble in the meeting room
– 9:30: A tour of the stacks in the National Library of Norway
– 10:40: BREAK
– 11:15: How we found books bought from nazified Jewish antiquarian bookshops in The National Library of Norway – Bente Lavold (Researcher III, Rare books and Manuscripts section, National Library of Norway)
– 12:30: LUNCH
– 13:30: Workshop on the QAT discussion cards, including an exploration of the ‘what-if’ approach – Jacqueline Lambert
– 15:00: BREAK
– 15:30: Developing a new Collection Storage Solution – thoughts and issues impacting on Collection Security – Brian O’Donnell (National Library of Ireland), followed by a group discussion
– 17:00: END / SOCIAL TIME
– 19:00: Dinner at your own expense – Paleet Food Hall
– 9:00: Assemble at the University of Olso, Faculty of Law Library, Observatoriegata 1b, Oslo.
– 9:10: Visit at the University of Oslo
– 10:15: Walk back to the National Library of Oslo and BREAK
– 10:45: Assessment of Intrinsic Value of Special Collections for a Revised Disaster Recovery Plan at NTNU University Library – Ruth Tove Trang-Liljar, Head of Section for Special collections, and University Librarian Erlend Lund, NTNU Library Norway
– 11:15: Starting from scratch: Involving aspects of preventive conservation into a daily staff routine – Victoria Nordling (University Library, Uppsala University), followed by a group discussion
– 12:15: Short reports from participants and CONCLUSION
– 13:00: LUNCH in the NLN cantine, at your own expense
