CERL has been acknowledged as a research institute, and as a project partner it benefits from the input, knowledge and expertise of its widespread network of European research libraries and staff. This is why over the years we have participated in several European projects, among others with the Europeana Foundation, The European Library, LIBER and communities of digital humanities researchers. CERL has been directly involved in projects funded by the British Academy, the European Research Council, the Polonsky Foundation, the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, Fondo Italiano per la Scienza.
Bridging HPC, Big Data, and Material Bibliography in the Study of the European Printed Heritage. A reordering and enrichment, involving a symbiosis between digital technologies and the bibliographical analysis of physical books.
Printing Revolution and American Collections (PrintRevUS) is a four-year project investigating the migration of 15th‑century European printed books to libraries in the United States during periods of political change
A portal which presents a virtual exhibition and digital resources such as videos, maps and data visualisations on the early history of printing
A project focused on small collections found in public or ecclesiastical institutions, such as the Monastery of Santa Scolastica in Subiaco
The Polonsky Dante 1481 project investigates the material history of the 1481 Florence edition of Dante’s Comedia printed by Nicolaus Laurentii
The results of a Marie-Curie Global Grant on the transforming knowledge of healing plants
Through the collection of extensive material evidence, the project investigates the production, distribution, sale and reception of 15th century printed books
PATRIMONiT records the material evidence (provenance, binding, decoration, manuscript notes, etc) of 16th-century copies of Italian ‘popular’ editions today preserved only at the British Library
The European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture (EDPOP) project developed an international network and a virtual research environment exploring early modern European popular print culture
A cloud-based infrastructure for Europeana to store and manage data while addressing legal, strategic and economic considerations
A virtual research environment integrating digital archives and resources for medieval and First World War history
The Manutius Network 2015 was created to highlight the enduring influence of Aldus Manutius and the Aldine Press
This project bring together the digital collections of 19 leading European research libraries
A forum for discussion and exchange on issues affecting rare book, manuscript, and special collections librarians worldwide
Biblissima+ is a multi-site digital infrastructure for research and service dedicated to the history of the transmission of ancient texts, from Antiquity to the Renaissance, in the West and in the East.
The LIBER Digital Scholarship and Digital Cultural Heritage Collections Working Group (LIBER DSDCH) is a network supporting knowledge and skills sharing among European libraries