October 2025

The CERL meetings are hosted by the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh. EH1 1EW (see Google maps. Please note that these days for travel to the UK (and if you do not have a British passport), you need to register for an ETA: https://www.gov.uk/eta/apply\\

Monday 20 October 2025 – Executive Committee
Tuesday 21 October 2025 – Seminar on Founding Collections
Wednesday 22 October 2025 in the morning – Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 22 October 2025 – meeting of the Board of Directors and guided tours for those who are not taking part in the Board meeting.

The second day of the seminar on Founding Collections is held on 5 December 2025 at the Guildhall Library in London (live stream will be available). The programme is published here.

  • Dinners

Monday night – 19:00 Ciao Roma, 64 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1LS, +44 131 557 3777
Tuesday night – 19:00 Vittoria on the Bridge, 19 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EN, +44 131 225 1740

Papers

  • Agenda
  • CERL/2025/14 Minutes of the last meetings (and the corrected Rome minutes CERL 2025 1)
  • FM 2025 2 Secretary Report
  • FM 2025 3a-b Treasurer’s Report for the year ending 30 September 2024
  • FM 2025 4a-c Budget Forecast for the year ending 30 September 2025
  • FM 2025 5 Report from the Promotion and Engagement Working Group
  • FM 2025 6 Databases in the AMPLE environment
  • FM 2025 7 Report on the HPB Database
  • FM 2025 8 Report on the CERL Thesaurus
  • FM 2025 9 Report from CERL Data Network – Use and Usability
  • FM 2025 10 Report on MEI and the Incunabula Working Group
  • FM 2025 11 Report on PDA and the Provenance Working Group
  • FM 2025 12 Report from the Security Working Group
  • FM 2025 13 Report from the Retrospective National Bibliographies Working Group
  • FM 2025 14 Report from the Book Binding Working Group
  • FM 2025 15 Reports from the Manuscripts Librarians, and the Digital Humanities and Cultural Property Working Groups.

For information: a description of the ECHOBIB funding proposal

Annual Reports

Budapest, March 2025

This meeting of the Executive Committee was hosted by the National Széchényi Library in Budapest.

Programme Monday 24 March and Tuesday 25 March
Monday 9-15 EC meeting
Monday 15-17.30 Seminar
Monday 19u Dinner: Déryné, Budapest Krisztina tér 3 1013. Vegetarian options available

Tuesday 9.30-11.30 Seminar
Tuesday 11.30-12.30 Tour of the library TBC
Tuesday 12.30-13.00 lunch
Tuesday 13-17u Meeting of the Board of Directors
Tuesday 18.30 Dinner: Urban Betyár, 1051 Budapest Október 6. utca 16-18

Papers

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