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Promoting Europe's cultural heritage in print and manuscript
CERL seeks to share resources and expertise between research libraries with a view to improving access to, as well as exploitation and preservation of the European printed heritage in the hand-press period (up to c. 1850). The organisation was formed in 1992 on the initiative of research libraries in many European countries and legally came into being in June 1994. For a good overview of CERL services and activities see, Ingeborg Versprille, Marian Lefferts and Cristina Dondi, 'The Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL): twenty years of promoting Europe's cultural heritage in print and manuscript', in 027.7 Zeitschrift für Bibliothekskultur, 2,1 (2014): Konsortien & Konsorten, pp. 30-40. Online journal of the University of Basel, Switzerland, ISSN 2296-0597.
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CERL Networks
The CERL Security Network coordinates information about on-going security issues of relevance for collections. Read more...
The Manuscripts Expert Group acts as a forum for curatorial concerns, and to enhance understanding and practical cooperation among curators across Europe. Read more...
The CERL Bookbindings Working Group aims to foster collaboration between book binding projects, and encourage the use of standards across these project. Read more...
Seminars and Workshops
CERL organises frequent seminars and workshops which address topical issues relating to the care of our heritage collections. The presentations held at the CERL Seminars are available here.
European Projects
CERL is involved in several funded projects, covering a variety of topics and with a wide range of European partners. Read more...
Other News
CERL Annual Seminar, Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 September 2018
CERL Annual General Meeting, Sunday 23 September 2018
CERL Newsletter - December 2017
Secretary of CERL receives honour of “Cavaliere” of the Order of “Stella d’Italia” (OSI)
The Secretary of CERL, Cristina Dondi, was conferred the honour of “Cavaliere” of the Order of “Stella d’Italia” (OSI) by His Excellency The Ambassador of Italy Pasquale Terracciano on behalf of the President of Italy, during a ceremony at the Ambassador’s residence in London on 4 December 2017, for work on the European printing revolution and in support of European and American libraries.
Dr Dondi’s speech can be read here. An article on the 15cBOOKTRADE Project appeared in the Italian national press, Il Corriere della Sera on 4 December 2017. |
International Conference at the British Library, London, Tuesday 28 November 2017
CERL Papers XIII - Signa Vides - Researching and recording printers' devices |
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