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Promoting Europe's cultural heritage in print and manuscript
The Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) aims to facilitate, enhance, and improve the use and impact of printed and manuscript cultural heritage material. CERL raises the awareness of cultural heritage collections and their content among scholars and interested parties in a wide community. CERL is service and partnership oriented by offering its members and the library, archival, and scholarly world at large high quality digital resources and tools using modern technology, by arranging seminars and workshops, and by providing cooperation within its membership and with other library and cultural heritage organisations. 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 the latest news you can find us at various events (see the CERL Agenda), follow CERL on Twitter or you can join the CERL mailing list: please contact secretariat@cerl.org to register.
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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 Newsletter - December 2018
CERL Annual Seminar, Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 September 2018
Collection Security Summer School, Wednesday 5 to Friday 7 September 2018 |
CERL Annual Seminar, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Thursday 26 October 2017 |
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