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Catalogues of manuscripts covering specific subjects (by subject)

LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS

PALME - REPERTOIRE DES MANUSCRITS LITTERAIRES FRANCAIS DU XXe SIECLE
DescriptionNational project with the aim to include all literary manuscripts, as well as personal papers and correspondence of authors active in the XXth century. Currently covering most of the territory except Paris.
Cataloguing formatINTERMARC Intigri, specific to the Bibliotheque Nationale de France; item level cataloguing
Length of projectIn progress
Responsible institutionsfunded by the Direction du Livre et de la lecture, Ministere de la Culture, France
Contact detailsHosted by the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in its section OPALINE. Gerard Cohen, Chef de projet, e-mail: Gerard.cohen@culture.gouv.fr

MEDICAL MANUSCRIPTS

BIBLIOTHEHQUE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE MEDECINE, PARIS
DescriptionManual conversion of the published catalogue of manuscripts; c. 800 records.
Cataloguing formatAccess database
Length of project?
Responsible institutions?
Contact detailshttp://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/ (then choose: ‘Catalogues’ and then ‘Manuscrits’; Contact: Henry Ferreira-Lopes, Conservateur, e-mail: henri.ferreira-lopez@bium.univ-paris5.fr

WELLCOME LIBRARY, LONDON
DescriptionThe online catalogue of Western manuscripts and modern papers give access to medical and health-related archive material from antiquity to the present, including medical treatises and lecture notes, case books and diaries, ledgers and accounts, recipe books, laboratory notes and correspondence.
Cataloguing format?
Length of project?
Responsible institutionsWellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
Contact detailsWebsite: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTL038890.html (then choose: ‘Online catalogue of Western manuscripts and modern papers’; E-mail: arch+mss@wellcome.ac.uk

WOMEN'S MANUSCRIPTS

PERDITA
DescriptionFocus on Early Modern Women’s Manuscript compilations. It will produce a database guide to about 400 manuscript compilations in collections around the world.
Cataloguing formatDescriptions are based in a slightly adapted form on the cataloguing system developed by the MASTER project.
Length of project?
Responsible institutionsCollaborative project, funded by the Humanities Research Board (UK) and Nottingham Trent University, with participation i.a. by Yale and some British university libraries.
Contact detailshttp://human.ntu.ac.uk/perdita/

OTHER MANUSCRIPTS

COLLECTION ON PARCHMENTS, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LITHUANIA
DescriptionElectronic edition of Collection of materials on parchment. Includes brief descriptions of the documents and general information about the collection.
Cataloguing format?
Length of project?
Contact detailshttp://pergamentai.mch.mii.lt/pergamentai.en.htm; Contact person: Jolita Steponaitiene, Head of Rare Book and Manuscript Department, e-mail: jolita@lnb.lt

KONGELIGE BIBLIOTEK, COPENHAGEN
DescriptionTwo separate databases: ‘Letter collection’ and ‘Manuscript acquisitions 1924- 1987’; c. 80.000 records
Cataloguing formatin-house format (not MARC); might be accessible via Z39.50
Length of project?
Contact detailsMr Ivan Boserup; ivanboserup@gmail.com
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