CERL Consortium of European Research LibrariesHPB DATABASE. 7. 6,617,480 records (21 countries) CERL...
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Transcript of CERL Consortium of European Research LibrariesHPB DATABASE. 7. 6,617,480 records (21 countries) CERL...
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CERLConsortium of European
Research LibrariesMarian Lefferts, Executive Manager
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Currently 250 members
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Early Books Librarians
ManuscriptLibrarians
ArchivistsScholars
CERLThesaurusCan-you-
help?Provenance
Info
CERLSeminarsLIBER Forum
Security Network
CPBook-bindingWG
MSS Expert Group
HPBMEIIPI
EBOBEDPOP projectPATRIMONiT
project
Eric White info
CENDARISustain
www.cerl.org
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HPB DATABASE
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6,617,480 records
(21 countries)
CERL THESAURUS
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PROVENANCE
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With permission from University of Glasgow Library, Special CollectionsSp Coll Bl7-e.2
MEI
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With permission from University of Glasgow Library, Special Collections
MANUSCRIPTS
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SECURITY NETWORK
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CERL-organised eventsAthens/Piraeus, 20-21 March ‘Opening up private and religious libraries to scholarship’
Yale, 21 April ‘: Retracing the Steps from the Old to the New World’ (European collections in US libraries)
Patras, 5 July – LIBER Forum for DCH ‘Managing digital estates: new challenges for libraries’
The Hague, 6-8 September – Security Network Summerschool
Göttingen, 13-14 November – 4th Digital Curation Workshop with a focus on the changing role of libraries regarding data stewardship and data curation.
Amsterdam, 26 October – special collections curated outside research libraries
Hosting datasets created by third parties
CERL has an infrastructure and the supporting interface to facilitate hosting of third-party datasets.
Service is now on available. Importance of the activity lies in the potential connections between datasets that CERL may exploit
CERL now hosts ISTCPATRIMONiT databaseGeneral index of Siebmarchers ArmorialScottish Book-Trade Index (https://data.cerl.org/sbti/_search)
Next: EDPOP project database(s)
15/04/16
CERL’s Goals and Strategies 2017-2020
To preserve, improve and grow CERL’s electronic resources
To provide advocacy for and facilitate networking among cultural heritage communities
To influence stakeholders and funding bodies
To consolidate, engage and enlarge the membership
CERL Newsletter
Tasks: To produce 2 issues per year To review the CERL Newsletter Conduct a short survey of CERL directors and committee
members to gather their thoughts and observations (Spring 2017)
Particularly interested in format, frequency, content, name and strengths/weaknesses
[Results may be known in time for Athens meeting] Any changes to be implemented by the end of 2017
CERL Website
Tasks:
To keep the website up-to-date and fully functional
To add Hosted Databases pages and button
(https://www.cerl.org/hosting/currently_hosted)
To review navigation across the website
Once the Newsletter review is complete, we will set up a small task force to consider how website navigation might be improved (2017-18)
Leaflets
Tasks:
Distribute CERL leaflets as required
Organise the printing of further leaflets when supplies begin to run low
Produce a joint CERL-British Library leaftlet about the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (in time for the American Library Association’s Rare Books & Manuscripts Section annual conference, Iowa City, June 2017)
Social Media - IOn 23 February 2017, and since 1 November 2016:
Twitter (@cerl_org): 953 Followers86 (re)tweets197 engaging with these tweets
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/99706868239/):282 membersPosted 67 messages187 engaging with these posts
Social Media - IIOn 23 February 2017, and since 1 November 2016:
Mailling list ([email protected])1391 subscribers31 messages
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1770657)156 members
CERL Newsletter (https://www.cerl.org/publications/newsletter)245 downloads in Dec16, 64 in Jan17 and 19 in Feb17 (328)
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