Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
@cerl-community.bsky.social
A data hub & scholarly network on historic printed books & manuscripts.
www.cerl.org
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Join us online on Thursday 13 Nov for the 5th CERL Provenance Seminar!
16:00–16:30 Marina Ruiz Fargas & Laia Navarro de Llobet (Univ. of Barcelona)
16:30–17:00 Mira Krall (Austrian National Library)
17:00 Discussion
Register via secretariat@cerl.org to receive link!
#bookhistory
16:00–16:30 Marina Ruiz Fargas & Laia Navarro de Llobet (Univ. of Barcelona)
16:30–17:00 Mira Krall (Austrian National Library)
17:00 Discussion
Register via secretariat@cerl.org to receive link!
#bookhistory
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Join us online on Thursday 13 Nov for the 5th CERL Provenance Seminar!
16:00–16:30 Marina Ruiz Fargas & Laia Navarro de Llobet (Univ. of Barcelona)
16:30–17:00 Mira Krall (Austrian National Library)
17:00 Discussion
Register via secretariat@cerl.org to receive link!
#bookhistory
16:00–16:30 Marina Ruiz Fargas & Laia Navarro de Llobet (Univ. of Barcelona)
16:30–17:00 Mira Krall (Austrian National Library)
17:00 Discussion
Register via secretariat@cerl.org to receive link!
#bookhistory
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Claude D. Conter, director of the BnL, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (@cerl-community.bsky.social) at the Annual General Meeting on 22 October 2025.
Photo: © Brainplug
Photo: © Brainplug
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Claude D. Conter, director of the BnL, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (@cerl-community.bsky.social) at the Annual General Meeting on 22 October 2025.
Photo: © Brainplug
Photo: © Brainplug
Gathering in Edinburgh for CERL’s 2025 AGM 📚
Grateful to the National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot.bsky.social) for hosting us, and to everyone helping connect libraries and early printed collections across borders 🌍
📸 Callum Ollason
Grateful to the National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot.bsky.social) for hosting us, and to everyone helping connect libraries and early printed collections across borders 🌍
📸 Callum Ollason
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Gathering in Edinburgh for CERL’s 2025 AGM 📚
Grateful to the National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot.bsky.social) for hosting us, and to everyone helping connect libraries and early printed collections across borders 🌍
📸 Callum Ollason
Grateful to the National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot.bsky.social) for hosting us, and to everyone helping connect libraries and early printed collections across borders 🌍
📸 Callum Ollason
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Join us for this hybrid event on Founding Collections, taking place on 5 December 2025 and hosted by the @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
Programme and registration details on www.cerl.org/services/sem...
Programme and registration details on www.cerl.org/services/sem...
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Join us for this hybrid event on Founding Collections, taking place on 5 December 2025 and hosted by the @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social
Programme and registration details on www.cerl.org/services/sem...
Programme and registration details on www.cerl.org/services/sem...
Last week, CERL held its annual seminar in Edinburgh, exploring founding collections in the 21st century 📚✨
Huge thanks to the National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social for hosting us so warmly! 🏛️
#CERL #Libraries #BookHistory
Huge thanks to the National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social for hosting us so warmly! 🏛️
#CERL #Libraries #BookHistory
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Last week, CERL held its annual seminar in Edinburgh, exploring founding collections in the 21st century 📚✨
Huge thanks to the National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social for hosting us so warmly! 🏛️
#CERL #Libraries #BookHistory
Huge thanks to the National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social for hosting us so warmly! 🏛️
#CERL #Libraries #BookHistory
📚 New on the CERL Blog!
Librarian Tomás de Brito from CERL member Ediciones Ampersand in Buenos Aires offers insights into the history of the house's library - a space that bridges publishing, scholarship, and bibliophilia.
🖋️ Full blog post here: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/e...
Librarian Tomás de Brito from CERL member Ediciones Ampersand in Buenos Aires offers insights into the history of the house's library - a space that bridges publishing, scholarship, and bibliophilia.
🖋️ Full blog post here: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/e...
Ediciones Ampersand and its library: an insight into the core of our Collections
By Tomás de Brito, Ampersand In June 2025, Ediciones Ampersand became the first special member from South America to join the CERL community. We seize this opportunity to introduce ourselves throug…
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October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📚 New on the CERL Blog!
Librarian Tomás de Brito from CERL member Ediciones Ampersand in Buenos Aires offers insights into the history of the house's library - a space that bridges publishing, scholarship, and bibliophilia.
🖋️ Full blog post here: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/e...
Librarian Tomás de Brito from CERL member Ediciones Ampersand in Buenos Aires offers insights into the history of the house's library - a space that bridges publishing, scholarship, and bibliophilia.
🖋️ Full blog post here: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/e...
José Luis Bueren Gómez-Acebo (Biblioteca Nacional de España) presents on the CERL Security Network at the EGATTT session during ICA 2025 Barcelona — join online today, there’s still time to register! #CERL #EGATTT #ICA2025 #bookhistory
Get zoom-link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Get zoom-link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How to Prevent Thefts and Illegal Trafficking of Documentary Heritage. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
-️ Date: 27 October 2025
- Time: 13:00 – 17:30 (CET)
- Venue: CSIC – Residència d’Investigadors, C/ Hospital, 64, 08001 Barcelona
- Organizer: EGATTT – Expert Group Against Theft, Trafficking and Tamp...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
José Luis Bueren Gómez-Acebo (Biblioteca Nacional de España) presents on the CERL Security Network at the EGATTT session during ICA 2025 Barcelona — join online today, there’s still time to register! #CERL #EGATTT #ICA2025 #bookhistory
Get zoom-link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Get zoom-link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Just a reminder to register for the CERL Seminar 2025 - “Engaging with Founding Collections in the 21st Century” - on 21 Oct at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Free to attend (registration required): secretariat@cerl.org
#bookhistory
Free to attend (registration required): secretariat@cerl.org
#bookhistory
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Just a reminder to register for the CERL Seminar 2025 - “Engaging with Founding Collections in the 21st Century” - on 21 Oct at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Free to attend (registration required): secretariat@cerl.org
#bookhistory
Free to attend (registration required): secretariat@cerl.org
#bookhistory
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Speaking at the @cerl-community.bsky.social Collection Security Summer School in @nlireland.bsky.social and glad to see this 🙂👇👇 I hope nobody lights that fire!🔥
September 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Speaking at the @cerl-community.bsky.social Collection Security Summer School in @nlireland.bsky.social and glad to see this 🙂👇👇 I hope nobody lights that fire!🔥
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For the past month RIA Library has been delighted to welcome Madeline Birnbaum, Assistant Archivist at the Boston University School of Theology Library, to the Reading Room. Madeleine was awarded a @cerl-community.bsky.social grant to undertake provenance research into the Charles Haliday collection
September 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For the past month RIA Library has been delighted to welcome Madeline Birnbaum, Assistant Archivist at the Boston University School of Theology Library, to the Reading Room. Madeleine was awarded a @cerl-community.bsky.social grant to undertake provenance research into the Charles Haliday collection
🕊In Memoriam: Ulf Göranson
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former Chairman, Ulf Göranson on 20 July 2025.
His leadership, vision, and generosity have left a lasting impact, and we remember him with immense gratitude and respect. 🌿
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former Chairman, Ulf Göranson on 20 July 2025.
His leadership, vision, and generosity have left a lasting impact, and we remember him with immense gratitude and respect. 🌿
August 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🕊In Memoriam: Ulf Göranson
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former Chairman, Ulf Göranson on 20 July 2025.
His leadership, vision, and generosity have left a lasting impact, and we remember him with immense gratitude and respect. 🌿
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former Chairman, Ulf Göranson on 20 July 2025.
His leadership, vision, and generosity have left a lasting impact, and we remember him with immense gratitude and respect. 🌿
📜 New on our blog: 900 years after Cosmas of Prague’s Chronicle of the Czechs, the National Library marks the anniversary with #Cosmas900 (24 Sept–24 Oct 2025), uniting manuscripts from across Europe.
Read: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/c...
#CzechHistory #Manuscripts #CulturalHeritage
Read: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/c...
#CzechHistory #Manuscripts #CulturalHeritage
Cosmas’ Chronicle and his sources – towards an exhibition
By Tomáš Klimek, National Library of the Czech Republic This year marks the 900th anniversary of the death of the first Czech chronicler, Cosmas, who served as dean of the Prague chapter and died i…
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August 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
📜 New on our blog: 900 years after Cosmas of Prague’s Chronicle of the Czechs, the National Library marks the anniversary with #Cosmas900 (24 Sept–24 Oct 2025), uniting manuscripts from across Europe.
Read: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/c...
#CzechHistory #Manuscripts #CulturalHeritage
Read: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/c...
#CzechHistory #Manuscripts #CulturalHeritage
🕰️ How would you draw time?
That’s what kids were asked at Lambeth Palace Library’s workshop tied to the Unfolding Time exhibition.
Read in our latest CERL blog post how this creative outreach brought medieval calendars to life for 200+ London pupils.
🔗 cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/z...
That’s what kids were asked at Lambeth Palace Library’s workshop tied to the Unfolding Time exhibition.
Read in our latest CERL blog post how this creative outreach brought medieval calendars to life for 200+ London pupils.
🔗 cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/z...
July 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🕰️ How would you draw time?
That’s what kids were asked at Lambeth Palace Library’s workshop tied to the Unfolding Time exhibition.
Read in our latest CERL blog post how this creative outreach brought medieval calendars to life for 200+ London pupils.
🔗 cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/z...
That’s what kids were asked at Lambeth Palace Library’s workshop tied to the Unfolding Time exhibition.
Read in our latest CERL blog post how this creative outreach brought medieval calendars to life for 200+ London pupils.
🔗 cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/z...
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As part of our #UnfoldingTime exhibition, we
brought the fun of medieval concertina-fold almanacs to
over 200 children in schools and public libraries! 📜✨
Discover how our Zigzag Calendar Workshops turned
these tricky books into a fun activity for kids
by reading the latest CERL blog post 👇
brought the fun of medieval concertina-fold almanacs to
over 200 children in schools and public libraries! 📜✨
Discover how our Zigzag Calendar Workshops turned
these tricky books into a fun activity for kids
by reading the latest CERL blog post 👇
July 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As part of our #UnfoldingTime exhibition, we
brought the fun of medieval concertina-fold almanacs to
over 200 children in schools and public libraries! 📜✨
Discover how our Zigzag Calendar Workshops turned
these tricky books into a fun activity for kids
by reading the latest CERL blog post 👇
brought the fun of medieval concertina-fold almanacs to
over 200 children in schools and public libraries! 📜✨
Discover how our Zigzag Calendar Workshops turned
these tricky books into a fun activity for kids
by reading the latest CERL blog post 👇
Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB) – unified access to early European printed works (c.1455–1830) from major European and North American libraries.
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
July 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB) – unified access to early European printed works (c.1455–1830) from major European and North American libraries.
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
📚 ‘Your Library is Your Portrait’
CERL Seminar 2025
🗓️ 21 Oct | 📍 Edinburgh
How do founding collections shape library identity today?
Join us for talks on legacy, reinterpretation & change in major research libraries.
🔗 www.cerl.org/services/sem...
#CERL2025 #FoundingCollections #LibraryHistory
CERL Seminar 2025
🗓️ 21 Oct | 📍 Edinburgh
How do founding collections shape library identity today?
Join us for talks on legacy, reinterpretation & change in major research libraries.
🔗 www.cerl.org/services/sem...
#CERL2025 #FoundingCollections #LibraryHistory
July 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📚 ‘Your Library is Your Portrait’
CERL Seminar 2025
🗓️ 21 Oct | 📍 Edinburgh
How do founding collections shape library identity today?
Join us for talks on legacy, reinterpretation & change in major research libraries.
🔗 www.cerl.org/services/sem...
#CERL2025 #FoundingCollections #LibraryHistory
CERL Seminar 2025
🗓️ 21 Oct | 📍 Edinburgh
How do founding collections shape library identity today?
Join us for talks on legacy, reinterpretation & change in major research libraries.
🔗 www.cerl.org/services/sem...
#CERL2025 #FoundingCollections #LibraryHistory
Join us in Dublin, 10–12 Sept 2025 for the CERL Collection Security Summer School!
🎤 Talks, tours, workshops & more
📍 Trinity College & National Library of Ireland
💶 Fee: €95 (incl. lunches & reception)
✉️ Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Programme: www.cerl.org/collaboratio...
🎤 Talks, tours, workshops & more
📍 Trinity College & National Library of Ireland
💶 Fee: €95 (incl. lunches & reception)
✉️ Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Programme: www.cerl.org/collaboratio...
July 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Join us in Dublin, 10–12 Sept 2025 for the CERL Collection Security Summer School!
🎤 Talks, tours, workshops & more
📍 Trinity College & National Library of Ireland
💶 Fee: €95 (incl. lunches & reception)
✉️ Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Programme: www.cerl.org/collaboratio...
🎤 Talks, tours, workshops & more
📍 Trinity College & National Library of Ireland
💶 Fee: €95 (incl. lunches & reception)
✉️ Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Programme: www.cerl.org/collaboratio...
On 26-27 June, we gathered at KBR for the conference “Mapping Knowledge”! 📚 14 countries, 20 institutions, and a rich dialogue on the future of Retrospective National Bibliographies. Thanks to KBR and STCV for making it happen!
July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On 26-27 June, we gathered at KBR for the conference “Mapping Knowledge”! 📚 14 countries, 20 institutions, and a rich dialogue on the future of Retrospective National Bibliographies. Thanks to KBR and STCV for making it happen!
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Happy birthday to Short Title Catalogue Flanders! Heleen Wyffels opens the @cerl-community.bsky.social conference on mapping Knowledge at Royal Library in Brussels #25yearsSTCV
June 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Happy birthday to Short Title Catalogue Flanders! Heleen Wyffels opens the @cerl-community.bsky.social conference on mapping Knowledge at Royal Library in Brussels #25yearsSTCV
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Back at @cerl-community.bsky.social conference in beautiful Brussels (after a small hiccup this morning). In time for paper by Alyssa Steiner on Incunabula Short Title Catalogue #bookhistory
June 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Back at @cerl-community.bsky.social conference in beautiful Brussels (after a small hiccup this morning). In time for paper by Alyssa Steiner on Incunabula Short Title Catalogue #bookhistory
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Marian Lefferts @cerl-community.bsky.social presented the volume Never Finished to Heleen Wyffels and Jan Pauwels #bibliography #bookhistory
June 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Marian Lefferts @cerl-community.bsky.social presented the volume Never Finished to Heleen Wyffels and Jan Pauwels #bibliography #bookhistory
Take a look at our latest blogpost on the democratization of library heritage collections: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/t...
The Democratization of Library Heritage Collections
By Louise Amazan, Daryl Green & Garrelt Verhoeven (IFLA RBSC) Introduction On April 24th 2025 the Standing Committee for Rare Books & Special Collections (RBSC) of IFLA and CERL’s Bookbindi…
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July 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Take a look at our latest blogpost on the democratization of library heritage collections: cerlblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/t...
📢 Register now!
Join us in Dublin for the CERL Collection Security Summer School
📅 10–12 Sept 2025
🏛️ Trinity College Library & National Library of Ireland
💶 €95 (inc. lunch, coffee, drinks reception)
Open to all working with or interested in cultural heritage.
📧 Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Join us in Dublin for the CERL Collection Security Summer School
📅 10–12 Sept 2025
🏛️ Trinity College Library & National Library of Ireland
💶 €95 (inc. lunch, coffee, drinks reception)
Open to all working with or interested in cultural heritage.
📧 Register: secretariat@cerl.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📢 Register now!
Join us in Dublin for the CERL Collection Security Summer School
📅 10–12 Sept 2025
🏛️ Trinity College Library & National Library of Ireland
💶 €95 (inc. lunch, coffee, drinks reception)
Open to all working with or interested in cultural heritage.
📧 Register: secretariat@cerl.org
Join us in Dublin for the CERL Collection Security Summer School
📅 10–12 Sept 2025
🏛️ Trinity College Library & National Library of Ireland
💶 €95 (inc. lunch, coffee, drinks reception)
Open to all working with or interested in cultural heritage.
📧 Register: secretariat@cerl.org
At the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2025 in Tirana, in a session co-organised with CERL, experts emphasized the crucial yet often underappreciated role of libraries as hubs for intercultural dialogue, inclusive research, and the advancement of open science. #LibrariesMatter
June 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
At the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2025 in Tirana, in a session co-organised with CERL, experts emphasized the crucial yet often underappreciated role of libraries as hubs for intercultural dialogue, inclusive research, and the advancement of open science. #LibrariesMatter
🎉 Welcome Ediciones Ampersand, CERL’s first South American Special Member! 🇦🇷📚
Based in Buenos Aires, they are a publishing house with a library dedicated to the practices, trades, and arts linked to books.
Excited for what’s ahead!
#CERL #EdicionesAmpersand #BookHistory
Based in Buenos Aires, they are a publishing house with a library dedicated to the practices, trades, and arts linked to books.
Excited for what’s ahead!
#CERL #EdicionesAmpersand #BookHistory
June 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🎉 Welcome Ediciones Ampersand, CERL’s first South American Special Member! 🇦🇷📚
Based in Buenos Aires, they are a publishing house with a library dedicated to the practices, trades, and arts linked to books.
Excited for what’s ahead!
#CERL #EdicionesAmpersand #BookHistory
Based in Buenos Aires, they are a publishing house with a library dedicated to the practices, trades, and arts linked to books.
Excited for what’s ahead!
#CERL #EdicionesAmpersand #BookHistory