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====== CERL Internship and Placement Grant ====== | ====== CERL Internship and Placement Grant ====== | ||
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CERL member libraries propose projects suitable to the CERL Grant. The internship should normally take place within the period January-September. | CERL member libraries propose projects suitable to the CERL Grant. The internship should normally take place within the period January-September. | ||
- | **RECIPIENTS OF 2022 GRANTS** | + | **INTERNSHIPS OFFERED BY MEMBER LIBRARIES AND CERL in 2023** |
- | The CERL Grant Committee | + | **1.Incunabula at the University of Groningen Library, |
+ | The University of Groningen Library was founded in 1615. It has a significant collection of medieval and early-modern books. These include 212 incunables. In 2021,51 of them were catalogued in MEI. | ||
+ | The library seeks applications from suitably qualified individuals to continue the cataloguing of its incunables with material evidence in MEI. | ||
+ | The University of Groningen Library will consider applications from those who wish to come to Groningen for one month (four working weeks). In addition to the CERL stipend of €1,000 to the successful candidate, our library will award a fellowship of €2,000 (i.e. a total of €3,000). | ||
+ | The grantee will be supervised by Adrie van der Laan Curator of Special Collections University of Groningen Library | ||
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+ | • basic knowledge of hand-press books | ||
+ | • basic knowledge of analytical bibliography | ||
+ | • basic knowledge of Latin and English | ||
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+ | **2.Incunabula at the Huntington Library, San Marino California | ||
+ | The Huntington Library—set among botanical gardens on a two-hundred-acre estate in San Marino, California—is one of the world’s great independent research libraries. With approximately eleven million items spanning the 11th to 21st centuries, The Huntington annually serves | ||
+ | The Library’s distinguished holdings include over 5,200 incunabula—the second-largest such collection in the United States. Assembled through a combination of discriminating individual selections and bold en-bloc purchases, the books cover the map of 15th-century printing. They are especially rich in Italian and German imprints but also include rarities from England and the Iberian Peninsula. The Huntington incunabula constitute one of the cornerstones of Bookbindings on Incunables: The Scott Husby Database at Princeton University, which revealed that nearly a quarter of the books retain contemporary bindings. | ||
+ | The Huntington is offering a one-month internship to create records of its incunabula in the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database. The internship will be supervised by Stephen Tabor, Curator of Rare Books at the Huntington. | ||
+ | With support from the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL), The Huntington is offering a stipend of $3,500 for the month, with the intern bearing the travel cost from the funding. Non-U.S. nationals need to apply for a J-1 visa. The Huntington maintains an exchange visitor program through the United States Department of State and will assist interns with providing the appropriate paperwork. | ||
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- | To catalogue in MEI the incunabula | + | • good knowledge |
- | + | • fluency | |
- | To catalogue | + | • palaeographical skills that can be specialized |
+ | • bibliographical training | ||
- | To train in the use of MEI the incunabulists | + | **3.Working with the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) and Material Evidence |
+ | The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue and the Material Evidence in Incunabula database both record and describe incunabula and are linked on several levels. Both databases | ||
+ | One remote Internship | ||
+ | - to add codes and full library names to the holdings database | ||
+ | - and, if time permits, work with the colleagues at the Data Conversion Group in Göttingen to add the codes to the ISTC. | ||
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+ | • good English | ||
+ | • some investigative skills (libraries may have changed names or been incorporated in a larger -structure, for example) | ||
+ | • ability to work carefully and precisely | ||
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+ | **4.Working with the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) and Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) – remote ** | ||
+ | The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue and the Material Evidence in Incunabula database both record and describe incunabula and are linked on several levels. However, as a result | ||
+ | One remote Internship | ||
+ | -to go through | ||
+ | -to add these to the ISTC | ||
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+ | • basic knowledge of bibliographic descriptions of incunabula | ||
+ | • good English | ||
+ | • ability to work carefully and precisely | ||
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+ | **5.Marsh' | ||
+ | Marsh' | ||
+ | We would like the recipient of the CERL fellowship to add the printed items and associated images to our online catalogue www.marshlibrary.ie/catalogue | ||
+ | In addition to the standard CERL stipend, Marsh' | ||
- | To catalogue | + | • knowledge of rare books |
+ | • knowledge of French and English | ||
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+ | **6.Ossolineum Library, Wrocław, Poland Description of the provenance marks in the Provenance Digital Archive | ||
+ | One in-person internship of € 1,000 is offered to work on the CERL Provenance Digital Archive | ||
+ | The internship duration is one month. The Ossolineum Library offers free housing for the time of the internship. Requirements: | ||
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+ | **7.Working Group on Retrospective Bibliographies – remote** | ||
+ | In 2021, CERL created a Working Group which focusses | ||
+ | One remote Internship of €1,000 is offered to work with the RB Working Group on Western Europe and be supervised by Marian Lefferts. You will also be in regular communication with the members of the Working Group | ||
+ | -to create an overview | ||
+ | • knowledge of rare books and bibliography | ||
+ | • knowledge of English | ||
+ | • not essential but a bonus: knowledge of datamodels | ||
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+ | **8.CERL website – remote** | ||
+ | The CERL website (www.cerl.org) is very information-rich. Over the years, CERL has organised many conferences, | ||
+ | One remote Internship of €1,000 is offered to work with Marian Lefferts on this task. | ||
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+ | • You need to be able to read English fluently | ||
+ | • You need to be able to communicate with Marian (either in English, Dutch or German, therefore) | ||
+ | • You need to be able to work precisely and carefully | ||
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- | To work with CERL’s Retrospective National Bibliographies Working Group to Dr Olga Tkachuk, Special collections librarian in the Early Printed Books Department, the Ossoliński National Institute in Wrocław (Poland); former Head of the Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Department at the National Museum in Lviv (Ukraine); with a PhD in Philology.\\ | + | FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA of MILAN |
+ | Since 2019, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan funds a dedicated grant to allow a student from its institution who matches | ||
- | To work with CERL’s Security Network to Jordyn Anable, a Masters student in the University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté’s Rare Books and Digital Humanities programme. | + | **APPLICATION PROCEDURE** |
- | We received 17 applications from Germany | + | Your application should include a CV (maximum two pages) and a covering letter. This should outline preference of destination/ |
+ | If the applicant is employed by an institution, the consent of the institution should be included. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed remotely. | ||
+ | **Deadline: 16 April 2023** | ||
+ | Please email the application to c.dondi@cerl.org. | ||
- | INTERNSHIPS OFFERED BY MEMBER LIBRARIES AND CERL | + | A grant can only be assigned once to the same person. Applications not selected but positively vetted will be notified that they can be put in again for the next round. |
- | **Incunabula at Marsh' | + | A written report for the CERL webpage and Newsletter, and/or a presentation |
- | Marsh' | + | |
- | The library seeks applications from suitably qualified individuals to complete the following tasks: | ||
- | 1. Check our online catalogue records against the original incunabula. | ||
- | 2. Create MEI-compatible records for the handful of incunabula that have not yet been catalogued to this standard. | ||
- | 3. Copy the updated catalogue entries from Marsh' | ||
- | Marsh' | + | **RECIPIENTS OF 2023 GRANTS** |
- | In addition to the CERL stipend of €1,000 to the successful candidate, Marsh' | + | |
- | Those who wish to spend two weeks on site in Dublin will receive the full CERL stipend and one-half of the Marsh' | + | |
- | Those who intend to spend one week on site in Dublin will receive the full CERL stipend and one-quarter of the Marsh' | + | |
- | - knowledge | + | The CERL Grant Committee is very pleased to announce the conferment |
- | - knowledge of Latin and English | + | |
- | **Incunabula from the collection | + | To catalogue in MEI the incunabula |
- | March 2022 will see the publication of Elly Cockx-Indestege and Pierre Delsaerdt, Le goût de la bibliophilie nationale. La collection de livres rares et précieux des ducs d’Arenberg à Bruxelles, XIXe-XXe siècles, Bibliologia, | + | |
- | One internship | + | |
- | - knowledge | + | To catalogue in MEI the incunabula |
- | - knowledge | + | |
- | **Incunabula | + | To work with the Incunabula |
- | One internship of €1,000 is offered to an experienced MEI Editor to train the incunabulists of the Biblioteca Nacional of Madrid | + | |
- | - knowledge of rare books, preferably incunabula | + | To work with the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) and Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI), remotely, to Sheza Moledina, formerly Enssib, Printing Museum, and Public Library, Lyon. |
- | - knowledge of Spanish | + | |
- | **Early printed books in Medieval Libraries of Great Britain** – remote | + | To catalogue rare French printed ephemera, 1660-85, at **Marsh' |
- | One remote Internship of €1,000 is offered | + | |
- | Some 483 printed books are listed in the database MLGB3, where their current location, as well as their 15th/ | + | |
- | The grantee will use MLGB3 data pertaining to incunabula to create records in MEI. All records will be crossed referenced to MLGB3 and EBOB. The internship will be supervised by Cristina Dondi. | + | |
- | - knowledge of rare books, preferably incunabula | + | To work with CERL’s Retrospective National Bibliographies Working Group to Chana Algarvio, assistant librarian |
- | - knowledge of Latin and English | + | |
- | **Working Group on Retrospective National Bibliographies** – remote | + | To describe provenance marks in the Provenance Digital Archive of CERL at the **Ossolineum Library, Wrocław**, Poland, |
- | CERL has recently created a Working Group which focusses on Retrospective National Bibliographies (RNBs). The aim is to create a detailed overview of RNBs that record European printed materials, to investigate how CERL can make the most of the RNB data from a variety of countries that we already hold, and to encourage the European library community to record RNB numbers in their own catalogue records as this will support linking. | + | |
- | One remote Internship of €1,000 is offered | + | We regret |
- | • to create an overview of existing national bibliographies | + | |
- | • to create a description of the RNBs' approaches and their content (incl. a determination whether the RNB covers the period 1450-1850 which is the focus of CERL) | + | |
- | • an overview of which of the RNBs are in the Heritage | + | |
- | • to help with organising a conference | + | |
- | - knowledge of rare books and bibliography | + | |
- | - knowledge of English | + | |
- | **CERL Security Network** – remote | + | We received 37 applications from Argentina (1), Canada (2), Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), France (3), India (1), Ireland (4), Italy (5), Latvia (1), Lithuania (1), Mexico (1), The Netherlands |
- | The Security Network has developed a self-assessment tool for libraries and archives to determine where they stand on collection security. Users of the tool may compare their scores with the scores of libraries in the CERL community | + | |
- | In support of libraries working with the QAT, the Security Network is in the process of developing the Quick Audit Library. In the QAT Library we will bring together policy documents and internal guidelines drawn up by CERL member libraries. The documents in the QAT Library will be made available to CERL members as a source of inspiration for developing their own policy documents | + | |
- | One remote Internship of €1,000 is offered to work with the Security Network and be supervised by Marian Lefferts | ||
- | • to help shape the Quick Audit Tool library | ||
- | • to encourage CERL members to contribute to the QAT Library | ||
- | • to promote the QAT Library and review the uptake of this tool | ||
- | - knowledge of rare books and bibliography | + | **RECIPIENTS OF 2022 GRANTS** |
- | - knowledge of English | + | |
+ | The CERL Grant Committee is very pleased to announce the conferment of six CERL Grants: | ||
- | FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA | + | To catalogue in MEI the incunabula |
- | Since 2019, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan funds a dedicated grant to allow a student | + | |
+ | To catalogue in MEI incunabula | ||
- | **APPLICATION PROCEDURE** | + | To train in the use of MEI the incunabulists of the **Biblioteca Nacional of Madrid** to Elena Fogolin, CERL grantee 2018/19 to the Huntington Library in San Marino and a PhD student at the universities of Udine/ |
- | Your application should include a CV (maximum two pages) and a covering letter. This should outline preference of destination/ | + | To catalogue in MEI incunabula from the database ‘Medieval Libraries of Great Britain’ |
- | If the applicant is employed by an institution, | + | |
- | **Deadline: 16 March 2022** | + | |
- | Please email the application to c.dondi@cerl.org. | + | |
- | A grant can only be assigned once to the same person. Applications not selected but positively vetted will be notified that they can be put in again for the next round. | + | To work with CERL’s Retrospective National Bibliographies Working Group to Dr Olga Tkachuk, Special collections librarian in the Early Printed Books Department, the Ossoliński National Institute |
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- | A written report for the CERL webpage and Newsletter, and/ | + | To work with CERL’s Security Network to Jordyn Anable, a Masters student |
+ | We received 17 applications from Germany (1), Greece (1), France (1), India (1), Ireland (1), Italy (8), Poland (1), UK (2), US (1). 12 early career scholars or librarianship students. 5 early career librarians. 14 female and 3 male applicants. | ||
**CERL ALUMNI PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH** | **CERL ALUMNI PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH** | ||
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Exceptionally, | Exceptionally, | ||
1) Martyna Osuch (Special collections librarian in the Early Printed Books Department, University of Warsaw Library; PhD student, University of Warsaw (first year of Interdisciplinary Doctoral School). | 1) Martyna Osuch (Special collections librarian in the Early Printed Books Department, University of Warsaw Library; PhD student, University of Warsaw (first year of Interdisciplinary Doctoral School). | ||
- | Cataloguing the incunabula of the Metropolitan Seminary Library in Warsaw into MEI. | + | Cataloguing the incunabula of the **Metropolitan Seminary Library in Warsaw** into MEI. |
- | 2-3) Camilla Marangoni (Master’s degree in Archaeology and Art History, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan) | + | 2) Camilla Marangoni (Master’s degree in Archaeology and Art History, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan) |
- | Transferring | + | 3) Anna de Bruyn (PhD student at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands) Cataloguing the incunabula of **Groningen UL** into MEI. |
- | 4) Anna de Bruyn (PhD student at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands) Cataloguing the incunabula of Groningen UL into MEI. | + | |
** RECIPIENTS OF 2018/19 GRANTS** | ** RECIPIENTS OF 2018/19 GRANTS** | ||
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In 2020 Lucrezia won a PhD position at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" | In 2020 Lucrezia won a PhD position at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" | ||
to work on a project about the reconstruction of the library of the Augustinian convent of Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome) in the 16th century. Supervisor Valentina Sestini, co-supervisor Paolo Tinti. | to work on a project about the reconstruction of the library of the Augustinian convent of Santa Maria del Popolo (Rome) in the 16th century. Supervisor Valentina Sestini, co-supervisor Paolo Tinti. | ||
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25 February 2018: The CERL Grant Committee is very pleased to announce the conferment of four CERL Grants: | 25 February 2018: The CERL Grant Committee is very pleased to announce the conferment of four CERL Grants: | ||
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- | 3) To catalogue the collection of incunabula at the Beinecke Library in Yale {{: | + | 3) To catalogue the collection of incunabula at the **Beinecke Library in Yale** {{: |
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**RECIPIENTS OF 2016/17 GRANTS** | **RECIPIENTS OF 2016/17 GRANTS** | ||
- | 1 May 2017, three Interns started work on enriching MEI entries for the incunables held at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, | + | 1 May 2017, three Interns started work on enriching MEI entries for the incunables held at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, |
* Ruben Celani (Italy) | * Ruben Celani (Italy) | ||
* Judit Kolumban (Romania) | * Judit Kolumban (Romania) | ||
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CERL received 21 applications. | CERL received 21 applications. | ||
- | A grant was awarded to Francesca Rocchi, a graduate in Latin Palaeography of La Sapienza University, Rome, with previous internship experience at the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome, to work within the Special Collections Department of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. A report of her activities is available [[https:// | + | A grant was awarded to Francesca Rocchi, a graduate in Latin Palaeography of La Sapienza University, Rome, with previous internship experience at the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome, to work within the Special Collections Department of the **Bodleian Library, Oxford**. A report of her activities is available [[https:// |
- | A grant was awarded to Thomas Theyssens, a graduate in Early Modern History from the University of Louvain, with a Master in Heritage Management in Libraries from the University of Antwerp, to work within the Printed Heritage Collections Department of the British Library, London. A report of his activities is available [[https:// | + | A grant was awarded to Thomas Theyssens, a graduate in Early Modern History from the University of Louvain, with a Master in Heritage Management in Libraries from the University of Antwerp, to work within the Printed Heritage Collections Department of the **British Library, London**. A report of his activities is available [[https:// |
More information about the 2015 awards is available [[collaboration: | More information about the 2015 awards is available [[collaboration: | ||
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**RECIPIENT OF 2014 GRANT** | **RECIPIENT OF 2014 GRANT** | ||
- | 2014 - Angéline Rais - Cataloguing the incunabula collection of Lambeth Palace Library in the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database.\\ | + | 2014 - Angéline Rais - Cataloguing the incunabula collection of **Lambeth Palace Library, London** |
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