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+ | The Consortium shares resources and expertise between research libraries and the research community to enhance access to the European printed and written heritage as well as its exploitation and preservation. CERL legally came into being in June 1994 formed on the initiative of major research libraries in several European countries. | ||
- | ** Note:** this list will be modified | + | • As an international network of libraries with important collections of early printed books and manuscripts, |
- | + | o CERL members are the custodians of a distinct section of European Cultural Heritage and together we work to increase our collections’ impact and potential for research exploitation. | |
- | </ | + | o We support community building on a regional, national level by allowing Single Members to invite Cluster libraries to participate in CERL for free. |
- | + | • CERL creates and sustainably maintains services that members could not develop on their own. | |
- | * Members of the Consortium receive access | + | o CERL provides its members with the opportunity to enhance the impact |
- | * CERL’s [[: | + | o CERL hosts smaller datasets that individual libraries are increasingly unable to commit to hosting themselves. |
- | * institution-wide access (by password or IP addressing) | + | o CERL provides a forum where members work together to create tools for researchers and librarians. |
- | | + | • CERL works closely with the researcher and research organisations assuring that our services |
- | | + | o CERL enables staff at member libraries |
- | | + | o CERL is an incubator for digital humanities projects and facilitates opportunities for members jointly to obtain project funding |
- | * gives cataloguing staff and researchers a unique overview | + | • As a special-interest group, |
- | | + | o CERL offers grants to allow early-career librarians and scholars |
- | * enables scholars and researchers | + | o CERL’s working groups provide member institutions with a forum for identifying issues of current importance and help ensuring |
- | | + | o CERL enables staff at member institutions |
- | | + | o CERL puts at the disposal of its members |
- | * Access can be negotiated for other files available on OCLC's servers. | + | • CERL represents the special collections community in international fora and projects. |
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- | * Members of the Consortium may contribute bibliographical or authority records | + | |
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- | * Members of the Consortium receive copies of all CERL publications: | + | |
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- | * the //CERL Newsletter// | + | |
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- | * Members of the Consortium can join in discussions and share specialist information | + | |
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- | * Members of the Consortium have the opportunity | + | |
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- | * Members of the Consortium help to support | + | |
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- | * Full Members may apply to have up to 15 [[http:// | + | |
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