Retrospective Bibliographies and European Print Cultures to 1830
Challenges and perspectives in the digital age
This conference will take place on 29 and 30 June 2023 at the Ossolineum Library, in Wrocław.
In the course of 2022, CERL's Retrospective Bibliographies Working Group created an overview of existing or planned retrospective bibliographies. The first results are available here and we hope to expand the list with further European countries in the course of 2023. We are very grateful to colleagues that shared their information with us.
As a result of the work on this overview, CERL decided to organise a conference on the topic. The Working Group is very sensitive to the fact that boundaries have moved during varying periods in Europe’s history, and we want to explore with you the effect this has (had) on the creation of retrospective bibiographies.
We also hope to speak about current-day challenges such as creating electronic resources, making databases accessible and ensuring interoperability.
CERL collects bibliographic and catalogue records in the Heritage of the Printed Book database (https://hpb.cerl.org) and hosts a small number or retrospective bibliographies. We hope the participants will give us input on how CERL should treat this data and the role it can play to present this data to the community of researchers and librarians.
The programme for the conference is available below. We will not offer an online option or record the presentations as we hope to publish the conference proceedings.
Registration:
We warmly invite you to attend this conference. To register, please write to secretariat@cerl.org, stating your name, affiliation and dietary requirements. The registration fee, which is a contribution towards the costs of catering, is 85 Euro. The registration deadline is 15 June 2023.
Please send payment by transfer to: Consortium of European Research Libraries, Marsh’s Library, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin, Ireland, D08FK79, Attention: Dr Cristina Dondi
- Name of Bank: Bank of Ireland
- Address of Bank: 88 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- BIC: BOFIIE2D00
- Account no.: 39322250
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Hotel suggestions:
- B&B hotel
Not so expensive:
- Kamienica pod aniołami
More expensive options in the centre:
- Europeum Hotel
- Great Polonia Wrocław Tumski
Programme
29 June 2023
Chair: Agnieszka Franczyk-Cegła, Ossoliński National Institute
| 8.30 – 9.00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Opening and Welcome: Łukasz Kamiński, Director of the Ossoliński National Institute and Peter Piniński, Director of the Lanckoroński Foundation | |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Keynote: Marieke van Delft, curator emeritus Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague / honorary fellow of CERL – Retrospective National Bibliographies in historical and international perspective. | |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Wacław Walecki and Stanisław Siess-Krzyszkowski, Estreicher Research Center of the Polish Bibliography- On the Estreichers' Bibliography as a Research Tool and as a Historic Object. | |
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Olga Tkachuk, Ossoliński National Institute – On the Way to the Ukrainian National Bibliography of Publications up to 1830: History, Scope and Forms. | |
| 12.00 – 12.15 | Questions and answers | |
| 12.15 – 14.00 | Lunch |
Chair: Adelaida Caro Martín, National Library of Spain
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Robert Ravnić and Lobel Machala, National and University Library, Zagreb – Creation of special retrospective bibliographies in the Retrospective National Bibliography Department of the National and University Library in Zagreb. |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Anette Hagan, National Library of Scotland – Two for the Price of One? The National Bibliography of Scotland and the English Short Title Catalogue. |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Claudia Fabian, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München – Addressing future needs and expectations: the German Bibliographies VD16, VD17 and VD18. |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Nathalie Fabry, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris – “Presse locale ancienne”: making a website out of a printed bibliography of historical French newspapers. |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Summary and conclusions |
16:45 – 17:15 Tour of the exhibition “The Beginnings of Polish Retrospective Bibliography”, followed by a conference dinner for all participants at the Ossolineum.
30 June 2023
Chair: Esther van Gelder, National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague
| 9.00 – 9.15 | Coffee |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Andrea Jelínková and Vojtěch Šícha, Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences – The Czech National Retrospective Bibliography Online: a Miracle that has Come True. |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Peter Sjökvist, University Library Uppsala – A New Retrospective Bibliography of Sweden: Background and Prospects. |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Flavia Bruni, University of Chieti-Pescara (also on behalf of Elena Ravelli, Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian libraries and for bibliographic information (ICCU)) - When EDIT16 met SBN: behind the scenes of the latest developments of the online bibliography of sixteenth-century Italian books. |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Isabel García-Monge Carretero, Spanish Bibliographic Heritage Union Catalogue, and Adelaida Caro Martín, National Library of Spain – Towards a Spanish Retrospective Bibliography. |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Questions and answers |
| 12:15 – 14.00 | Lunch |
Chair: Marieke van Delft, formerly of the National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague
| 14.00 – 14.30 | Harm Nijboer, independent scholar (also on behalf of Judith Brouwer, Huygens Institute and Leon van Wissen, University of Amsterdam) – A Catalogue in Context: Unleashing the Research Potential of the STCN with Linked Open Data. |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Marian Lefferts, CERL – Treatment of bibliographical records in the Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB). |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Panel discussion: CERL and RBs (Claudia Fabian, Marieke van Delft et.al.) |
| 16.30 | Conclusions, wrap up |
