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CERL PortalManuscripts and Early Printed Material

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CERL Portal• a cross-collection search utility for

materials in manuscript collections (all time periods) and the European printed heritage (up to c. 1830)

• Functions as access point to source files

• Continous integration of new sources

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Users of the CERL PortalBibliographic reference and access tool

for– users from areas of study that use

manuscript material or printed material as sources

– Archivist– (Manuscript) librarians– …

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Contents of the CERL Portal• Sources from

– 23 institutions in – 12 European countries, Australia and the US.

• CERL members as well as others• Developed and maintained by the Electronic

Publishing Centre at the University Library of Uppsala Distributed searching via either Z39.50 or OAI-PMH

data always very up-to-date searching of Z39.50 sources slightly slower fewer search options available

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Access to the CERL Portal• Freely available at

http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/cerl_portal• Provides further access to source files

(most of them free, HPB as preview)They offer in addition:– Full bibliographic descriptions– Advanced search features– Digital images (in many cases)

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(Edinburgh) OR (Edenborough) OR (Edenburg) OR (Edenburgh)

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Upcoming new sources• NBM (Nuova Biblioteca Manoscrita,

libraries of the Veneto area) • MWM (Manuscripts of Western Midlands,

University of Birmingham project)• Gallica, Vienna (important letter

database)• Manuscripta Mediaevalia

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How to join in…• Everyone:

– Make use of the CERL Portal for your research– Use the CERL Portal as access point to numerous

digital resources • Librarians:

– Make your collections of manuscript or early printed material more visible through the CERL Portal

– Have your OAI-PMH harvestable or Z39.50/SRU accessible file included into a powerful cross-file search service