A reminder that next Thursday (Jan. 28) from 1-3pm, the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) is having a workshop at Columbia University, Butler Library, Rm 523. From the CERL website we learn that the workshop will contain: "A presentation by CERL of its latest research activities and future plans by the CERL Secretary and CERL Directors to American libraries." * CERL Group of American Libraries * CERL’s Security Working Group: it’s Security Network, workshops and recent conference on Library security: practices and strategies (Vatican Library, 8 May 2015). * A report from the Chair of the CERL Security Working Group (Kristian

* Presentation of the new Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database and of the new database TEXT-inc. * Overview of 2015 activities and 2016 calendar Will be present: Cristina Dondi, Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities, Lincoln College, Oxford Kristian Jensen, Head of Collections and Curation, the British Library,

Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, Oxford Edwin Schroeder, Beinecke Library Director, Yale. Afternoon refreshments will follow. Attendance is free but please RSPV to secretariat(a)cerl.org SOURCE: https://www.cerl.org/services/seminars/main#other_seminars (accessed 1/21/16) ABOUT CERL: "The Consortium's purpose is to share resources and expertise between research libraries with a view to improving access to, as well as exploitation and preservation of, the European printed heritage. "The Consortium was formed in 1992 on the initiative of research libraries in many European countries and legally came into being in June 1994. CERL's primary objective is to record all books printed in Europe during the hand-press period, c.1450–c.1830, in a machine-readable catalogue, called the Heritage of the Printed Book Database or HPB (originally called the Hand Press Book Database). Two other significant initiatives are the development of the CERL Thesaurus and the CERL Portal." SOURCE: https://www.cerl.org/about/main (accessed 1/21/16) +++++ NB: Visitor access to Butler Library is administered by the Library Information Office, located just inside the Main Entrance in Room 201. Some form of government issued ID is required for admission. Visitor registration at Butler Library is generally quick and painless. +++++ Kind regards, Michael Laird P.O. Box 299 Lockhart, TX, 78644-0299 917-747-5953 http://michaellaird.com