1. "Looking for the Needle in the Haystack: Small, Unique Collections - How to find hidden gems?" Knowledge by Networking Conference, Berlin, June 21st 2007 Maria Sliwinska

2. Important national institutions National and university libraries National museums National archives National galleries

3. Big names British Museum,

4. Big names Louvre

5. Big names Uffizi in Florence

6. Big names Grünes Gewölbe in Dresden

7. Tools for collections location printed guides, catalogues, Inventories,

8. Researchers situation Necessity to travel Difficult to locate all necessary materials Cost of time and money

9. Time of change Digital collections Websites Registered by search engines

10. Difficulties Millions of hits on Internet Information not available on-line Metadata not adequate Too many single catalogues to search Lacking information where to look for

11. Discoveries Documents in unexpected places „Kazania Świętokrzyskie”

12. Small but interesting Victorian Museum in Tiverton

13. Famous object in small place Gutenberg Bible available in a small museum in Pelplin

14. From country to country Mathias Corvin, available in public library

15. Famous people in small places Amos Comensky’s archival materials available in Leszno

16. Historical monuments Polish king dauther Regelinda -XIII century in Naumburg

17. Interesting census records University Ingolstadt closed more than 200 years ago

18. Hollywood star from Lipno Pola Negri

19. Not only in France Maria Curie Skłodowska Museum in Warsaw

20. Big names Wit Stwosz altar

21. Union catalogues

22. Important initiative

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