1. 24 November 20111 CERL Portal Manuscripts and Early Printed Material

2. 24 November 20112 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

3. 24 November 20113 Users of the CERL Portal Bibliographic reference and access tool for –users from areas of study that use manuscript material or printed material as sources –Archivist –(Manuscript) librarians –…

4. 24 November 20114 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

5. 24 November 20115 Access to the CERL Portal Freely available at http://www.cerl.org/web/en/resources/cerl_portal 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)

6. 24 November 20116 The CERL Portal web interface Sources can be individually selected and combined Detailed source descriptions Assisted Searching for –Personal names –Place names Results displayed uniformly in the CERL Portal’s own format Access to the source files through linking

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26. 24 November 201126 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