Progress Report 2004-2006
LIBER Manuscript Librarians Group Manuscript Librarians Group Progess Reports 2003-2007 This document is a compilation of the information in the national progress reports of the LIBER Manuscript Librarians Group. The reports have been written by: Alois Haidinger (Austria), Thierry Delcourt (France), Alessandra Sorbello Staub (Germany), Scot McKendrick (Great Britain), Bernard Meehan (Ireland), Francesca Niutta with Simona Cives (Italy), André Bouwman (Netherlands), Maria Wrede (Poland), Olga Sapozhnikova (Russia), Anna Gudayol (Spain), Ingrid Svensson (Sweden). The final editing was performed by André Bouwman and Bernard Meehan (2.11. 2007). Contents: 1. Acquisitions (2-7). — 2. Cataloguing projects (8-18). — 3. Digital access (19-25). — 4. Conservation (26-28). — 5. Selected exhibitions (29-33). — 6. Other research activities, including conferences (34-37). — 7. Selected literature (38-47). — 8. Education (48-50). — 9. News on staff, organizations; varia (51-53). Progress Reports 2003-2007 / Chapters 1-9 (2.11.2007) 1 LIBER Manuscript Librarians Group 1. Acquisitions Austria — Acquisitions • Austrian National Library (ANL): Autographs and manuscripts of Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856), Maria Theresia (1717-1780), Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916), Peter Altenberg (1859- 1919), Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Leo Navratil (1921-2006), Franz Werfel (1890-1945), Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887-1973), Friedrich Torberg (1908-1979), Josef Weinheber (1892-1945). Cf. http://www.onb.ac.at/sammlungen/litarchiv/index.htm . — Among the medieval manuscripts a prayerbook for Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493) (Cod. Ser. n. 46.243) is the most important acquisition. France — Acquisitions • Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF): Several departments acquire manuscripts: Arsenal, Arts du Spectacle, Musique, and of course Manuscripts.
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