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cerl papers . vi Many into one: Problems and opportunities in creating shared catalogues of older books Papers presented on 11 November 2005 at the CERL Seminar hosted by the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome

edited by David J. Shaw

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Contents

Osvaldo Avallone: Introduction by the Director of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome vii

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Marco Paoli: ICCU and the national collective catalogues SBN Index and Edit16: from data gathering to fruition 1 Mauro Guerrini: The language of the catalogue and the form of heading: vernacular, original, conventional 11 Neil Harris: Tribal lays and the history of the fingerprint 21 Brian Hillyard: The early history of the fingerprint: a view from Edinburgh 73 Marina Venier: A new resource for the hand printed book: MAR.T.E. – Marche Tipografiche Editoriali Devices of the 17th-century Italian printers, publishers, booksellers 79 Géza Bakonyi: Old in the new: the XML Database of the Hungarian Shared Catalogue of Old Books 87 Florent Palluault: The Catalogue collectif de France (CCFr): today and tomorrow 97 Edwin Schroeder: Helping researchers find what they don’t know they are looking for: access points in catalogue records at ’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 111

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Introduction by the Director of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome osvaldo avallone

Il Dr Avallone diede il benvenuto ai membri del Consortium of European Research Libraries in occasione del loro annuale convegno, tenutosi nel 2005 a Roma presso la Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale. La BNC ha per lungo tempo collaborato con diversi enti nel campo dei libri antichi, interessandosi all’Indice Generale degli Incunaboli del dopo-guerra e al suo diretto successore, ovvero il progetto internazionale ISTC. Insieme all’ ICCU, la BNC é stata poi responsabile sia della realizzazione delle regole di catalogazione per il sistema italiano nazionale dei libri antichi, sia della collaborazione di progetti nazionali per la catalogazione dei manoscritti. Inoltre, la BNC supporta il CERL nella sua volontà di incrementare l’accesso al patrimonio europeo stampato attraverso una profiqua collaborazione tra le biblioteche di ricerca. It is a great pleasure for the National Central Library of Rome to host the annual meeting of the Members of CERL, the Consortium of European Research Libraries and its by now usual Seminar. Today’s meeting is a crowded discussion point where it is possible to compare the different opinions of people working in the field of librarianship and other disci- plines. Our institute has always believed in cooperation as a mean not only to increase access to the cultural heritage and the services offered to users, but also as the opportunity, for the librarians, of a professional growth, given by the contact with several various experiences. Agreat cooperative tradition in the field of antiquarian books has always characterised the National Library of Rome. I want to mention here the great task of the IGI – Indice Generale degli Incunaboli delle biblioteche italiane – which began in the forties, a difficult period for well- known reas