1 The objects and aims of the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) are to provide services to its members and to the library and scholarly world at large in the form of bibliographical databases, seminars, workshops, publications and co- operation with other library organisations and individual libraries and their staff. CERL concentrates its efforts on printed material from the hand-press period – up to the first half of the 19th century – and on manuscripts, in analogue or digital format. Content CERL Internship and Placement Grants … 1 International Seminar on Provenance Marks … 1 CERL Portal to be discontinued … 2 CERL Working Group on Promotion … 2 New project: MAT-MED in Transit … 3 Elections October 2019 … 4 New publication: Printing Revolution 1450-11500 … 4 Grant Report 2019: Lucrezia Signorello … 5 Collection Security Summer School … 6 CERL Seminar 2019 … 7 New: CERL Working Group on Digital Humanities … 7 LIBER WG on DH and Digital Cultural Heritage … 8 CERL Annual General Meeting and Seminar in 2020 … 8 The Dutch Fagel collection at Trinity College Dublin … 9 CERL Expert Seminar on Remote Storage …10 OBE for Bodley’s Librarian Richard Ovenden …10 Short notices …12 Manuscript databases in Italy …12 CERL Internship and Placement Grants This year, there are five Internship and Placement Grants available in the funding cycle. The internships should take place within the period January-September 2020. Each recipient of a grant receives 1,000 Euro each, and this is to allow qualified librarians and scholars to work on CERL projects in CERL libraries, or in CERL offices, and to be trained on CERL digital resources, generally for a period of one month. If matched funding is provided by the hosting institution, the period can be extended. One of the five grants is offered by Università Cattolica of Milan and is specifically dedicated to one of their students. In particular, CERL is looking to support people new to the profession, whether in librarianship or in academia, and to facilitate international mobility. The grant can only be assigned once to the same person. Applications not selected but positively vetted will be notified that they can apply again for the next round. A written report for the CERL webpage, Newsletter, blog (forthcoming), and/or a presentation in person will be expected at the end of the internship/placement. Internships will be hosted by Cambridge UL, Manchester John Rylands Library, New York Morgan Library & Museum, and San Marino Cal. The Huntington Library (2); see also the CERL website. The deadline for applications is 21 January 2020. International Seminar on Provenance Marks (Rio de Janeiro, 8-10 July, 2020) The International Seminar on Provenance Marks, born from the research project “The Eloquence of Books: Provenance Marks” of the School of Library and Information Science at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) is inviting contributions. For further details, please contact: Professor Fabiano Cataldo de Azevedo.