[DCRM-L] Registration: STC to ESTC: Past, Present and Future

[O'Brien, Iris]

With apologies for cross posting! Sent on behalf of Julia King, Lead Curator, Incunabula and 16th Century Books, British Library

Dear colleagues,

In celebration of the centenary of the 1926 publication of A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640 and the 2025 relaunch of its successor, the English Short Title Catalogue, ESTC/British Library and ESTC/North America will host a one-day symposium at the British Library in London on 16 November 2026, held online and in person. This one-day symposium seeks to celebrate the legacy of the first two editions of STC and explore the promise of the newly re-launched ESTC with a series of talks and discussions on topics ranging from the history of submitting data to STC, the effects of ESTC on library professional practice, and the ways that ESTC's data can continue to tell us more about the books of the handpress period and the people who worked with them.
Registration is free of charge, and available in an in-person and online option here<https://events.bl.uk/events/stc-to-estc-past-present-and-future>. Please note that in-person spaces are extremely limited and if you find yourself unable to register for an in-person space, please register for the online option and email Julia.King at bl.uk<mailto:Julia.King at bl.uk> to be placed on a waiting list.
Speakers include:

  *   Karen Limper-Herz (British Library) and Greg Prickman (Folger Shakespeare Library): Introduction to the History of STC and ESTC
  *   Holly Forsythe (University of Toronto): Beyond Census Reporting: The Hidden Benefits of Contributing to ESTC
  *   Sara Schliep and Erika Giddens (Folger Shakespeare Library): STC at the Folger Shakespeare Library: History, Influence, and Practice
  *   David Shaw (Bibliographical Society): The Bibliographical Society's Cathedral Libraries Catalogue and its Contributions to ESTC 2nd edition
  *   David Vander Meulen (University of Virginia): ESTC: A User's Perspective Across Half a Century
  *   Stephen Gregg (Bath Spa University): Machine Readable: The Other ESTC
  *   Jonathan Barry (University of Exeter/LMU Munich): Not in the ESTC? A case-study of items printed in Bristol before 1801
  *   Fred Schurink (University of Manchester): What is an Early Modern English Book? Continental European Books in Early Modern England, 1500-1640
  *   Kate Ozment (Case Western Reserve University): Tracking Book Trade Businesses in the ESTC
  *   Mikko Tolonen (University of Helsinki): From ESTC Records to Research-Ready Data: A Foundation for Bibliographic Data Science



  *   David Macfarlane (Cambridge University Libraries): Reuniting Members of the London Book Trades with Their Printed Works: Linking the LBT to the ESTC
  *   Helen Vincent (British Library): Reflections on the Future of the ESTC: A Group Discussion
  *   Nicolas Bell (Trinity College, Cambridge): Show and Tell of material from the revision of the Short-Title Catalogue
We hope to see you there.
With best wishes,
Julia (on behalf of the symposium team)
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Dr Julia King

Lead Curator, Incunabula and 16th Century Books
Printed Heritage Collections
Julia.King at bl.uk<mailto:Julia.King at bl.uk>
she/her/hers
The British Library
96 Euston Road
LONDON
NW1 2DB
bl.uk<http://bl.uk/>


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Iris O'Brien
Early Printed Collections Cataloguing and Processing Manager
The British Library
St Pancras
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7412 7731
E-mail: iris.obrien at bl.uk<mailto:iris.obrien at bl.uk>






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