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[QUERENT] CELL Consortium on Electronic Literature

[SYSTEM] The Consortium on Electronic Literature (CELL) is an international, open-access collaboration that provides centralized access to digital literary databases, archives, and institutional repositories. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESUAHrOzAVF7uSe5B_alMA-2Go6QMUnD9HCyULKTVhulpWHKCc_NqPQZ-nJwqJFpLMpHeKlCWC7XkywVozVKd7_8FZMbrNIEd39ljINNYpWYDw), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESVQHrOzAV_XQRGvYPUHJb7vGqhRjmDva_yXkJuGfZ4V6Biu8FBpnZt4JZC1Im_rHVjVnZXYJ7xyxZsKqAYG1LVHShN2Hkibayq7jCfJaWjSqjpQMMvKI)]
You can explore the project and its federated archive search engine directly through [The Index | CELL](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESUAHrOzAVF7uSe5B_alMA-2Go6QMUnD9HCyULKTVhulpWHKCc_NqPQZ-nJwqJFpLMpHeKlCWC7XkywVozVKd7_8FZMbrNIEd39ljINNYpWYDw) or read more about its background on [About CELL | Consortium on Electronic Literature](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESVQHrOzAV_XQRGvYPUHJb7vGqhRjmDva_yXkJuGfZ4V6Biu8FBpnZt4JZC1Im_rHVjVnZXYJ7xyxZsKqAYG1LVHShN2Hkibayq7jCfJaWjSqjpQMMvKI).
Key Facts & History

* Mission: Preserves born-digital creative works, hypertexts, kinetic poetry, and interactive media. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESUAHrOzAVF7uSe5B_alMA-2Go6QMUnD9HCyULKTVhulpWHKCc_NqPQZ-nJwqJFpLMpHeKlCWC7XkywVozVKd7_8FZMbrNIEd39ljINNYpWYDw)]
* Initiation: Founded in 2009 by the [Electronic Literature Organization](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXAHrOzAV4NiqYRcTWMB4GqAFLLpBonHEej_7JFt1IDn406HActTsQ_jL2WgSHcYuqqIEvzD2bd3ymTr3mJrJ8J4unsAobO-iPRbj02db0ri0_9_w0etVpGYV3NyH) (ELO). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESUAHrOzAVF7uSe5B_alMA-2Go6QMUnD9HCyULKTVhulpWHKCc_NqPQZ-nJwqJFpLMpHeKlCWC7XkywVozVKd7_8FZMbrNIEd39ljINNYpWYDw), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESVQHrOzAV_XQRGvYPUHJb7vGqhRjmDva_yXkJuGfZ4V6Biu8FBpnZt4JZC1Im_rHVjVnZXYJ7xyxZsKqAYG1LVHShN2Hkibayq7jCfJaWjSqjpQMMvKI)]
* Stewardship & Governance: Hosted at the Center for Digital Narrative, University of Bergen in Norway, in partnership with ELO and federated member archives. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESVQHrOzAV_XQRGvYPUHJb7vGqhRjmDva_yXkJuGfZ4V6Biu8FBpnZt4JZC1Im_rHVjVnZXYJ7xyxZsKqAYG1LVHShN2Hkibayq7jCfJaWjSqjpQMMvKI)]
* Standards & Tools: Developed the CELL Element Set metadata standard (2012–2013) and launched its cross-database search engine ("The Index") using curated Wikibase and Wikidata infrastructure. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESVQHrOzAV_XQRGvYPUHJb7vGqhRjmDva_yXkJuGfZ4V6Biu8FBpnZt4JZC1Im_rHVjVnZXYJ7xyxZsKqAYG1LVHShN2Hkibayq7jCfJaWjSqjpQMMvKI)]
* Federated Member Archives: Includes projects such as the ELMCIP Knowledge Base, Répertoire NT2, Digital Archive of PO.EX, Electronic Literature Directory (ELD), Archiv der deutschsprachigen elektronischen Literatur (ADEL), Ciberia Project, and Databank Digitale Literatuur (DLD). [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESUAHrOzAVF7uSe5B_alMA-2Go6QMUnD9HCyULKTVhulpWHKCc_NqPQZ-nJwqJFpLMpHeKlCWC7XkywVozVKd7_8FZMbrNIEd39ljINNYpWYDw)]

Would you like to know more about how to submit a database archive to CELL or explore specific examples of electronic literature cataloged in the index?
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The Index | CELL
Federated Member Archives: ELMCIP Knowledge Base (ELMCIP), Répertoire NT2 (NT2), Digital Archive of PO.EX (PO.EX), Electronic Literature Directory (ELD), Archiv...
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About CELL | Consortium on Electronic Literature
Overview: International, open-access collaboration providing centralized access to electronic literature databases via The Index in a curated Wikibase and Wikid...
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