In the article the authors present the project Digitalised Descriptions of Slavic Cyrillic Manuscripts and Early Printed Books in Swedish Libraries and Archives (2010–2012), and describe the first year’s work within the project. This includes the establishment of the SVEKYR database, an overview of Swedish repositories with materials of importance for the project, and ongoing work on methods for description of early Cyrillic and Glagolitic manuscripts and books.