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The National Library of Wales is inviting volunteers to assist with a project collating the history of the Great War  as it affected all aspects of Welsh life, language and culture. The collection includes audio tapes of interviews with people … Continue reading →

For a chance to win an original piece of Doctor Who artwork by the cartoonist Mike Collins, answer this question; How many Doctor Who’s have there been to date? Send your answer via twitter using hashtag #compdotdotdash to @NLWales The … Continue reading →

‘One Christmas was so much like another…’ Dylan Thomas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales Exciting plans for a major exhibition in the Library with associated activities to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas are underway, thanks to … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly three months now since #bus03 was launched on the 13th of September and all is going well! The bus runs every 20 minutes during term time and is without a doubt, a great asset to readers, visitors … Continue reading →

An afternoon hunting for old data reading equipment around the Library’s darkest corners isn’t usually what we do on a Friday, but this afternoon staff from IT and the MabLab project embarked on a treasure hunt of a specialist nature. … Continue reading →

In October we’ll be having a ‘Jelly’ at the National Library of Wales for the first time! This Jelly won’t be for tea; it will be an event that gives people an opportunity to work, chat & collaborate in a … Continue reading →

Welsh libraries are looking into the potential for creating a library app for mobile devices which would work alongside the librarywales.org website. We are researching existing library apps as well as what people would want from a library app. The … Continue reading →

  The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games is a fascinating spectacle. Not the circus before it, but the actual parade of competing states. It’s a challenge, an Olympic-sized challenge for me as I try and recognise a country’s flag … Continue reading →

The ICT Section has been trawling through our store rooms to find old equipment for the Library’s dotdotdash exhibition opening 3rd November 2012, and look what we found!