Monthly Archives: June 2010

Life at the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales is never dull! As Access Management and Development Officer, my main duty is to promote the Archive, and ensure that its collections are accessible to all. The work varies from … Continue reading

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Bequest Label

Sir Kyffin’s Bequest is an important milestone in the history of collecting for the National Library and for Wales as a whole. He had already donated many hundreds of art works to us by the time of his death, and … Continue reading

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Friday afternoon in Pen Dinas

‘Smile it’s Friday’ is an event we organise on the last Friday of every month at Pen Dinas. This month 40 pupils from Aberaeron Primary School came to entertain us. They displayed a great overall programme, which included of singing, … Continue reading

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David Lloyd George and Welsh Liberalism

Tomorrow the Library will be launching a new book on the life and work of David Lloyd George, ‘David Lloyd George and Welsh Liberalism’, in the company of Ffion Hague. Dr John Graham Jones, author of this book, has spent … Continue reading

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Learning and Development

Here goes .. my first blog and your first opportunity to gain an insight into the world of learning and development in the National Library of Wales! As a Section (HR and Training) the majority of our time has been … Continue reading

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We complete around ten mail shots per year to people all over the world!

As the Electronic Communications Assistant here at the National Library of Wales a big part of my job is to arrange mailing lists and postings, today we as a department have just completed a posting to over 1500 individuals and … Continue reading

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A busy month

June is a particularly busy month for the promotions team. As you see in the Drwm Summer programme of events we have been busy promoting ten events, attending the Hay Festival and the Urdd Eisteddfod. Also, planning ahead to the … Continue reading

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Digitising the Kyffin Williams Collection

About a year after commencing the digital capture stage of this project, we are approaching its completion. This is then, an opportune moment to look back over the past year and reflect on some of the challenges we have faced … Continue reading

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A good week at the Urdd Eisteddfod.

The Urdd Eisteddfod in Llanerchaeron this year was a great success and The National Library Education sector were present of course. Hundreds of people of all ages came to see what the National Library had to offer on the Maes. … Continue reading

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Planning Ahead

‘Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now’ (Alan Lakein) Given that the sun’s shining brilliantly and that it’s half-term week (as well as that of the Urdd Eisteddfod and theGuardian … Continue reading

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