Monthly Archives: July 2010

Developments in alfresco photography

  “J D Ll” 185-  This year is the bi-centenary of the birth of John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882), of Penlle’r-gaer, Swansea, a pioneer photographer whose …

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H.M. Stanley: a Welshman I presume?

Journalist and explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley became world-famous for his explorations in Africa, and for his ‘discovery’ in 1871 of David Livingstone at Ujiji. …

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Oxford blues

I’m in Oxford for the annual get-together of the heads of the six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland.  Our host this year …

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Humphrey Llwyd’s map of Wales and the Saxton proof map

Like George Owen (see post on 21st July) Humphrey Llwyd was an Elizabethan polymath: physician, antiquary and MP for Denbigh, it was later in life …

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Pentre Pella

Perched on a mountain overlooking the port of Holyhead, Pentre Pella is a small, irregularly shaped village with clusters of solid, squat cottages, stone walls, …

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Water and stone

After a decent morning catching up on work – uninterrupted by calls and emails, except those from fellow nerds –  it’s time to join our …

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George Owen’s map of Pembrokeshire

One of the delights of working with the collections here is that you are able to look at some items that are rare and beautiful …

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UNESCO Memory of the World

The Peniarth manuscript collection at the National Library of Wales has been included on the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. We’re extremely pleased …

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Learning and Development

Here goes – final blog for the time being! The next year will mean a re-vamp for our Library and Information NVQ’s – which will …

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Cartographic treasures to be digitised

I was talking to the Librarian at tea a while back and the discussion turned to map digitisation. We haven’t added any maps to the …

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