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A blog about the work and collections of the National Library of Wales.
Due to the more personal nature of blogs it is the Library's policy to publish postings in the original language only. An equal number of blog posts are published in both Welsh and English, but they are not the same postings. For a translation of the blog readers may wish to try facilities such as Google Translate.
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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Highgate School
Following his training at the Slade in 1944, Kyffin secured a post as art master at Highgate School in London. His description of this opportunity …
Posted in Kyffin Blog
TEI conference at Zadar, Croatia
I have just returned from the Text Encoding Initiative Annual Conference held at the University of Zadar, the oldest university in Croatia, situated in a …
Posted in Digitisation
Collective Collections Care
In my last post, I talked about the role of the Collections Care section in ensuring the sustainability of our holdings. In this post, I …
Posted in Uncategorized
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, held on the fourth Thursday in November, is one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States. For millions of …
Posted in Digitisation
Pests, bugs and viruses
There is a story, possibly apocryphal, that the phrase “computer bug” derived from the discovery of a moth in a computer which was stopping it …
Posted in Uncategorized
Hollywood Star visits the Library
As this seasons Drwm programme draws to an end, last night, actor and film star Matthew Rhys visited the Library to promote his recent book …
Posted in News and Events
J B WILLANS GLASS NEGATIVES
It is suprising the picture that can be painted of someone from a collection of jumbled and diverse glass negatives. J B Willans, who photographed …
Posted in Collections
Art Nouveau, naughty students and the KGB
I have just returned from the Latvian capital Riga, where I was invited to present a paper at the Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council’s annual conference, …
Posted in Collections
Copyright and Kyffin’s personal collection
As part of my work I am responsible for copyright research within Kyffin Williams’s personal collection, that is the works of other artists which he …
Posted in Kyffin Blog
Hello Wrexham!
On a wet and blustery Thursday afternoon, I ventured up to Wrexham to prepare for an Open Evening at the Guildhall. The evening itself was …
Posted in News and Events