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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: July 2011
Wrexham Eisteddfod 2011
The National Eisteddfod in Wrexham, is without any doubt, is Wales’s most important cultural event. The diversity of the competitions held – music, poetry, literature, …
Posted in News and Events
Uncharted territory? (part 2)
In part one of this blog (19th July) I told how I had found a set of William Morris charts of Welsh Harbours which appeared …
Posted in Uncategorized
Celebratory destruction!
The week before last was full of pressure or tension as I attempted to create a cake based on the Library’s facade for the centenary …
Posted in Digitisation, News and Events
Wales, Bolivia and Venezuela – T. Ifor Rees
Bienvenidos a la Biblioteca Nacional de Gales embajadores de Bolivia y Venezuela! On 11 August the National Library of Wales will welcome the UK Ambassadors …
Posted in News and Events
Library on Tour
It’s that time of year again when the Library relocates for a few days for our annual pilgrimage to the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show in …
Posted in News and Events
Uncharted territory? (part 1)
It is very easy to think that we know all about past mapmakers and their work and that there is nothing new to say, but …
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A belated spring-clean
Over the last couple of weeks I have been going through the uncatalogued material in the Map Store, in order to create some extra space …
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The Old Warrior
Friday 15 July sees the Library celebrate the centenary of the laying of its foundation stone. The centre point of the day will be the …
Posted in Digitisation, News and Events
Anniversaries!
It’s a year of anniversaries at the National Library this year. As you probably know by now, the Library will be celebrating a hundred years …
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The future’s bright
The future’s bright The future’s bright – the future’s Orange.Sadly neither of these applies to the Library’s financial future. More like “dark and murky with …
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