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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: January 2012
Coal Owners of South Wales
The records of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association represent a major source of information for the history of coal mining in Wales and industrial relations in the South Wales coalfield prior to nationalisation. Founded as the Aberdare … Continue reading
Posted in Archives and Manuscripts
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26 Treasures – You’ve seen the Website, now Print the Book!
Many of you would have heard about the exciting project the National Library’s been cooperating with Tŷ Newydd Writers Centre – 26 Treasures. Basically it was a challenge for writers and poets to compose 62 words to describe or … Continue reading
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Driving our way out of a digital dark age, 140 characters at a time
Last month I attended the Digital Strategies for Heritage (DISH) conference in Rotterdam. This conference brought together representatives of ‘GLAM’ institutions (the slightly inappropriate acronym of Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) from across Europe and America to discuss the need … Continue reading
Posted in Digitisation
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