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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: June 2012
dotdotdash
The ICT Section has been trawling through our store rooms to find old equipment for the Library’s dotdotdash exhibition opening 3rd November 2012, and look what we found!
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One Million Hits on Flickr!
I’m happy to announce that the NLW’s Flickr page has today received its millionth hit! Thanks to all those who’ve taken advantage of the opportunity to view some of the Library’s most important photographic collections. Thanks also to those who’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Digitisation, Uncategorized
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Shelley: poet of a drowned landscape
Had circumstances been different, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), the Sussex-born English lyric poet, could have become a permanent resident of Wales. Shelley’s cousin, Thomas Grove, owned Cwm Elan, one of the great estates and mansions of mid-Wales. The 18-year old … Continue reading
Posted in Archives and Manuscripts
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