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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: March 2013
Rumours of a Papal Abdication
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI caused a frisson of curiosity and wonder. Comments abounded in the press about the fact that the previous resignation was by Celestine V on 13 December 1294. Though others who had done a bit … Continue reading
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Reshaping Welsh Railways – Beeching Report 50 years on
This month sees the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first part of a report into the state of Britain’s railways written by Richard Beeching and commonly called the Beeching Report. This report called for a drastic reduction in … Continue reading
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Boston Manuscript: creating the METS document
After the Imaging officers have completed scanning the manuscript it is necessary to create a METS document. METS is a data structure for describing and managing complex digital library objects. Administrative, structural, and descriptive metadata is created for the webpage … Continue reading
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