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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 2013
Friends of The National Library of Wales
Saturday 13 July at 1.00 p.m. is certainly one of this year’s highlights for the Friends of The National Library. Dr Maredudd ap Huw discusses …
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Fancy a night out?
Why not join us for a Comedy Night on Friday 5 July at 8.00pm to see some of Wales’s best stand-up comedians: Gary Slaymaker, Phil …
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Calling all Clubs and Societies
I wonder if the committee members of your club or society have yet arranged your programme of events for the Autumn period? Have they considered …
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World War One : Family connections
In the early stages of the World War 1914-1918 and the Welsh Experience project, which is a JISC funded project to create an on-line archive …
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DIGITAL PRESERVATION
In the race to catch up with all the developments of the digital age – the one thing that often gets overlooked is digital preservation. …
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The Fine Bindings Collection
Some years ago the Library established a Fine Bindings Collection, formed initially by transferring rare, fragile or interesting bindings found elsewhere in the printed collections. …
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Shane Williams
Eighteen months after playing his last international rugby union match for Wales, Shane Williams plays for the British and Irish Lions team against the ACT …
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Copi – a new service
At this year’s National Eisteddfod, visitors will be able to order DVD copies of competitions, ceremonies and concerts held in the Pavilion. This can be …
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Some Facts and Figures!
• There are 6 million books in our collection • We are one of the five copyright Library’s in Britain – This means we have …
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‘Drunk and feverish with mystical exuberance’: John Cowper Powys (1872-1963)
The novelist, John Cowper Powys, who died in Blaenau Ffestiniog exactly fifty years ago, in June 1963, tends to arouse either profound admiration or utter …
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