The National Library of Wales
News - 2007
Dylan Thomas’ Passport, WWI Recruitment Posters And Boxing – all in the Centenary Exhibition Online
Fri, 21 Dec 07 12:41:00
The National Library of Wales’ centenary celebrations in 2007 may have finished but the spirit lives on as the Library’s centenary exhibition, 'In this Place', goes online.
New President and Vice-President of The National Library of Wales
Fri, 16 Nov 07 16:43:00
Rhodri Glyn Thomas, the Heritage Minister, has announced the appointments of Mr Dafydd Wigley and Mr Arwel Ellis Owen as the President and Vice-President of The National Library of Wales. Their terms of appointment start on 1 December 2007 and will last for 4 years.
Faces of Criminals at Lens Festival
Thu, 08 Nov 07 12:12:00
What do the faces of the old criminals of Wales say about them … and the society in which they lived and broke the law? In this year’s Lens festival of Welsh documentary photography, on Saturday 10 November, Prof Richard W. Ireland of Aberystwyth University will debate that the criminal portrait, or mug-shot, plays an important but neglected position in the history of photography, and Wales was the site of some significant early developments.
Sleeping with the Enemy: Trade Unions in Wales during the Thatcher Years
Mon, 29 Oct 07 16:52:00
As General Secretary of the Wales TUC between 1983 and 2004, David Jenkins has vivid memories and views of Margaret Thatcher’s government and its effect on Wales and the trade union movement. At this year’s annual Welsh Political Archive Lecture on 2 November, he will recall the bitter battles but also the forgotten history of how the trade union movement cooperated with the Conservatives in government to work towards a new kind of Welsh economy.
Of a Feather – an avian alphabet
Wed, 10 Oct 07 09:47:00
From ‘Abandonment of Cuckoos’ through ‘Gaggle of Geese’, ‘Tiding of Magpies’ to ‘Zephyr of Longtailed Titmice’, Colin See-Paynton’s 'Of a Feather – an avian alphabet' exhibition at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth is a master piece of engraved work.
New Higher Education Page
Tue, 18 Sep 07 13:31:00
The National Library of Wales has developed a new Higher Education information page. A new page will be published every quarter with up to date information.
Online Registration for Reader's Ticket
Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:35:00
You can now register for a reader’s ticket before visiting The National Library of Wales.
Plas Lluest's New Exhibition
Mon, 17 Sep 07 16:01:00
Plas Lluest day services for people with learning disabilities launched they’re latest exhibition at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth on Friday 7 September. The exhibition, 'Our Library Through Silence and Sound' is a collection of multi-sensory artworks by members of Plas Lluest Art Project to celebrate 100 years of The National Library of Wales.
Wales and Slavery - Touring Exhibition
Mon, 17 Sep 07 15:46:00
This autumn, to mark the 200th anniversary of the Act which abolished the slave-trade, a thought provoking new exhibition, 'Everywhere in Chains: Wales and Slavery', comes to The National Library of Wales.
Photos of Wales’s Eisteddfodau
Tue, 31 Jul 07 14:11:00
This week sees the publication Eisteddfodau Geoff Charles - a volume of photographs by a person who did more that anyone else to capture the eisteddfodau, large and small, of Wales. Although Geoff wasn’t ever an eisteddfod competitor or organiser he travelled to hundreds of eisteddfodau across Wales from the 1930s onwards and in this beautiful collection the author Ioan Roberts chooses some of the most interesting pictures of a unique Welsh events.
Edward Lhuyd’s Cornish Dictionary online
Mon, 16 Jul 07 09:57:00
Geirlyer Kyrnẁeig (NLW MS Llanstephan 84), the Cornish dictionary by the erudite Welshman, Edward Lhuyd, is now online.
Bridging the Red and the Green - Huw T: Prif Weinidog Answyddogol Cymru
Thu, 12 Jul 07 12:39:00
Among all the talk and discussion about coalitions in the National Assembly between the Red and the Green, a new publication throws light on the life of one man who contributed to the formation of the Assembly. A man who was part of the campaigns of Plaid Cymru and the Labour party and who was known as ‘Prif Weinidog Answyddogol Cymru’ (the unofficial Prime Minister of Wales) – Huw T Edwards
The Library’s First Home
Mon, 09 Jul 07 13:32:00
On Wednesday 4 July a plaque was officially unveiled to commemorate the first home of The National Library of Wales at Laura Place in Aberystwyth.
Our role in the 21st century - make your views known
Mon, 09 Jul 07 12:01:00
Shaping the future of The National Library of Wales - give us your views
Hengwrt Closed
Thu, 28 Jun 07 12:15:00
The Hengwrt exhibition room (which displays some of the Library’s rare manuscripts and books) will be closed from Wednesday 11th until Friday 13th July for an exhibition changeover. It will reopen on Saturday 14 July. We apologise for any inconvenience.
International Praise for NLW Game
Wed, 27 Jun 07 12:28:00
On Friday June 29 The National Library of Wales will release an exciting new computer game called Nanw’s Great Adventure. The aim of the game is to help a character called Nanw to find 7 of the Library’s treasures that have been hidden by her mischievous friends, and return these to the Librarian.
Welsh Furniture 1250 – 1950
Wed, 27 Jun 07 12:05:00
Wales is world famous for its Welsh Dresser, but is that the only contribution Wales has to world furniture style and craftsmanship? Can we talk of such a thing as Welsh style and what of the regional differences within Wales?
Fflics - Wales Screen Classics Festival Launched
Tue, 26 Jun 07 14:20:00
A major new film festival has been launched, taking place in Aberystwyth from 25 -28 October 2007. Fflics – Wales Screen Classics is a 4 day film festival showcasing the history of both Welsh cinema and the Welsh on the big screen; from the earliest cinematic pioneers until the end of the nitrate film era.
Ready for the Next Century!
Mon, 18 Jun 07 13:07:00
Mid-way through its centenary celebrations The National Library of Wales is asking the Welsh public how they would like to see the Library develop over the next 100 years.
The Library’s Computer Game
Fri, 25 May 07 16:46:00
The very old and very modern side by side at The National Library of Wales stand at the Urdd Eisteddfod.
National Library and Museum present Crown to the National Eisteddfod
Fri, 18 May 07 17:05:00
As part of their centenary celebrations, two of Wales’s national institutions, the National Library of Wales and National Museum Wales, are donating the Crown at this year’s National Eisteddfod in Mold, Flintshire.
The Book of Llandaf Online
Tue, 08 May 07 09:18:00
One of Wales’s most important early ecclesiastical manuscripts, The Book of Llandaf (Liber Landavensis), can now be viewed on the Digital Mirror pages.
Message of Greetings and Congratulations from the University of Wales
Fri, 30 Mar 07 11:10:00
At the University of Wales congregation for the award of honorary degrees, to be held at Trinity College, Carmarthen on Friday 30 March, the University’s Pro-Chancellor presented a Message of Greetings and Congratulations from the University to The National Library of Wales in celebration of the centenary of the granting of the National Library’s first Royal Charter in March 1907.
Library – Access all Areas
Thu, 29 Mar 07 14:26:00
On 29 March the First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, will launch The National Library of Wales’s new-look interactive website www.llgc.org.uk.
Glaniad.com – New Website About Welsh Settlements In Patagonia
Tue, 27 Mar 07 17:01:00
A new website about the Welsh settlements in Patagonia, www.glaniad.com. was launched on 19 March at the City Hall in Cardiff.
BBC Wales series about the Library
Mon, 26 Mar 07 15:10:00
A new series about the Library, Tales from the National Library, will start transmission on BBC Wales on Thursday 29 March. The series is presented by the popular broadcaster and writer, Trevor Fishlock. More information
Centenary Celebration And Exhibition
Mon, 19 Mar 07 13:04:00
Monday 19 March 2007 will mark the exact date that The National Library of Wales was founded. The Royal Charter issued on that date in 1907 was the culmination of 34 years of campaigning for a National Library for Wales.
Bewnans Ke - Cornwall's Important Medieval Play
Mon, 12 Mar 07 11:55:00
The much-awaited publication of the Middle Cornish play, Bewnans Ke: the Life of Saint Kea, will be launched at The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth on Friday 9 March.
Eisteddfod's Maori Chair At The National Library Of Wales
Tue, 06 Mar 07 09:10:00
Two New Zealanders who play for the Llanelli Scarlets rugby team will visit the National Library of Wales on 5 March to give their view on a special Eisteddfodic Chair.
Readathon - 12 Hours Of Non-Stop Reading!
Fri, 23 Feb 07 17:34:00
As part of the celebrations for the international World Book Day, staff at The National Library of Wales (and some of her most faithful readers) will hold a Readathon on Monday 26 February.
Appointments to The National Library of Wales's Board of Trustees
Mon, 22 Jan 07 15:52:00
Alun Pugh, Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport, today [22 January] announced 3 appointments to the National Library of Wales’s Board of Trustees.
600,000 Pages Of Wales In Print To Go Online
Sun, 07 Jan 07 15:36:00
One of the biggest projects ever to digitise and place Welsh printed collections on the web will be unveiled on Friday 26 January.
