Both devolution and the turn of the new millennium have encouraged decision makers in Wales to evaluate their priorities and to develop new approaches to meet national needs. i The approaches sought are not short term ‘quick fix’ solutions but sustainable and inclusive programmes that attempt to integrate differing needs and consider the implication of current activities on the future generations. This report contains 10 recommendations to ensure the sustainability of a vital element of Wales’s cultural identity: its recorded past. The excitement that surrounded the returning of Owain Glyn Dwr’s papers to the National Library is an indication of how historic collections can contribute to the shaping of a sense of community and...
The unique and distinctive collections held by research libraries have long been recognised as cultu...
Public collections, such as libraries, museums and archives, collect and preserve our written and ma...
Libraries' current uncertainty about their prime purpose is probably due to insecurity and to the fa...
Both devolution and the turn of the new millennium have encouraged decision makers in Wales to eval...
This report responds to the CyMAL and National Library of Wales (NLW), Aberystwyth request to revisi...
This paper aims to provide an overview of a long and complex story. It starts with the emergence of ...
This paper presents a summary of the formation of a steering group to devise and advocate for a comm...
Digitisation initiatives in libraries, archives, museums and educational institutions have created ...
This thesis evaluates the National Library of Wales (NLW) from conception to realisation. It adds to...
The concept of the Distributed National Collection is a Wales wide collections management initiative...
Purpose: The People’s Collection Wales aims to collect, interpret, distribute and discuss Wales’ cul...
This work examines the country house libraries of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Hitherto this ...
In the past a huge quantity of material relating to the police and criminal justice system has been ...
Howell explores the impacts of devolved politics on the heritage and museums sector in Wales. His wo...
Three of the leading heritage agencies in Wales formed a partnership to commission an investigation ...
The unique and distinctive collections held by research libraries have long been recognised as cultu...
Public collections, such as libraries, museums and archives, collect and preserve our written and ma...
Libraries' current uncertainty about their prime purpose is probably due to insecurity and to the fa...
Both devolution and the turn of the new millennium have encouraged decision makers in Wales to eval...
This report responds to the CyMAL and National Library of Wales (NLW), Aberystwyth request to revisi...
This paper aims to provide an overview of a long and complex story. It starts with the emergence of ...
This paper presents a summary of the formation of a steering group to devise and advocate for a comm...
Digitisation initiatives in libraries, archives, museums and educational institutions have created ...
This thesis evaluates the National Library of Wales (NLW) from conception to realisation. It adds to...
The concept of the Distributed National Collection is a Wales wide collections management initiative...
Purpose: The People’s Collection Wales aims to collect, interpret, distribute and discuss Wales’ cul...
This work examines the country house libraries of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Hitherto this ...
In the past a huge quantity of material relating to the police and criminal justice system has been ...
Howell explores the impacts of devolved politics on the heritage and museums sector in Wales. His wo...
Three of the leading heritage agencies in Wales formed a partnership to commission an investigation ...
The unique and distinctive collections held by research libraries have long been recognised as cultu...
Public collections, such as libraries, museums and archives, collect and preserve our written and ma...
Libraries' current uncertainty about their prime purpose is probably due to insecurity and to the fa...