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Title: Dafydd Tudur leading a discussion at Europeana2019 - Connect Communities, CC-BY-4.0

Creator: Sebastiaan Ter Burg

Date: 27-29 November 2019

Institution: Europeana Foundation

Country: Netherlands

News Created: 26 March 2020 Dafydd Tudur Georgia Evans

Professionals in Focus: Dafydd Tudur

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month Dafydd Tudur, Head of Access and Public Programmes at The National Library of Wales, discusses the importance of understanding users, change at the Library and getting involved in Europeana initiatives.

Title: Aristotle and Alexander from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 10v

Date: c. 1420 1415 - 1429

Institution: The British Library

Country: United Kingdom

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News Created: 22 October 2019 Georgia Evans

The Rise of Literacy: bringing 13 cultural heritage institutions together to connect written cultural treasures

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Running from September 2017-February 2019, the Rise of Literacy in Europe Generic Service project explored the use of written text in European culture from the 6th to the 20th century to tell the story of literacy in Europe. To celebrate the project’s successful completion, Renata Šolar from the National and University Library of Slovenia - which coordinated the project - discusses its achievements and why it was so important for her institution to be involved.

Title: Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect.

Creator: Robert Burns

Date: 18th Century

Institution: National Library of Scotland

Country: United Kingdom

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News Created: 4 September 2018 Anette Hagan Emily D’Alterio

The Rise of Literacy: contemporary relevance of libraries and literacy

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We spoke to Dr Anette Hagan, Rare Books Curator (for early printed collections to 1700) from the National Library of Scotland about what makes libraries still relevant in a contemporary society, their value for the community, and why literacy is still important today.

Title: Views in north Wales taken in the summer of 1808

Creator: Smith

Date: 1808

Institution: National Library of Wales

Country: United Kingdom

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News Created: 28 August 2018 Elen Jones Dafydd Tudur

The Rise of Literacy: Digital transformation and The National Library of Wales

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Libraries have been cultural hubs for centuries, but with the shift toward digital publishing, the conversation has shifted to their relevance, or assertions of their waning relevance, in a digital age. However, according to Elen Haf Jones from the National Library of Wales, while the library has evolved, it holds its place as a ‘valued cultural institution that serves as the memory of a nation’.

News Created: 26 September 2017 Nicole McNeilly

Introducing the Rise of Literacy Generic Services project: digitizing Europe’s textual heritage

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Read about our kick off meeting to create text based collections

Title: Jean de Meun writing in his study

Creator: Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun

Date: c. 1380

Institution: The British Library

Country: United Kingdom

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Project 1 September 2017 - 28 February 2019

Rise of Literacy

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Rise of Literacy project explored the history of the written text in Europe and aimed to showcase related cultural treasures on the Europeana collections website.