Overview for 'wales'

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
Wales
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.
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Title:
Views in north Wales taken in the summer of 1808
Creator:
Smith
Date:
1808
Institution:
National Library of Wales
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 28 August 2018 Elen Jones Dafydd Tudur
The Rise of Literacy: Digital transformation and The National Library of Wales
wales
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’.
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Data Updated: 11 September 2017
Welsh Newspapers Online
Wales
Welsh Newspapers Online is a free online resource from the National Library of Wales where you can discover millions of articles from the Library’s rich collection of historical newspapers.
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Data Updated: 11 September 2017
P. B. Abery Photographic Collection
Wales
Percy Benzie Abery's digitised photographic collection includes The Builth Wells Historical Pageant photograph album of approximately 160 photographs, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera of the majestic pageant which was performed at the grounds of Llanelwedd Hall on 11 August 1909.
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Data Updated: 11 September 2017
Geoff Charles Photographic Collection
Wales
A website presenting photographs of Wales and the English border during the Second World War, 1939-1945, taken from the Geoff Charles collection, including: 6000 photographs searchable by names, places and subjects.
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Data Updated: 19 February 2018
Tirlun Cymru: Welsh Landscape topographical views
Wales
The Welsh Landscape Collection shows a wide variety of prints: urban and rural areas, mountains and coastline, from north, south, east, west and mid Wales.
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