Welsh Journals Online

To read articles and reviews relating to politics, history and current affairs look at Contemporary Wales which is now available online through Welsh Journals Online project based at the National Library of Wales.

National Library of Wales Photo Collection Online

The National Library has an increasing collection on Flickr Commons . Included are some of world's earliest photographic images taken by John Dillwyn Llewelyn of Penllergare (now Penllergaer), near Swansea.

The Collection is accessible free of charge.

Ffair y Glas / Fresher's Fayre

Dewch i stondin y Ganolfan Adnoddau Dysgu yn Ffair y Glas a rhowch gynnig ar y cwis i ennill gwerth £40 o dalebau Amazon / Visit the Learning Reosurces Centre stand at the Fresher's Fayre and enter the quiz competition to win an £40 Amazon voucher.


Wednesday, 29 September 2010 at 10:00

Campws Caerfyrddin / Carmarthen Campus

Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 10:00

Campws Llambed / Lampeter Campus

BICENTENARY OF NEUDDLWYD ACADEMY

The academy at Neuaddlwyd was opened in October 1810 as a result of the deliberations of the ministers of the Independent chapels in Cardiganshire. They needed a place to train young men from poorer backgrounds and prepare them for the ministry.

2010 will mark the bicentenary of the establishment of the academy which at the time was famous in Wales and well known throughout Britain, indeed its fame had reached America and its founder, Thomas Phillips, was awarded an Hon. Doctorate in Divinity by what is now Princetown University in 1831. It was significant in the ecclesiatic and educational history of Wales in the early 19th century and it is appropriate that its foundation should be celebrated. A celebration is being held in Aberaeron and Neuaddlwyd on 15-16 October.

Llyfrgell - Campws Llambed : Oriau Agor / Library - Lampeter Campus : Opening Times

Llyfrgell - Campws Llambed : Oriau Agor / Library - Lampeter Campus : Opening Times

Llyfrgell - Campws Caerfyrddin : Oriau Agor / Library - Carmarthen Campus : Opening Times

Llyfrgell - Campws Caerfyrddin : Oriau Agor / Library - Carmarthen Campus : Opening Times

Now online.. hell of the prison hulks

The lives of 200,000 inmates held in horrific conditions on nineteenth-century prison ships were highlighted yesterday as the records were made available online.

The ships housed inmates aged eight to 84, according to the Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849.

William Davies, 84, got seven years for sheep stealing while Samuel Phillips, 16, got life for burglary

Each hulk held 200 to 300 convicts, with one in three dying on board.

Dan Jones, of Ancestry.co. uk, said: "The records provide a fascinating insight."

Britain's last floating jail, holding prisoners off Portland, Dorset, was sold in 2005.

Earlier this year David Cameron suggested reintroducing prison ships as quick and "cost effective"