Collections Wales : An Introduction
There are a number of ways to search for Collections Wales material. They include:
Collections Wales resources are also accessible from relevant sections of Wales on the Web gateway. Title bar of resource is blue.
A search engine for Collections Wales resources is under construction.
Collections Wales : A Short History
Collections Wales is the result of Mapping Wales, a Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum (WHELF) collaborative project funded by RSLP, and based at the University of Wales Aberystwyth Information Services. It began in December 2000 and was completed in July 2002. Collections Wales was incorporated into Wales on the Web in June 2005.
Its purpose is to improve resource discovery and facilitate access to research resources in and relating to Wales. Collections Wales resources contain descriptions of research collections in Wales from a range of relevant external organisations in Wales, the UK and overseas.
Collections Wales resources also provide comprehensive coverage of research level collections housed in Welsh HEIs and systematic coverage of the research holdings of the National Library of Wales, as well as special and local collections held by major public libraries, national bodies and other public and private sector agencies throughout Wales. It includes a wide range of subjects, and a variety of formats, from printed materials and photographs to artefacts and electronic data.
There are 538 Research Collections listed within Wales on the Web