The National Library of Wales

The National Library of Wales, 100 years old in 2007, is one of the oldest and most important of the national institutions in Wales. It is Wales’s pre-eminent library and archive. It is a legal deposit library and holds a wide range of media types, including books, periodicals and newspapers, archives and manuscripts, maps, pictures and photographs, sound and moving images and electronic material. Every year, it welcomes over 90,000 visitors to its building in Aberystwyth and receives over 1.4 million virtual visits. The NLW is committed to improving access to its building, collections and services. It has achieved this through the development of its visitor centre, its educational programme and the extension of its electronic resources.  Sustainable access is a priority for the NLW and it has developed strategies for the preservation of its analogue and digital holdings.