Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales A National Collection: A view from the National Library of Wales

Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol

Cymru National Library of Wales

A National Collection:

A view from the National Library

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The National Library of Wales is not, in any way, part of the University of

Wales.

I am here to speak on behalf of the National Library of Wales, not the University of Wales or any of its

constituent colleges.

The National Library of Wales does house the University of Wales’s

thesis collection

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A future for UK Thesis

University of London Library

22 January 2004



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Where do we fit in?



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An electronic future for University of Wales Theses

9th September 2004

National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth



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T h e re a re a lso th re e A ssoc ia ted Ins titu tio ns : S wa n se a In s titu te o f H ig h erE d u ca tio n , N o rth E as t W a le s In s titu te in W re xh a m a n d T rin ity C o lle g e ,C a rm a rth e n p lu s o ve r 50 V a lid a te d In s titu t ion s in the U K a nd o ve rse a s.

U n ive rs ity o f W a le s , A b erys tw yth U n ivers ity o f W a le s , B a n g or

C a rd iff U n ive rs ity U n ive rsity o f W a le s S w a n sea

U n ive rs ity o f W a les , L a m p e te r U n ive rs ity o f W a le s C o lle ge o f M e d ic ine

U n ive rs ity o f W a les In s titu te , C a rd iff(U W IC )

U n ive rsity o f W a le s , Ne w p o rt

F e d e ra l U n ivers ity o f W a les

The Federal University of Wales: Constituent Colleges



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Changes to Higher Education in Wales

• The University of Glamorgan

• Cardiff University

• New Universities



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University of Wales Thesis: A National Collection

• 1899 – 1 thesis

• 1342 in 1992 • 2301 in 1993 • 2736 in 1994



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University of Wales Theses: A National Collection

• PhDs, Mphils• MA, MSc, MScEcon – which merit a

distinction or are of specific Welsh interest.

• c. 1000 pa• Total now stands at 45,000

Implications …Just as great in Wales as elsewhere in Britain ...

An additional strata in the hirarchy of the JISC/FAIR model?Masters Theses as well as Doctorates …



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Developments at NLW

• Dedicated to a very ambitious programme of digitisation and digital preservation.

• Dedicated to preserving the integrity of the National Theses Collection.



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A Digital Future:

“ The National Library of Wales believes that it is its

responsibility to acquire, describe, store, and provide

access to Welsh digital material, including works within the compass of legal deposit.”



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Q: An electronic future for University of Wales

Theses?A: That really is up to the individual colleges of the University of Wales!

Moving forward …

•Establishment of a Working Group at UW Aberystwyth.

•Involvement of NLW•Reports to wider constituency in Wales.



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Moving forward together …

• A digital continuation of the present agreement between UofW and NLW?

• How would that plug into the JISC / FAIR model?

• Are there other models which would allow co-operation on all levels?

What do we need?

Flexibility!Arwel Jones

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Flexibility!• Flexibility to accommodate different

local, regional and national arrangements.

• Flexibility to accommodate theses of all kinds.

• Flexibility to accommodate a period of hybrid submissions.

• Flexibility that will allow un to plan today for tomorrow’s technology …

More than anything else we

need …

theses!

R. Arwel JonesAcquisitions Archivist


Aberystwyth

01970 632873

[email protected]

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