WHELF: Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum An Open Letter to Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales : The National Library of Wales The Welsh Government has enshrined in legislation the key principles of inclusive citizenship, wellbeing and …

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Excluded Voices – a WHELF Conference WHELF are organising a free one-day conference on Excluded Voices and our Collections to be held online, on 22nd April 2021. We’d like to invite colleagues from the libraries, museums and heritage sector organisations across the …

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Philippa Price writes: On the 16th December 2020, librarians from higher and further education institutions across Wales gathered for the latest WHELF teachmeet to share good practice. As you’d expect in 2020, the event took place online. The theme was …

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Amy Staniforth writes: NHS Wales Library and Knowledge Service and Newtown Area Library have been recognized by CILIP Cymru Wales, the Library and Information association in Wales, for their incredible commitment and innovative services during a turbulent 2020. The Award, …

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Alison Harding , Executive Head of Library and Learning Resources at UWTSD, writes: We have recently participated in a case study with Ex Libris on implementing Alma across a small multi-campus university This will be made available on the Ex …

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WHELF Cataloguing Group – nominated by Alan Hughes, Cardiff University: The team has had a transformational and refreshing impact on the reinvention of cataloguing activities across Wales and beyond. The all-Wales partnership of 14 higher education and research institutions – …

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https://www.elsevier.com/books/technology-change-and-the-academic-library/atkinson/978-0-12-822807-4 Mark Hughes, Head of Library Services at Cardiff Metropolitan University, has written a chapter in a recently published book: Technology, Change and the Academic Library (Elsevier, 2020).Mark’s chapter is a case study about the WHELF LMS at Cardiff Met …

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