A Page About Libraries
Key facts about libraries in Wales
323 public library service points in Wales are open 10 hours a week or more, including mobile libraries. Another 33 are open less than 10 hours a week
Welsh public libraries hold 335,000 audio visual lending items, which includes 91,000 music, 79,000 adult talking books and 95,000 videos and DVDs
Welsh public libraries have 2,425 computer terminals with library catalogue and free broadband internet access, helping people to find the best answers, faster.
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Read some debate about libraries here and here
Literacy news here
Access all the available UK public library links here
Who did write this?
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. The pleasure they give is steady, unorgastic, reliable, deep and long-lasting. In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.
Another link to find out here - but, please come back!
Visit a library website for Wales - created just for you!
Alun Pugh AM, former Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport said:
“This website is a mine of information and an excellent free resource for everyone. From children looking for help with homework to people looking for jobs, I’d urge everyone in Merthyr Tydfil to make sure they’re registered with their local library so that they can take advantage of this free service.
The Welsh Assembly Government is committed to creating libraries fit for the 21st century and have invested £2 million in Welsh libraries to drive up standards and to develop interesting and innovative projects like this one to make libraries relevant to people today.”
Visit the new Welsh libraries website here
Read more about Welsh libraries and Welsh Assembly plans for libraries here
Read about English and Welsh libraries here