Learning Providers: Resources
This project has now ceased, but due to continued interest from partners in the UK and overseas, it has been agreed to keep this website running for a further year. Please note that some information may now be outdated.
Future Skills Wales
Cyfanfyd
Promoting a global perspective in lifelong learning in Wales
Wales Council for Voluntary Action
Other Resources:
Coalfield Web Materials
Coalfield Web Materials provides a unique insight into the social, political and cultural life of the South Wales Coalfield during the 19th and 20th centuries. The site includes:
clips from audio and video interviews, ranging from significant political and trade union leaders to men who worked in the coal mines and their families photographs which illustrate all aspects of life in the coalfield.
The site is based on the holdings of the South Wales Coalfield Collection at University of Wales Swansea. This project is an AGOR partner together with the Llechwefan website.
Archives Council Wales
Archives Council Wales was established in May 1995. It represents institutions and organisations from all parts of Wales involved with the administration of archives. Its aims are:
- To influence policy on archives in Wales.
- To bring to the attention of the public, government or relevant institutions or organisations, matters of current concern in the field of archives in Wales.
- To provide a focus for collaborative projects in the field of archives in Wales.
- To bring together institutions and organisations involved with the administration of archives in Wales and to provide a forum for the regular exchange of views between them.
Archives Hub
The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to 18,896 descriptions of archives held in more than 90 UK universities and colleges. At present these are primarily at collection-level, although complete catalogue descriptions are provided where they are available. The Archives Hub forms one part of the UK's National Archives Network, alongside related networking projects.
GENUKI – UK & Ireland Genealogy
The aim of GENUKI is to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland. It is a noncommercial service, provided by an ever-growing group of volunteers in cooperation with the Federation of Family History Societies and a number of its member societies.
Archives Network Wales
Archives Network Wales is a project to create a web resource to allow easy searching of the collections of documents held by record offices, universities, museums and libraries in Wales.
Community Access to Archives Project (CAAP)
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives/caap
The Community Access to Archives Project (CAAP) are developing a 'best practice model' to address the practicalities of developing community-based online archive projects from start to finish and beyond.
AGOR – Slate Quarrying in North Wales – Coal Mining in South Wales
AGOR is a loose partnership between two constituent projects:
- CWM (Coalfield Web Materials), led by the University of Wales Swansea, and relating to coal mining in South Wales.
- Llechwefan ("slatesite"), led by Gwynedd Council (Culture section), relating to slate quarrying in North Wales.
The main aim of the AGOR partners is to bring together materials relating to the industrial heritage of North and South Wales, which illustrate the enormous effect that the slate-quarrying and coal-mining industries had on their respective communities. We will digitise materials in a wide range of formats and make these available on the Web. AGOR will promote awareness of the history of Wales both within Wales and further afield, as well as fostering a sense of community among those living and working in Wales today.
The British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries.
Our vision is to make the world's intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage accessible, and to bring the collections of the British Library to everyone - at work, school, college or home.
National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently released to the public.