28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
National Library of Wales launches its new strategy
The strategy was unveiled at a launch event on May 20, which also previewed a new 'Clip Corner' at the Wales Millennium Centre.
The strategy supports the Welsh Government's Priorities for Culture, aiming to make Wales' cultural legacy more accessible.
The 'Clip Corner', set to open in June, will provide free access to digitised film, video, and audio from the Wales Broadcast Archive and the Library's Screen and Sound Archive.
The archive, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Welsh Government, contains more than a century of television and radio broadcasts from BBC Wales, ITV Wales, and S4C.
The Clip Corner's location in Cardiff Bay represents plans to make library collections more accessible.
Other Clip Corners are already open in Llanrwst, Cardiff, Swansea, Conwy, Carmarthen, and Caernarfon, with more to open across Wales later this year.
The launch event at the Wales Millennium Centre featured a panel discussion with broadcaster Dot Davies, journalist Will Hayward, heritage leader Dr Gaynor Legall CBE, and Eluned Haf, Head of Wales Arts International.
They discussed the role of culture and heritage in shaping Wales' identity.
Rhodri Llwyd Morgan, Chief Executive of the National Library of Wales, said: "The launch of our new 2025-2030 strategy is a pivotal moment for Wales' cultural heritage — ensuring it is preserved, shared, and made accessible to all.
"The Clip Corner at the Wales Millennium Centre is a prime example of this vision in action."
