Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1972-1982 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Library Advisory Council for Wales was created under the Public Libraries & Museums Act 1964, to advise the Secretary of State for Education and Science, and from 1 April 1978, to advise the Secretary of State for Wales (who from that time took over responsibility for public library services in Wales). The Library Advisory Council (England) had a similar role in England while the British Library Advisory Council advised the British Library. The Library Advisory Council for Wales later became the Library and Information Services Council for Wales (LISC).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Dr David Jenkins, Penrhyn-coch, Aberystwyth, 1983.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to the British Library Advisory Council, 1976-1982, the Library Advisory Council (England), 1972-1981, and the Library Advisory Council for Wales, 1972-1982, comprising agenda and minutes of committee meetings, correspondence and newsletters, reports and memoranda; and copies of British Library News, 1979-1982.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1983, p. 28, at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- British Library Advisory Council -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Library Advisory Council (England) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Library Advisory Council (Wales) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- British Library Advisory Council. (Subject)
- Library Advisory Council (England) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Minor Lists and Summaries 1983 and Schedule of Elwyn and Margaret Davies Papers; Library Advisory Council (Wales), Library Services in Rural Areas (HMSO, 1978).