1. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales A National Collection: A view from the National Library of Wales

2. The National Library of Wales is not, in any way, part of the University of Wales. I am here to speak on behalf of the National Library of Wales, not the University of Wales or any of its constituent colleges. The National Library of Wales does house the University of Waless thesis collection Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales

3. A future for UK Thesis University of London Library 22 January 2004

4. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Where do we fit in?

5. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales An electronic future for University of Wales Theses 9 th September 2004 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

6. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales The Federal University of Wales: Constituent Colleges

7. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Changes to Higher Education in Wales The University of Glamorgan Cardiff University New Universities

8. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales University of Wales Thesis: A National Collection 1899 – 1 thesis 1342 in 1992 2301 in 1993 2736 in 1994

9. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales University of Wales Theses: A National Collection PhDs, Mphils MA, MSc, MScEcon – which merit a distinction or are of specific Welsh interest. c. 1000 pa Total now stands at 45,000

10. Implications … Just as great in Wales as elsewhere in Britain... An additional strata in the hirarchy of the JISC/FAIR model? Masters Theses as well as Doctorates … Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales

11. Developments at NLW Dedicated to a very ambitious programme of digitisation and digital preservation. Dedicated to preserving the integrity of the National Theses Collection.

12. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales A Digital Future: The National Library of Wales believes that it is its responsibility to acquire, describe, store, and provide access to Welsh digital material, including works within the compass of legal deposit.

13. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Q: An electronic future for University of Wales Theses? A: That really is up to the individual colleges of the University of Wales!

14. Moving forward … Establishment of a Working Group at UW Aberystwyth. Involvement of NLW Reports to wider constituency in Wales.

15. Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Moving forward together … A digital continuation of the present agreement between UofW and NLW? How would that plug into the JISC / FAIR model? Are there other models which would allow co-operation on all levels?

16. What do we need? Flexibility! Arwel Jones Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales

17. Flexibility! Flexibility to accommodate different local, regional and national arrangements. Flexibility to accommodate theses of all kinds. Flexibility to accommodate a period of hybrid submissions. Flexibility that will allow un to plan today for tomorrows technology …

18. More than anything else we need … theses!

19. R. Arwel Jones Acquisitions Archivist National Library of Wales Aberystwyth 01970 632873 arwel.jones@llgc.org.uk