Culturenet Cymru
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Culturenet Cymru Ltd. was funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and was based at The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.[1][2] Its brief was to work in conjunction with both its members and community groups to develop a range of exciting and innovative projects. Its aim was to use online resources to increase awareness of, and improve access for all to, the culture and history of Wales. Culturenet Cymru projects included:
- 100 Welsh Heroes - a poll to find the most popular Welsh people from history. It led to a book of the same name.
- Gathering the Jewels
- Community Archives Wales
- Their Past Your Future Wales
- Glaniad
Following the publication of the 100 Welsh Heroes poll, it was alleged by the company's former IT manager that the poll had been rigged, under pressure from the Welsh Government, to prevent Owain Glyndŵr from finishing ahead of Aneurin Bevan. He stated that this was "a misuse of public funds".[3]
Another major project run by Culturenet Cymru was "Gathering the Jewels", a digital collection of archive material based on contributions from local archives, museums, history societies and individuals.[4] Its content was later incorporated into "Peoples Collection Wales".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ National Library of Wales Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 October 2008
- ^ Welsh Assembly Government press release[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 13 October 2008
- ^ "'Welsh heroes' row flares up". WalesOnline. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Lorna M. Hughes, ed. (2012). Evaluating and Measuring the Value, Use and Impact of Digital Collections. Facet Publishing. pp. 25–26. ISBN 9781856047203.
- ^ "People's history will go online". BBC News. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2024.