Historic houses · Mid Wales
Roderic Bowen Library and Archives
In or near Lampeter.
Roderic Bowen Library and Archives in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Roderic Bowen Library and Archives is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Roderic Bowen Library and Archives (or RBLA), housing university archives and special collections, is located inside the library building of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) Lampeter campus. The Lampeter campus is home to the oldest degree-granting institution in Wales, the former St David's College, and as such its Special Collections house significant information about the early history of higher education in Wales, alongside major donations from its founder the Anglican Bishop Thomas Burgess, and benefactors such as the East India Company surgeon and owner of enslaved people Thomas Phillips. The RBLA is named after Evan Roderic Bowen, Welsh Liberal Party politician, and president of the University of Wales, Lampeter, now part of UWTSD, from 1977-1992.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Visiting
The RBLA is accessible to the general public by prior appointment, with materials being provided at the user's request. Users can search for titles using the library catalogue Primo or the archive's catalogues while within the RBLA, or can pre-order materials via e-mail communication with the department. Students at UWTSD are able to access the RBLA at most times it is open and staffed; as with members of the general public, access to materials is provided on request. The Special Collections are also used for university teaching; students are able to work on projects and dissertations using special collections materials.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.1127, -4.0759
- District
- Ceredigion
- Parish
- Lampeter
- Postcode
- SA48 7HG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli
Sources
- wikidata: Q112612141 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Roderic Bowen Library and Archive (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Roderic Bowen Library and Archives?
- Roderic Bowen Library and Archives is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA48 7HG), in the parish of Lampeter.
- What is Roderic Bowen Library and Archives?
- Roderic Bowen Library and Archives in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Roderic Bowen Library and Archives?
- Drivers can use postcode SA48 7HG.
- How do I get to Roderic Bowen Library and Archives?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SA48 7HG. It sits within the Ceredigion Preseli parliamentary constituency.