After a period of doubt, it has been agreed that Aberystwyth university will house the archive of BBC in Wales. A grant of £4.7m from the National Lottery has helped considerably. Six years ago, Aberystwyth took charge of the film and video archive dating from 1958 of ITV in Wales. The virtual completion of a historical record of Welsh media coverage is great news. Newspapers of course were an early acquisition, now partly searchable on-line. And yes, blogs such as this have also been harvested by the university.
Now we need to be sure that it will all be looked after.
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