Details of many of the library's special collections of printed materials are given in WilliamsMoelwyn I. (ed.) A directory of rare book and special collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. London: Library Association, 1985. (A new edition is being prepared by the Library Association Rare Books Group.)
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Guide to the Department of Manuscripts and Records, The National Library of Wales. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1994.
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These activities were described in: McGowanIan. ‘Cooperation between legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland.’Alexandria, 6(1), 1994, pp.73–80.
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DaviesW. Ll.The National Library of Wales: A survey of its history, its contents, and its activities. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1937.
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GruffyddR. Geraint. ‘Wales, National Library of’, in KentAllan (ed.) Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 41. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1986, pp.346–368.
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HuwsDaniel. The National Library of Wales: A history of the building. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1994. Also published in Welsh as Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru: Hanes yr adeilad.
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JenkinsDavid. ‘A National Library for Wales: The prologue.’Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1982, pp.139–152.
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JenkinsGwyn. ‘The Welsh Political Archive.’Contemporary Record: The Journal of Contemporary British History, 7(1), Summer 1993, pp.174–180.