Record figures at West Glamorgan Archives

West Glamorgan Archive Service has broken a new record for use of its service in 2009/10, with 11,248 users at its service points in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot.

Figures which have recently been published by CIPFA (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) for 2008/9 show that West Glamorgan Archive Service was the 27^th most visited local authority archive in the UK in that year, with figures 81% higher than the next busiest Welsh local authority service. West Glamorgan accounted for over 25%of visits to local authority archives in Wales in 2008/9.

You can read more in the West Glamorgan Archive Service annual report at www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm

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