Category: Wenvoe Community Hub

The Wenvoe Community Library

Contact us on   029 2059 417

 

 

 

 

The days are getting longer  – which suggests two things in particular, it's time to rejuvenate the garden and time to plan the summer holiday. We have a wide selection of travel books in the library and can obtain guides for most countries from within the Welsh Library network. We have a good number of gardening books available, some seriously horticultural, others are written by "celebrities" from TV shows, with an emphasis upon garden design

We have a host of New Books in the library this month.

In the Children’s Section:-

Reading level 1 to 4 Ladybird Books:

“Topsy and Tim go to the Zoo”,

“The Princess and The Frog”,

“The Jungle Book”

 “Pinocchio”

“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” – The Last Straw and The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

“Thorfinn the Nicest Viking” by David Macphail

“Y Gruffalo” by Julia Donaldson

There is a book about Ancient Egypt and one about Space which is a visual Encyclopedia.

For the Grown Ups:

The Chelsea Strangler (sounds scary) by Susanna Gregory

Two authors who just keep going: James Patterson/ “Woman of God” and Danielle Steel “The Mistress”;

“The Fairbairn Fortunes” by Una-Mary Parker

“The Gentle Sleep Solution” by Chireal Shallow

You will find a few others in our special Section “New Books” – opposite you when you first come in to the library.

And do you know your “Bonjour” from your “Hola”? Come and chat to Rafael and Eva, two British teens who go to a French school in Barcelona. They will be in our Community Library on Wednesday February 22nd from 1030 to 1130. (Back of the Community Centre, in the car park).

Come and join us for a warm welcome and a croissant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wenvoe Community Library

Contact us on   029 2059 417

 

 

We will have been running the library for four months by the end of December and are very pleased with progress.

DID YOU KNOW?

Wenvoe library is a ‘Community library’ and is just behind the community centre, it can also be accessed from Wenvoe Close, off Walston Road.

 

It allows you to:

 Borrow DVDs;

 Comic books;

 A good selection of teenage books;

 A wide range of crime fiction – we have more James Patterson books in Wenvoe than anywhere else in the Vale;

 Some interesting novels e.g. we’ve had a copy of M. L. Stedman’s ‘the Light between Oceans’ since July 2013;

 Non-fiction and autobiographies;

 Children’s books (in English and Welsh) fiction and non-fiction;

 Look at a small reference section (including bound copies of What’s On for each year)

 

From a home computer you can:

 Renew any books you’ve borrowed online;

 Browse the Vale catalogue in the comfort of your own home;

 Reserve books you would like to borrow and they will be delivered to Wenvoe library for you to collect – we will ring you when they arrive.

 

If you don’t have a home computer you can use a library computer to do all of the above.

When, as happens, broadband is down, you could use a library computer to read your mail or bring your own computer in to take advantage of free Wifi.

Buy books – we have some good quality donated books for sale and some old library stock is also available for sale.

Green garden waste bags and food bags;

Copies of What’s On.

As a community library we have to find the funds to run the library (the Vale of Glamorgan supplies books, DVDs etc) and all money raised from sales helps.

All the staff are volunteers who are keen to keep the library open for the people of Wenvoe.

Come and see us – Our opening hours are in "What’s On "  ‘Daily What’s On Guide’ page 2

 

 

 

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We having been running the Library since the beginning of September and so far, so good! We survived a failure in the computer network which left us disconnected from the Vale of Glamorgan's systems and operating on paper records for a few days but it was all taken in our stride. As in previous months I'd like to appeal for more volunteers to join our band, it's interesting, rewarding, and sociable come and talk to us in the Library.

As the volunteers have become more familiar with the book stock they have started to apply a White Dot sticky label to mark "dusty" books, "dusty" being a librarians' term for a book which has sat unread on the shelves for more than two years or so. In some instances it is easily evident why a book hasn't been read (unknown author, biography of very minor celebrity, etc etc etc). You can also see that the Vale's Library Service has bought in books in anticipation of an upsurge in interest in, say, the First World War, which hasn't translated into people borrowing books, but these are guesses made in advance and reflect the number of books being published in that genre. Some sections such as Teen Fiction, have a good stock of books but we have relatively few teenage readers, sadly. So, if you have a few moments in the library look out for our White Dotted Dusty Books, sometimes they are little gems.

 

You will have seen our new logo for the library, (or see above) which was chosen from a large number of submissions from Wenvoe Primary School; the winner was Georgia Iles. There were many interesting ideas drawn but Georgia's best encapsulated the sense of reading and community in the round, and provided the basis of an iconic image which can be used on electronic and printed material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

WENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

SATURDAY SWAP SHOP

When: Saturday November 19th 10am –12 midday

Where: Wenvoe Community Library

What: Bring along a jigsaw you have finished with OR a game you don’t play

Then: SWAP /BUY /BORROW

Its easy, its good fun so come and join us at our community library

If you would like more information contact Sylvia Harvey Tel:2059 2261

 

 

 

 

 

On a very wet Saturday at the beginning of September we held our first Book Sale in the Community Centre. We raised over £300, which was fantastic, and sold several hundred books; every table in the Community Centre was used for the sale, just to give you an idea of the scale. Given the weather this was a great start and we are grateful to those who donated books as well as those who came and bought them. The free tea and biscuits were very popular and helped make it a good social occasion as well. Most people seemed to leave with half a dozen books under their arms, which was an excellent outcome.
Over 2,000 books were donated in the weeks prior to the sale and a good number were brought in on the day itself, not all of which could be sorted and put out for sale. Wenvoe readers love crime and passion (as if you didn't know) so a selection of those are now available for sale in the lobby of the library.
A second Book Sale is now being planned for Saturday December 3rd 0930-1200 in the Community Centre. We would hope to be able to offer books for sale as presents so are particularly looking for "read-once" books in good condition. You can bring donations to the library or leave your details if you need them collected.
The Friends of Wenvoe Library has been set up to raise funds for the library but it also aims to keep members informed of developments in the library and provide those running the library with a more direct form of contact. It is free to join the Friends, all we ask is that you leave your contact details at the library so we can get in touch.

 

 

 

 

 

On 1st September your library was formally handed by the Vale of Glamorgan Council over to Wenvoe Community Library Ltd and we signed a Licence to Occupy the Library building with the Community Council. One sentence of text, but it was the culmination of 18 months of hard work. We are now running the Library with fantastic volunteer effort plus some professional support from the Vale Library Service.

As we have said here before, our initial aim is to retain the existing opening hours, build up our understanding of how to operate the library, and increase the number of volunteers. Every session presents new situations and all the users have been very understanding, for which we thank them.

Our volunteers are all local and ages range from 16 to post-retirement age. The Duke of Edinburgh Award and Welsh Baccalaureate require youngsters to undertake community work, which may help with Saturdays. Not everybody has to be computer literate, though a good knowledge of the alphabet seems to be highly valuable. If you are interested in volunteering with us, come to the library and give us your details… it's actually fun and sociable with all the training provided in the library.

Children from the primary school regularly visit the library and were set the challenge of coming up with a logo. The winning design was then made into an electronic image and will become familiar in all our notices. It is distinctive and encapsulates so much of the thinking about how the library and books can be at the heart of the community and appeal to everyone at some level.

We are continuing to sell "Withdrawn from Stock" library books as well as a small selection of books from the donations received by the Friends of Wenvoe Library.

If you have not yet joined the library you can still come and collect a Vale of Glamorgan Library Card and use it at any library in the Vale. Sign up to internet access and you can browse the catalogue, reserve and renew books from the comfort of your own home as well as on the dedicated computer in the library. There is also access to downloadable audio books and magazines.

It was great to see so many people come to support the Friends of Wenvoe Library on a very wet day at the beginning of September and we are grateful for the money raised.

 

Please come and visit…

 

 

WENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

By the time you are reading this we are hopeful that we will have reached agreement with all parties and that Wenvoe Library will have been handed over to Wenvoe Community Library Limited as a not-for-profit company acting on behalf of the community. As we have always indicated there should be minimal change evident at first, the same opening hours and the same services.

Our volunteers have been working alongside the Vale's librarian and are increasingly proficient in their tasks. We need more volunteers, particularly for Saturday mornings where there are two shifts, 9- 11 and 11-1. Please let us know if you are interested. Contact 07581489837, alexgrattan01@ yahoo.co.uk or call into the library and leave your contact details.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the first Friends' Book Sale on 3rd September.