Category: Wenvoe Community Hub

Has anyone out there got some LEGO they have finished with, know where you can buy LEGO at a reasonable price or any other information re LEGO
We would like to offer sessions in the library for MASTER LEGO BUILDERS – any age, any skill level (we already have one thousand Duplo Bricks). We are open to offers regarding the best timing for this. As long as there is a library volunteer available the library can be opened for this activity.
LEGO sessions are offered in Penarth Library on a Saturday morning and are very well attended and successful. So come on Wenvoe, lets show them that when it comes to LEGO BUILDING we can beat off all comers.
My ability to build those diggers and helicopters was always questionable and with the rolling on of the years I think my skills are now well down the scale so CAN YOU HELP?
To contact me, Sylvia Harvey Telephone 02920 592261 or email: sylviaharvey@hotmail.co.uk
Hope to hear from yo

From the middle of June all the libraries in the Vale will be using a new computer system which is being rolled out across the whole of Wales. It is hoped that the new system will be more reliable but also provide extra functionality; for example, it will be possible to search for a book held at any library in Wales. There's always a downside and we have been informed that the new system will not be loaded with your borrowing history; at the moment, we can tell you if you have previously read a book and send you back to look for another one. If you have found yourself being advised of this in the past you can ask for your history to be downloaded and we will be able to search that borrowing history for you in the library.

Another downside is that you will not be able to access the Library system from home for the first two weeks of June to order or renew books whilst the catalogue is being migrated across to the new system. Please bear with us!

On a happier note we are looking at opening for an extra afternoon in the week but can only do this if we have additional volunteers, If you can help on a Wednesday afternoon, that would be great. We don't want to reveal our new opening times yet, but watch this space.

The opportunity to explore your family history has been taken up by a number of people and is going well. If you would like to take part please call into the library on a Tuesday morning.

We are hoping to have "Digital Drop-ins" where an IT expert can offer hints, tips and help with lap-tops or tablets

In the Children’s Section we have some amazing new books
Ella’s Kitchen – Easy Family Cookbook
Mr Men – Search and Find
Biff, Chip and Kipper – 18 different titles in this series. Wow. I wonder who has read them all?
For the Grown Ups
Blind Sight – Carol O’Connell
Die of Shame – Mark Billingham
Dog of Hope
As you come in the door to the Library you will see these books displayed opposite you.

 

Warmer weather is making the library a bit busier. We held a raffle of Easter gifts, donated by Claire Ellis, Alan French and Sylvia Harvey. The tickets raised £137 and the draw was held on Easter Saturday with Colin Thomas, our supportive Chair of the Community Council donning his chain of office to dip for tickets. We have notified the winners by telephone and most came rushing around to collect their prize. Jenny Davies won the big prize (see photo). The money raised is going towards our younger users and we are buying board games and building blocks to attract them, and their parents into the library.

Last month we invited you to join Heulwen Davies on a Tuesday morning to research your family history; we've had a number of people come forward and they have already started to do their research both in the library and at home; fascinating stories are emerging!

 

 

The Wenvoe Community Library

Contact us on   029 2059 417

 

 

 

 

Have you always wanted to trace your roots and learn more about your ancestors? Wenvoe Community Library is holding weekly drop-in sessions on Tuesday mornings 10:30-12:30. These are for beginners and more experienced genealogical researchers who are willing to exchange tips, strategies, and resources with others in the group in researching their family history. On-line genealogical sources are Ancestry and FindmyPast and are available to the public for in-library use during regular library hours. The library has free Wi- Fi so you are encouraged to bring your laptops/ tablets to share your research with others. A librarian will usually be at hand to cover the basics of how to begin your research, what resources are available and the basic forms and programmes you can use in your family history project. If there is sufficient interest and expertise we can schedule specific topics to be examined in more depth. We would ask for a donation to the community library of £2.00 if you attend this event.

The Easter holiday looms so we are reminding parents that the library is open at its usual times for children to borrow books, DVDs. We are happy for younger children to come into the library and read as much as they want!

We continue to have a selection of books available for purchase from our Book Sales of last year. These have made a real contribution to our being able to keep the library viable.

Don't forget our EASTER RAFFLE which will be drawn on Easter Saturday! The raffle contains a variety of goodies for the Easter weekend and there are three prizes. The draw is planned to be at 1200 and will be a mystery village VIP. We will telephone the winners as soon as the draw is made. .

 

 

 

 

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The Wenvoe Community Library

Contact us on   029 2059 417

There's an excellent website at www.libraries.wales. Featured at the moment is the Wales-wide project to get every child registered at their local library, particularly in Year 4. You can also link through to the Digital Library at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, which is making a wide range of archive material available on-line; for example "Welsh Newspapers Online". You can search and access over 1,100,000 pages from nearly 120 newspaper publications generally up to 1910. This also includes newspaper content that has been digitised by The Welsh Experience of World War One project.

On the Vale of Glamorgan Libraries website are various tools including guides to the e-books you can borrow and a link to a service called "Who Writes Like"; type in the name of your favourite author and it'll throw up a list of authors whose work is considered comparable and should match your taste. We have a physical copy in our reference section.

We don't have any plans for a further Book Sale but are still selling such donated books as we have, many of which have only been read once. There are also some audiobooks and DVDs to buy or borrow.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council continues to develop the Local Development Plan (LDP) and there are “Further Matters Arising Changes” (FMACs). The FMACs consultation will run from Friday 17th February until 31st March 2017 and the documents to support this process are available for inspection in Wenvoe Community Library.

 

 

 

 

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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.