About Bridgend libraries
Tel: (01656) 754800
Fax: (01656) 642431
e-mail: blis@bridgend.gov.uk
All you need is a valid library card and a PIN number (available from any library).
Bridgend Library and Information Service provides public book lending and information services to the 128,000 residents of Bridgend County Borough, South Wales.
The service is provided through:
10 branch libraries, a mobile library, Cyberlink, Y Llynfi (Maesteg) and a Local & Family History Centre (Ty'r Ardd).
We offer you:
- over half a million books, CDs, DVD's and audio books for loan.
- free internet access, e-mail, scanning, CD burning and word-processing at 14 of our libraries via the People's Network.
- it's easy to join - just fill in the online form and you can enjoy the benefits of membership straight away.
- complete stock listing available at our on-line catalogue.
- a wide range of information sources in printed and automated formats.
- a fast inter-library loan service that provides access to materials from anywhere in the world.
- a home delivery service to housebound readers.
- extensive local and family history research facilities.
- the innovative Cyberlink ICT vehicle. Check the timetable to see if it's visiting your community today!
- a wide range of materials and information for children and regular events for young people of all ages (babies to teens).
- Learning is for everyone! Here's what your library has to offer.
Bridgend Library & Information Service is a Learndirect Centre
Bridgend Library & Information Service is an ECDL test centre.
Do you want a book we haven't got?
Request any book from anywhere* FOR FREE
*Subject to availability.
Offer open only to borrowers who have a clear account with Bridgend Library & Information Service.
Requests for out of stock items available free to those who live, work or are being educated in Bridgend County Borough
Join the library online
It's easy to join - just fill in the online form and you can enjoy the benefits of membership straight away. You'll be able to reserve books via our online catalogue and access free-of-charge a range of useful databases.
library.wales.org
library.wales.org is a mine of information and an excellent free resource for everyone. Get the right answer first time and every time at your library online.
Cobwebs
The Cobwebs site at www.cobwebs.uk.net is your online guide to local clubs, societies and organisations within the Bridgend borough. All types of local groups can be found here, along with contact details and other useful information. It is an online searchable database. Cobwebs also offer support for non profit organisations in Bridgend to build their own quality community group websites.
Ask Cymru
Ask Cymru is Wales' electronic reference library. A team of trained reference librarians throughout Wales is ready and waiting to answer your factual questions and you'll have a response within 48 hours.
Bavalinc
BAVALINC (Bridgend and Vale Libraries in the Community) is a partnership of library services that operate within the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend County Borough Council areas. Established in February 2003, BAVALINC currently encompasses 30 individual service points including public, further education, independent college and postgraduate college libraries.
Free Wi-Fi for library users in Bridgend County Borough
From Monday 19 July 2010, members of Bridgend County Borough Council's Library and Information Service will be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi at 11 libraries throughout the county borough.
Organised by Bridgend County Borough Council's Library and Information Service in partnership with The Cloud, users will be able to use their Wi-Fi enabled laptop, PDA or mobile phone at libraries in Aberkenfig, Betws, Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore Vale, Pencoed, Porthcawl, Pyle, Sarn, Local & Family History Centre(Ty'r Ardd) and Y Llynfi Library, Maesteg.
You'll need to be a library member to access this free service. If you are not a member, please ask the staff at your nearest library about how to join.
Please note that the use of Wi-Fi requires a free one-time registration, and all customer devices must be capable of sustaining their own power.
For further details, please visit your local library
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What's new?
Local & Family History Centre, Ty'r Ardd
From Monday 9th January 2012 our new opening hours will be:
Monday 9 - 1 & 2 - 5
Tuesday 9 - 1 & 2 - 7
Wednesday 9 - 1 & 2 - 5
Thursday 9 - 1 & 2 - 7
Friday 9 - 1 & 2 - 5
Saturday 9 - 1 & 2 - 5
eBooks
Download eBooks to your PC for free!
If you're a member of Bridgend Libraries you can borrow eBooks from the comfort of your own home using our new service, eBooks for Wales.
There are lots of titles to choose from, ranging from current best sellers to self help books, classic fiction to cookery books. We've even have ebook titles suitable for children.
You can borrow eBooks by downloading them from home using your library card number and PIN. [Not compatible with Kindle]
Select, borrow and reserve your eBooks from the eBooks for Wales website:
eBooks can be downloaded on to your PC or laptop, then transferred to your smart phone, tablet PC or selected eReaders. You can borrow up to four eBooks at a time, for up to three weeks. After this period they will disappear from your device.
For more information about this service, please see our eBook FAQs.
If you're not a member of Bridgend Libraries find out how to join.
If you are already a member but don't know your PIN, contact your local library, or email us and we'll reply with your details.
eBooks for Wales is jointly funded by the Welsh Government and 13 other local authority library services.
Get carried away by a book!
Read about our new season of Reading Groups, where they're held, which books we'll be reading over the coming year and how you can get involved.
Downloadable AudioBooks Service
As a BLIS library member, you will be able to gain access to over 600 bestselling unabridged audiobooks
Download titles of your choice and transfer them to your PC,MP player, iPod or even your mobile phone
The service is available 24/7. All that is required is a PC with broadband internet access
Each title offers unlimited availability and simultaneous access for all BLIS members, so every library user can download all the latest bestsellers at the same time, making waiting lists a thing of the past
In order to use the service you must first create an account.
- Login to the library catalogue using your barcode number and PIN.
- Click on My Library Record and select the link at the bottom of the page 'Connect to ClipperDL Audiobooks Service
- Enter your barcode number to verify that you are a Bridgend Library Member.
- Click on 'sign in'
- Click on 'Create an account' and complete and save the form
If you have already created your account click here to log in.
Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, Information, insight and entertainment from the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world.
Search for articles from the first 200 years of the world's greatest newspaper using.
Free on-site and remote access to all library members
Pictures From Our Past
Did you know that you can access over 3,500 photographs via the library website? The photos tell the story of the Borough through the ages and include images of landscapes, local events, churches, chapels and pubs. Do you or your relatives remember any of our featured photographs? Can you fill in some missing details and update our records? Simply use the review function and put some names to faces, or dates to events to help us fill in the missing pieces of the jigsaw.
Discover your ancestors
Take a journey into your past and build your family tree. Gain free access to Find My Past at your local library to search the following:
- the most complete 1841-1911 census collection
- the most complete online index of BMDs (1837-2006)
- parish records for baptisms, marriages and burials dating from 1538
- migration records including 24 million passenger list records
- military records covering the World Wars and more
- many more documents including specialist records
To access it all you need is a valid Bridgend Libraries card.
What's on in your local library
January - April 2012
There are lots of activities for everyone in your local library. For further details, please click here.
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