Saturday September 24th is History Day at Cardiff Central Library!

Come and help us celebrate the end of History Month at Cardiff Central Library.

We have a host of talks, and library staff will be on hand to help you get the most out of your on-line resources.

Talks include -

10.30 The Glamorgan Family History Society

11.15 Councillor Jaswant Singh - A First Sikh Family in Britain

12.00 Jeff Childs - Roath

1.00 Pradyuman Halai - Swaninarayan Temple

1.30 Channi G S Kaler - The Punjabi Community

2.00 Glen Jordan - Butetown History and Arts Centre

3.00 Saleem Kidwai - Muslim Council of Wales (Muslim History in Cardiff)

3.30 Mark Oliver Llangco - Pinoy in Bitoy’s town: A Statistical Story

Library Staff will be in the ICT Suite on Level 5 to reveal the mysteries of Find My Past and Ancestry.com as well as other e-Resources and on-line Newspapers.

And to tickle your History buds, here's a little quiz.

Email your answers to centrallibrary@cardiff.gov.uk to be entered into a draw to win signed copies of Peter Finch's Cardiff trilogy.

1) In which year did Cardiff become Capital City of Wales.

     a) 1935 b) 1945 c) 1955

2) Which Cardiff suburb is called Treganna in Welsh?

3) Which current Premier League footballer was brought up in Whitchurch, Cardiff ?

4) The Bluebell pub in St. Mary’s Street changed its name to what in 1995?

5) Which street in central Cardiff is well known for its chip shops.

6) The statue of John Batchelor in Cardiff city centre states that he is the friend of –

     a) The poor b) Freedom c) Wales

7) In which hotel in Cardiff would you find the Captain Scott Room ?

8) Billy The Seal was a famous occupant of which Cardiff Park?

9) Which year did Buffalo Bill Cody visit Cardiff with his show?

     a) 1891 b) 1901 c) 1911

10) What is the Catholic Cathedral in Cardiff called?

Three multiple choice - how easy can we make it!

Update to our eBooks service!

Hello eBook people - if you use an iPhone, iPad or Android based smartphone to read our eBooks, you're going to love this!

Overwhelmed by ennui, I've just cut and pasted the instructions we received from our service suppliers - but what it boils down to is that you can now download directly to your devices! Hoorah!

Here's the cut and paste bit -

Direct Download to iPhone/iPad/Android Devices

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to offer direct download to both Apple (iPhone/iPad) and Android Devices.

Browsing the eLibrary Catalogue from these devices has always been possible but until now, downloading has not been an option. Our new download platform is now able to detect the device being used and offer the appropriate download methods.

Apple Device

Accessing the download window from an Apple device will result in the following screen being displayed:

Note: This download service requires that the previously recommended 3rd party app ‘BlueFire’ is installed on the device.

Hitting the download link will result in the title downloading directly into BlueFire with full digital rights management.

NOTE: BlueFire does not offer a download status bar. Therefore, there will be a period of inactivity whilst the title is downloaded. The app will only display a message once the title finishes downloading.

Android Device

Accessing the download window from an Android device will result in the following screen being displayed:

Note: This download service requires that the previously recommended 3rd party app ‘Aldiko’ is installed on the device.

Hitting the download link will result in the title downloading directly into Aldiko with full digital rights management.

Support

We still recommend that titles are downloaded via a PC/MAC through Digital Editions and transferred to the Reader at this stage and this would be our first suggestion to anyone having any direct download problems.

Full download instructions are available in the Help/FAQ section of your eLibrary web site.


So there you have it - I shall now leave you to your own devices (ha ha - see what I did there?)

Go give it a go.