page_title: Libraries in Cardiff
section_title: Llanishen
hierarchical_section_title: Libraries in Cardiff / Branch libraries / Llanishen
caption_attribution_description: English: The new Llanishen hub, Cardiff, Wales
context_page_description: Public libraries in Cardiff are owned and operated by Cardiff Council. There are 20 public libraries in the capital of Wales, the largest of which is Cardiff Central Library. A mobile library service is also provided. In 2018/19, there were almost 91,000 Cardiff residents, around 25% of the city's population, who borrowed an item from a municipal library. Increases in visits, active borrowers and library members have taken place during 18/19 as the service continues to grow in popularity with Cardiff's citizens.
  There are 280 computers in libraries in Cardiff due to the £70,000 of capital funding that was provided to replace and upgrade these facilities. Internet access is offered free of charge at every branch. Cultural events are regularly held at city library branches.
  The first city library opened in central Cardiff in 1861, followed by the city's first branch library in Splott in 1894. The latest building to serve as Central Library opened in 2009 as part of a major reconstruction of the eastern city centre, including the St. David's 2 project.
context_section_description: Llanishen Hub (Welsh: Hyb Llanisien) is in the heart of Llanishen in northern Cardiff.
  It is now located on the bottom floor of the Police Station in Llanishen Village, the police station remaining on the second floor but no longer with access to the public. It changed location from a shop front on Kimberley Terrace with enabled it to open full time as well as offer other services.
  
  The library offers most of the services of a full-time branch - fiction, non-fiction, large print and talking books for all ages. Also available are DVDs, an inter-library loan service, a community directory containing local information, four PCs with free public Internet access, and the Bookstart Scheme offering a free book for library members under 4 years old.
caption: Llanishen Library Hub
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