City libraries target six-day service, eventually

[hrmjustin]

Conor Skelding

The return of full six-day service at the city's libraries isn't happening this year.

The city's three library systems collectively asked for an increase of $65 million in the Fiscal Year 2015 budget for the explicit purpose of opening all branches six days a week. They got $10 million.

The vast majority of the city's libraries have not been open six days a week since 2008, when their budgets were last increased.

Hours at the library branches—an average 44 a week—pale in comparison to other big city library systems, according to 2011 data from the Public Library Data Service used in "Branches of Opportunity," a report by the Center for an Urban Future. Libraries in Columbus, Ohio, are open an average of 72.1 hours per week. In San Antonio, Texas, they're open 58.8 hours per week and Chicago's libaries are open an average of 49 hours per week.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/07/8549144/city-libraries-target-six-day-service-eventually

[shenmue]

1. Yaaaaaaaaay!

Awesome!!!!

[hrmjustin]

2. Good news for kids.