Tony Ross has taken over the role of manager for the Mount Pleasant Interim Library. Ignacio Albarracin recently resigned to take a new post with the San Antonia, Texas Public Libraries.
Welcome Tony!
There will be a change in hours of library service at all DC Public Libraries beginning on March 1. Many of you know that the Library lost 71 positions and $2M earlier this year. In spite of best efforts on the part of the District, the financial situation has not permitted the restitution of the positions or the money. In planning for these reductions, the Library administration developed a set of principles to guide their decision-making. The following principles were followed:
New hours of service:
Branch (and Interim) Libraries will be reduced by 7 hours per week by opening at Noon and closing at 8:00 pm on days they open at night. These libraries will maintain their regular hours on all other days, including Sundays (year round).
The Main Library downtown will be reduced by 7 hours per week by closing at 5:30 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. They will continue to be open 9:30 am – 9:00 pm Mondays and Tuesdays and 9:30 am – 5:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. They will also continue to be open from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sundays from Labor Day through Memorial Day.
The 3 remaining Kiosk libraries will be reduced by 8 hours per week by closing on Fridays. The will remain open Mondays through Thursdays from 9:30 am – 5:30 pm.
The Friends of the Mount Pleasant Library will hold its monthly meeting this Tuesday, November 21, 2006 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. We’ll be meeting in the basement of the library at 3160 16th Street, NW (at Lamont Street). Some of the topics of discussion this month will include:
- Impact of new DVDs, Wireless Internet, and Sunday hours
- 2007 Schedule of book sales
- Approach to community input for the interior renovation plans
- Ongoing needs of the library and how the Friends can address them
- Success of the Friends online sales program