Longtime library head resigns. Emanuel selects San Francisco administrator as replacement. (Chicago Tribune, 1/25/2012)

Excerpt:  The change at the top comes amid labor unrest and budget cuts at the city's libraries under Emanuel.

Dempsey's resignation after 18 years at the helm follows a tumultuous few months that saw Chicago's 76 branch libraries briefly shut their doors on Mondays because the Emanuel administration and the union representing most library employees could not reach agreement on a plan to keep them open by having librarians work six days each week.

Last weekend, Emanuel and Dempsey announced that 65 part-time union workers would be rehired to staff the branches most Monday afternoons. That move will return the libraries to a six-day schedule without requiring the approval of union leadership.

That came after Emanuel laid off 172 union employees to save more than $3 million in his 2012 budget.

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