Wednesday, August 28, 2013

New Dade County Administrators' Plan: Keep All Library Branches Open, Slash Hours of Operation


Miami-Dade library hours to be slashed. (Miami Herald, 8/27/2013)

Sounds like an increasingly implemented staffing plan for school libraries.To keep all 49 libraries open — with 169 fewer employees, who would be laid off — the county is considering drastically cutting hours at 16 branches. Those branches would open a mere 16 hours a week, compared to their current 40 hours. Most of the branches had previously been targeted for potential closure. 

As a result, some branches would share staffs with nearby branches. Librarians would work in one facility in the morning, close it and then open a nearby facility for the afternoon. 

Related posts:
The sustainable funding challenge.  (8/7/2013)
And throw in a few Little Free Libraries for good measure.  (7/20/2013)
Finally starting anew at the Aventura Northeast Branch Library.  (4/5/2012)
13 of 49 Miami-Dade County Public Library branches on chopping block.  (11/19/2011)

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