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January 20, 2014
The library board continues to ignore our messages but I am spending my evenings documenting exactly how many families are turned away at the locked doors. This fight is draining and much slower than I hoped but I am not walking away from this building until those weekend hours are back.
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The Piedmont Branch has a unique collection, especially of videos, not available at other branches. Closing it on weekends may save the city money, but its penny wise and pound foolish. Weekend library trips nourish our community, providing a safe environment/space, access to learning and art, and an alternative to other pursuits. Working and low income families need this resource.
Just opening a few hours on Saturday or Sunday would make a huge difference to the community. Piedmont ave has a huge amount of foot traffic on weekends including many folks with young kids who USED to regularly visit the branch. The inflexibility of the library on exchanging some weekday hours for a few weekend hours is baffling.
Working people pay taxes and should have access to the librar
I applaud the alternate weekday until 8pm (Mondays). But this should have been swapped for a weekday or added to the open days, not taken from the weekend (Saturdays).
Yes, please, more library access for working parents!
If you must close the library, pick one weekday. Families with working parents should have at least a half day on a weekend to enjoy the library at their leisure.
Keep it open on the weekends!
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Updates
January 20, 2014
The library board continues to ignore our messages but I am spending my evenings documenting exactly how many families are turned away at the locked doors. This fight is draining and much slower than I hoped but I am not walking away from this building until those weekend hours are back.
15 Comments
For ten years, I made the library a part of my Saturday errands with the kids in the neighborhood. Now I have to get in a car and end up shopping elsewhere -- if I can manage to get to a library at all.
The Piedmont Branch has a unique collection, especially of videos, not available at other branches. Closing it on weekends may save the city money, but its penny wise and pound foolish. Weekend library trips nourish our community, providing a safe environment/space, access to learning and art, and an alternative to other pursuits. Working and low income families need this resource.
Just opening a few hours on Saturday or Sunday would make a huge difference to the community. Piedmont ave has a huge amount of foot traffic on weekends including many folks with young kids who USED to regularly visit the branch. The inflexibility of the library on exchanging some weekday hours for a few weekend hours is baffling.
Working people pay taxes and should have access to the librar
I applaud the alternate weekday until 8pm (Mondays). But this should have been swapped for a weekday or added to the open days, not taken from the weekend (Saturdays).
Yes, please, more library access for working parents!
If you must close the library, pick one weekday. Families with working parents should have at least a half day on a weekend to enjoy the library at their leisure.
Keep it open on the weekends!
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For ten years, I made the library a part of my Saturday errands with the kids in the neighborhood. Now I have to get in a car and end up shopping elsewhere -- if I can manage to get to a library at all.