New Hours

The library started new hours March 2, 2009. We are now open 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. We are closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We are aware that not everyone is happy with the new hours but we also recognize someone would be unhappy no matter what hours we were open.

We do expect a reduction in overhead costs and the wear and tear on employees. In spite of a 10% increase in patrons in 2008 we have not hired additional staff and as the Town has instigated a hiring freeze in all departments, we don't expect to hire anyone anytime soon.

The library staff and the community is better off than many other communities that have had to close branch libraries or severely reduce operating hours and layoff staff. And we still have over 27,000 items in the library including BOOKS, audiobooks, music CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes that will never die, magazines, newspapers, community information, and yes, computers with internet access. The library also has WiFi that's always on.

The material check-out periods are very generous--2 weeks for a Bestseller, 3 weeks for regular books, 1 week for DVDs and magazines, 3 weeks for audiobooks. And we allow 1 renewal for everything except Bestsellers, DVDs, and magazines. And it's all FREE!

So some people might have to adjust their schedule to get to the library but we have all had to make adjustments to our budgets, schedules, retirement plans....