New Library Hours

[anon-q8s1]

In the past, the library minimized conflicts with the school. In recent years, the library has amplified conflicts with the school as part of its case for building a new building. As an example, as the library has cut operational hours in recent years, the hours have been cut at times when the school is closed... Evenings, weekends, summer, holidays. What if the library simply changed their hours to minimize conflict with the school and provide better service to Cranbury's working adults and to the kids who need access to the library after school hours?

Wouldn't this actually make more sense?

1PM - 9PM Monday - Saturday
1PM - 5 PM Sunday

[anon-54r5]

I believe hours years ago were similar and they also did not have Sunday hours.

[Hours in other towns-pp98]

the library budget for this year $500,000 $377,000 of this is to pay library employees the library is open limited hour on weekends and evenings the library budget 2015 http://www.cranburypubliclibrary.org/Budget%202015.pdf
Plainsboro has Sunday Hours South Brunswick has Sunday Hours Monroe has Sunday hours

[anon-s6p5]

What is the budget for those libraries? Are weekday hours similar?

If open Sunday and wages are 700k then it's not a great argument. However, if the same hours and they offer Sunday hours and wages are less then it is a great argument to use.

[anon-q2q6]

The issue is not so much whether our library can afford more convenient hours, it's an issue of how the library chooses to allocate the hours it can afford. As the library board has chosen to cut hours over the years, they have chosen to eliminate hours on nights and weekends. These times are most convenient for working adults and for school kids who use the library when school is not in session.

At the same time, the library board continues to raise the issue of school security as a reason to build a separate library building.

Why not simply reallocate the library hours we can afford to minimize common hours with the school and offer more convenient library hours to the community?