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List:       publib
Subject:    [Publib] RE:  open on Sundays
From:       "Insley, Diane" <Insley_Diane () ci ! san-marcos ! tx ! us>
Date:       2007-11-29 22:25:20
Message-ID: 1892D5F03635174AA664EC7FE28EA42F07311B35 () flo ! ci ! san-marcos ! tx ! us
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We are a similar-size facility and we are open on Sundays.  I don't
think that this should be a decision based on staff not wanting to work
on Sundays.  I think that you need to look at the visitor count and the
circulation numbers on that day.  And don't just look at the total per
day, but divide by the number of hours you are open that day so you get
an average circulation per hour and average visitor per hour for each
day you are open.  When I do that at my library, Sunday is our busiest
per hour day.  If I look more closely at the Sunday numbers, I do know
that we are much busier on the Sundays during the school year than the
Sundays in the summer.  

When considering cost savings, the only time you will realize real cost
savings is if you cut people's hours.  So, if you have 4 people that
work the 4 hours you are open on Sundays, then you would have to cut
your weekly payroll by 16 paid hours.  

In my opinion, if you are looking to ask for money to build a newer,
nicer facility - that doesn't seem to be a good time to cut back on
services you are already providing.  If a building isn't open 7 days a
week, are you maximizing the building that you have?

Diane Insley
San Marcos (TX) Public Library



Message: 6
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:16:34 -0700
From: Shaydu <shaydu@ci.alamogordo.nm.us>
Subject: [Publib] open on Sundays
To: publib@webjunction.org
Message-ID: <474DB082.7070001@ci.alamogordo.nm.us>
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Hi All,
I was wondering if everyone is open on Sundays these days, and more 
specifically whether anyone has gone from being open to being closed on 
Sundays. I know the staff here would really like to close the library on

Sundays (who wouldn't!), I don't really see it happening and other than 
some cost saving can't think of a selling point to close the library on 
Sundays. We have tried it before, and the cost saving alone didn't make 
it past the City Manager's desk. So, any ideas, thoughts, opinions on
this?
A bit about the city. Alamogordo has 1 library, 0 branches. We are 
trying to get the money together for a new and larger library. Our 
current hours are Mon-Thu 10-8, Fri 10-5, Sat 11-5, and Sun 1-5. We have

a community college in the city and I know that their library is closed 
either Saturday or Sunday.
Thanks,
Steve

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Steven Haydu
Alamogordo Public Library
920 Oregon Avenue
Alamogordo, NM 88310
Phone: 575-439-4147
email: shaydu@ci.alamogordo.nm.us

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