Hello, I am writing a proposal to my library administration to request that the public library branch I manage be allowed to open on Sundays. Our branch is located in the heart of the Orthodox Jewish community in our city. Our branch follows the system-wide standard Mon-Sat open schedule, which is not convenient for our core group of users. (We limit our programming days to Mon-Wed. since many families are doing last minute preparations for the Sabbath on Thursdays and Fridays.)
Our Main Library is open Sunday afternoons, yet my families tell me they would much prefer to walk to our neighborhood branch on Sundays. During the proposed Sunday open hours, I would like to offer a storytime as well as browsing/circulation services. To support my proposal, I have news articles about the public library in Brooklyn adding Sunday hours back in 2009. I also have information about a 2005 study from SEFLIN on Jewish use of libraries in Southeast Florida. I am hoping the collective wisdom of this group might point me to other studies or arguments that would help me demonstrate that mirroring our neighborhood lifestyle with convenient hours of access would boost circulation, attendance, and public service to our patrons. If anyone from the group has thoughts to share please send me an email. My address is: j.fal...@sjcpl.org Thank you, Judith Falzon Manager Virginia M Tutt Branch St. Joseph County Public Library 2223 Miami St South Bend, IN 46613 Tel: (574) 329-3556 __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
