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Sweet Home Library to shift Saturday hours; director details grants, programs and donations
Summary
At the Sept. 11 City of Sweet Home Library Board meeting, Library Director Megan reported a Saturday-hours change starting in October, new grants for harm-reduction and bird-science programming, a final Ali Trust payment to consider for building needs, a donor gift of Spanish-language books, staffing updates and a teen clothing drive.
The City of Sweet Home Library will change its Saturday hours beginning in October, moving opening time from 11 a.m. to 10 a.m. and closing from 4 p.m. to 3 p.m., Library Director Megan announced at the Sweet Home Library Board meeting on Sept. 11.
Why it matters: the earlier opening will align Saturdays with the library's weekday opening time and, according to the director, will better match hours with the community market when it resumes in May, improving restroom access for market patrons and library users.
Director Megan told the board, “We're changing our hours starting in October on Saturdays. We were open, 11 to 4, and we're gonna switch that 10 to 3. That seems to be then we have a consistent opening time every day that we are open.” She added staff support for the change and that the final Saturday hour has historically been the quietest.
In a broad director's report, Megan described several new and incoming funding sources and program partnerships. The library received a final check from what staff has referred to as the Ali Trust, described as the “Colorado land sale” settlement; Megan said she did not expect…
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