Denver Public Library reduces 99 positions, takes four branches offline for renovation and leans on mobile services

Denver Public Library reduced its staffing complement by 99 positions and will temporarily take four branches offline as part of a restructuring tied to a 2017 bond program, City Librarian Nicole Davies told the mayor and council on Sept. 2. Nicole Davies, who said she was in her third week on the job, described the reductions as structural changes rather than layoffs and said the library will redeploy staff and supplement services with mobile units and partnerships. “We did not have layoffs, but we reduced positions. By how many? 99,” Davies said. The library identified four branches slated for renovation under the 2017 bond — Broadway, University Hills, Field and Hampden — and said staff assigned to those branches…