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Library budget proposes more neighborhood hours, teen center and expanded digital collections
Summary
The San Francisco Public Library proposed increasing neighborhood branch hours (an additional 36 hours weekly across 18 branches), planning a 5,000-square-foot teen center at the main library and boosting digital collections and public-computing investments. The committee and analysts generally concurred; the library accepted recommended amendments to gift/grant acceptance rules.
City Librarian Luis Herrera told the Budget & Finance Committee the proposed FY 2013'14 library budget would expand neighborhood access by adding 36 hours per week across 18 branches, aiming to bring many branches to a baseline of 45 hours and to increase the number of branches open seven days per week. The plan also includes a teen center at the Main Library (5,000 square feet near the Grove Street entrance), additional…
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