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Library director reports midyear uptick in visits and recommends adding Sunday hours pending council approval
Summary
Library director Grama told trustees that six‑month visits are about 189,000 (up ~6.5%), program attendance and study‑room use are rising, and staff recommended adding two Sunday hours (proposed 12–6) pending city council approval and hiring two staff.
The Mountain View Library reported rising usage in its midyear performance review on Feb. 3, and the director recommended adding Sunday hours if the city council approves the midyear budget update.
“Just to reiterate, our visits are up about 6 and a half percent. Our new cardholders is up about 2 and a half percent. The study room usage is up about 3%, and then the regular stops, for the bookmobile is up about 3% because we added a day,” Library Director Grama told the board. Grama said the six‑month total visits were about 189,000 and that last year’s total visits were roughly 355,000.
Grama described…
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