Why isn't the library open on Sunday?

[Jalapeñomel]

This is so inconvenient for working parents.

Is yours open on Sunday?

[textbookcase]

Ours isn't open Saturday or Sunday! It sucks. We are always looking for things to do on the weekend and it would be nice if there were library activities then.

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 20, 2017 11:18:14 GMT -5 textbookcase said:

Ours isn't open Saturday or Sunday! It sucks. We are always looking for things to do on the weekend and it would be nice if there were library activities then.

This would make it impossible to pick up the books I check out!

[isabel]

Yes, from noon to 5. That's a bummer that yours isn't. I think it's hard sometimes with the funding they get.

Ours is open until 9pm during the week.

[dirtyred]

Mine has limited hours on Sunday, and I live in a town of 9,000 people.

[lolalolalola]

yes it is.  Smaller branches are closed on Sundays in the summer though.

[flex]

Because even librarians deserve a day off? lol

[Violet]

I live in a 1+ million population city and ours is closed on Sundays during the summer. Open 12-5 during the winter. It also has terrible Saturday hours.

[CloudBee]

The two libraries we frequent most are open on Sundays. One is in my town, and the other is in the neighboring town.

Drive about 10 minutes north and another community has had significant budget cuts, and their library is no longer open on Sundays.

[firedancer10288]

Ours is open on Sunday during the school year. I don't think it starts until October.

[Jalapeñomel]

Aug 20, 2017 11:22:02 GMT -5 isabel said:

Yes, from noon to 5. That's a bummer that yours isn't. I think it's hard sometimes with the funding they get.

Ours is open until 9pm during the week.

This kills me. I love the library, and the one in my new town is great.

Put more of my tax money to the library, I'm ok with that!

[isabel]

Aug 20, 2017 11:30:28 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Aug 20, 2017 11:22:02 GMT -5 isabel said:

Yes, from noon to 5. That's a bummer that yours isn't. I think it's hard sometimes with the funding they get.

Ours is open until 9pm during the week.

This kills me. Put more of my tax money to the library, I'm ok with that!

I live in a pretty conservative suburb (read: don't tax me), but I think the people around here are pretty good about funding schools and the library system.

It sucks that libraries don't get more community support. They can be pretty amazing places.

[sapphireblue]

In my state, most libraries have Sunday hours only from approximately September until May.

My library is always closed on Sundays--it is a budget thing. You have to pay staff time and a half for Sundays and the staffing budget is always really tight.

We are always open Saturdays 9-4 and four nights during the week until 8 pm though.

[laurenpetro]

M-th it's open until 8. F &S until 5. Sunday 12-4

[grover]

It's open for 4 or 5 hours on Sundays from September through May. Closed on Sundays in the summer. Saturday hours are 9-5. Monday-Thursday is 9-9, Friday is 9-5.

[Velar Fricative]

Employees get time and a half pay for a Sundays (ETA: locally) because it's not part of the normal workweek. So when budgets are tight, Sunday hours are usually the first things to go, or only some locations get the Sunday hours. And often, the demand may not be there either.

There is definitely at least one library in your borough that is open Sundays.

ETA: While Saturdays are part of the workweek, skeletal staffing also means programs are harder to schedule on Saturdays (and Sundays).

[miniroller]

Our's is open 12-6. If not: I'd be equally irritated!

[letsgetweird]

Mine is open for a few hours.

[glencoco]

After seeing some of these responses, I feel very lucky about my library's hours! We go about once a week.

[eb777888]

Open 1-5 on Sunday. I had to check because we've never gone on Sunday before.

[imimahoney]

Sunday hours are 1-6.

[Monica Geller]

We have Sunday hours. During the recession they had to cut Sunday's though due to budget concerns. We got them back a few years ago. We have an amazing library.

[Jalapeñomel]

Hmmm, I wonder if it's open on Sundays during the year.

We do have two late nights when the library is open until 9. That is really awesome.

[latte]

It is, but only 1:30-5:30. Friday and Saturday they close at 5:30 as well, but the rest of the week they are open until 9pm.

[sometimesrunner]

Ours is open noon - 8:00!

[shamrockshake]

Our library system rotates days closed among the branches so I'm sure one/ some of them are closed sundays but not the couple I use. One's closed Tuesday and the other Wednesday of the two I use most (one by work, one by home)

[spindle92]

Yes mine is open from 12-5 and I am so thankful because it is the only quiet place i can go on Sundays to study.

[dale]

The one at my parents is closed Sundays in July and August. My town has summer Sunday hours of 12-4. During the school year I think the hours are 10-5 for Sundays.

[underwaterrhymes]

H's library is closed on Sundays in the summer, but open 1 - 5 after Labor Day.

It is largely due to funding and staffing.

[vicky]

The Central Library in Brooklyn is open on Sundays. I don't know about NYPL, though.