Booking time
April 3rd, 2008
posted by Cptn
Longer opening hours are always contentious, never more so than with libraries – all those people spilling onto the street swaying under the weight of their Danielle Steels.
With that in mind, Okehampton and Bampton libraries have had their hours extended.
Okehampton Library is now open on Monday mornings from 9.30am to 5pm. It also opens for an extra hour on Wednesday, closing at 1pm. This, says the press release, is aimed at enabling local people to stagger their visits to the library and provide more opportunities to visit while people are in town from the outlying areas. It takes the contact time for Okehampton from 35.5 to 42.
And from Monday 7 April, Bampton Library will open on Mondays between 3 and 5pm, instead of between 5 and 7pm. This is to increase the amount of time for younger children at the local primary school and their parents can visit the library.
“Two members of staff will be on duty at this time to talk to children and parents about reading choices. They will also be encouraging children to join the Book Track readers’ scheme, which encourages children aged six or over to read 100 books for their Book Track Gold Award,” says the blurb.
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