THE LIBRARY HOURS

Southland Times, Issue 23026, 21 October 1936, Page 11

THE LIBRARY HOURS

EARLIER CLOSING ON SATURDAYS Because of lack of use by subscribers, the Invercargill Public Library will in future close at 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The Baths and Library Committee made a brief report last night to the City Council on the public use of the library on Saturdays, and its recommendations were adopted. The report stated:—“The chief librarian reported that after several months’ trial of keeping the lending library open from 1 to 1.30 p.m. on Saturdays, very few subscribers have availed themselves of the extension the average being three a Saturday. As a result of a tally taken over a period of nine weeks, it is found that an average of eight subscribers changed their books after 8 p.m. on Mondays to Thursdays, while the average on Fridays is about 29. • “The committee recommends (a) that the lending department of the Public Library be closed at 8 p.m. from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive, 9 p.m. on Fridays and 1 p.m on Saturdays; and (b) that the juvenile library be closed at 12.30 p.m. on Saturdays instead of 1 p.m.”

Subscriptions For Magazines.

A recommendation that the additional subscription rates for magazines lent by the Public Library be reduced was put to the meeting by the Baths and Library Committee. . ( The committee’s report said: — The chief librarian has reported having received suggestions from subscribers that the additional subscription for magazines be reduced from 10/- to 5/- per annum. The present subscriptions are: Subscribers, 5/-; each additional, 10/-; non- subscribers, 10/- each magazine. The committee recommends that for subscribers to the library, the magazine subscription be 5/- a magazine and that for non-subscribers the subscription for one magazine be 10/-, for each additional magazine 5/-.”