Miami-Dade Library Hours to be Slashed, Some Branches Would Only Be Open 16 Hours a Week

From the Miami Herald:

About a third of Miami-Dade’s public libraries would open less than half the time they do now under a draft plan county administrators sent commissioners Tuesday.
To keep all 49 libraries open — with 169 fewer employees, who would be laid off — the county is considering drastically cutting hours at 16 branches. Those branches would open a mere 16 hours a week, compared to their current 40 hours. Most of the branches had previously been targeted for potential closure.
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The proposed hours and staffing could be refined over the next month. The final 2013-14 budget will be approved by commissioners after two public hearings in September.
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The Main Library would take the biggest staffing hit under the draft plan, losing 23 of 39 librarians. Its hours would be reduced to 40 from 48.

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