Thursday, July 14, 2011

Challenges and changes

These are challenging times for public libraries across the country. Many have had to close branch locations and reduce hours of operation. The Sumter County Library has also experienced budget reductions on the local and state level.

Thankfully, all our branch locations will remain open. However, beginning August 1, 2011, the Sumter County Library System will change its hours of operation to:

Downtown Library (111 North Harvin Street/803-773-7273)

Monday – Tuesday 9:00 – 8:00
Wednesday – Friday 9:00 – 6:00
Saturday – Sunday 2:00 – 6:00

Wesmark Branch Library (180 West Wesmark Boulevard/803-469-8110)

Monday – Friday 9:00 – 6:00

South Sumter Branch Library (337 Manning Avenue/803-775-7132)

Monday – Friday 10:00 – 2:00

Despite these changes, a public library facility will be open each day of the week. We look forward to offering the Sumter community entertaining and educational programs as well as providing books, audio books and e-books, DVDs, online databases, and many other services. For more information, contact any library location or visit us online at www.sumtercountylibrary.org

Robert Harden
Director

3 comments:

Kris said...

I am so glad none of the branches are closing!

Dr. Mazie Butler Ferguson said...

I am so glad you did not close a branch. Thanks for the sensitivity to humanity.

Anonymous said...

I beleive you need to rethink your sat hours. The public would be better serve if you opened early in the day and closed earlier. Especial since the only branch open is the main branch. We miss the wesmark branch being open on sunday afternoon.