Libraries in Slough will be operating on a newly revised opening schedule, which includes at least one library being open every Saturday.
The council’s Cabinet agreed in February to make some changes in a bid to make savings and streamline the service offered.
They agreed to a predominantly self service library service from The Curve, Langley, Britwell and Cippenham, with amended opening hours, and maintaining a publications budget of £90,000.
The new opening hours are in place from 1 April, as below.
The Curve (library staff and self service)
- Monday 9am-5pm
- Tuesday 10am-6pm
- Wednesday - Friday 9am-5pm
- Saturday 10am-5pm
Britwell
- Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm (self service only)
- Saturday, last Saturday of the month only - 10am-4pm (library staff and self service).
Cippenham (library staff and self service)
- Mon - closed
- Tues - Thurs 10am-5pm
- Fri - closed
- Saturday, first and second week of the month only - 10am-4pm.
Langley (library staff and self service)
- Mon - Wed 10am-5pm
- Thurs - closed
- Fri 10am-4pm
- Saturday, third and fourth week of the month only - 10am-4pm.
The Saturday openings for April are as follows:
- 1st - Curve 10am -5pm / Cippenham 10am-4pm
- 8th - Curve 10am-5pm / Cippenham 10am-4pm
- 15th - Curve 10am-5pm / Langley 10am-4pm
- 22nd - Curve 10am-5pm / Langley 10am-4pm
- 29th - Curve 10am-5pm / Britwell 10am-4pm
Liz McMillan, locality hubs and library services manager, said: “The new times enable us to continue operating at all four libraries and keep some of the main activities going.
“Having at least one library open each Saturday enables families or individuals to come when they may otherwise be unable to during the week. We hope people soon get used to the new hours and continue to enjoy reading and exploring other services available at the libraries.
“We are particularly excited about our new books for adults which have just arrived in Slough libraries. With just under 3,000 new fiction and non-fiction books, there are lots to choose from. The new books include the latest titles from popular authors such as Richard Osman, Katie Fforde, James Patterson Josephine Cox and many more. There are biographies, and new travel, health and lifestyle, history, gardening, cookery and how to books.”
Posters advising of the new times of opening will be up in each library.
Visit the library webpages for further information.
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