June 05, 2005
Carnegie Library Hours
I'm really glad that the Squirrel Hill branch of the Carnegie Library has reopened. It's a great community resource. However, I do have one big complaint about the library. It's only open until 7pm M-W and 5pm Th-Su! Even the library in my hometown (pop. 23,000) is open until 9pm during the week. Sure, the $4.7 million renovation of the Squirrel Hill branch is nice, but I would've preferred that they save some money on the renovations and instead spend that money on staying open later. 9pm would be nice. Even better would be midnight.
Posted by Dirtae at June 5, 2005 10:17 PMYeah, the new renovations are quite pretty.
Hmm, didn't realize the hours were so short. Though if I remember correctly, the main branch isn't open long either.
Posted by: Belinda at June 20, 2005 02:26 PMI too love the resource, but have to whine. They've designed a very loud space. I feel like the big ceiling above the bank of computers catches a lot of noise.
Library renovations have a bad reputation for not being as practical for the library as the librarians would like. Architects and designers get these shiny ideas . . .
Posted by: zp at August 22, 2005 12:37 AM
