Plan to cut library hours in West Sussex to save money
OPENING hours will be cut in many Worthing and Adur libraries if West Sussex County Council approves plans to save more than £500,000 a year.
People are being invited to have to have their say on the review.
Each branch is hosting a two-hour drop-in session at which senior library managers will be available to note customers' views on the new opening hours.
It is proposed that Worthing's opening times be cut from its present 60.5 hours a week to 58, and Shoreham's from 49 to 46.
Other proposed opening hours for libraries in the Worthing and Adur areas are;
Changing hours
Broadwater: 27 down to 24.
Durrington: 39, no change.
Ferring: 30 to 24.
Findon Valley: 30 to 24.
Goring: 45 to 39.
Lancing: 49 to 46.
Pulborough: 27 to 24.
Southwick: 42 to 39.
Steyning: up from 34.5 to 39.
Storrington: up from 45 to 46.
Consultation sessions
Consultation sessions have already been held in Pulborough, and dates for the other libraries are:
Friday, February 5: Southwick, 2.30-4.30pm.
Monday, February 8: Worthing, 10am-noon; Broadwater, 2-4pm.
Tuesday, February 9: Ferring and Lancing, 10am-noon; Goring, 2-4pm.
Wednesday, February 10: Storrington, 10am to noon; Durrington, 2.30-4.30pm.
Monday, February 15: Shoreham, 10am-noon.
Tuesday, February 16: Steyning, 10am-noon.
Wednesday, February 17: 10am-noon.
Comment
Those who cannot attend the sessions can comment on the proposals by visiting their library from now up to Saturday, February 20.
Each branch will have copies of the local proposal along with a chart showing the patterns of library-use and a questionnaire to complete.
Under the new proposals, every library would remain open six days a week, including lunch hours - an improvement for some libraries which have traditionally opened only five days a week.
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