If you live in Northeast Gainesville, library hours have been expanded on Fridays to better serve neighborhoods. The Library Partnership, a Neighborhood Resource Center, located at 1130 NE 16th Avenue, is now open all day on Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Library District expanded Friday hours to provide citizens more access to library and community services. The Library Partnership is open Monday and Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. and closed on Sundays.
“A lot people come in the mornings to take care of other business at the Neighborhood Resource Center and aren’t able to make a return trip for a library materials in the afternoon," said The Library Partnership Branch Manager Anita Jenkins. "Now, we are open when they are able to run morning errands. These extra hours during the work week essentially expand all our services to more people.”
Since opening in July 2009, the goal of The Library Partnership was to join forces with the Partnership for Strong Families to pull community resources together in a one-stop location. Citizens find the services they need, the tools to access those services and assistance is available when needed. The demand for increased hours has steadily increased. Recently, staffing adjustments made it possible to provide additional hours.
System status
A new library system and online catalog will debut on May 30. Here's the current status of:
- Checkouts: May 24-29 you must have your physical library card in hand to check out materials.
- Due dates: All checkouts will have a due date of June 22, except DVDs and GRU watt meters, which still have 7-day limit.
- Holds and requests: New holds and purchase requests cannot be placed until May 30, but those placed previously will continue to be processed.
- Returns: Please "Babysit Our Books" — keep them until the new system is running smoothly (mid-June).
- Registration: Continues as usual today, but cannot be done May 24-29, as our entire system will be down.
- Interlibrary loan: Continues as usual throughout the transition.
- Digital checkouts: OverDrive checkouts and holds will work normally throughout the transition.
- My Discoveries: Will be retired with the AquaBrowser catalog on May 24. Please retrieve any saved book lists before then.
- Website: The Library District website (www.aclib.us) will be up as normal throughout the transition.
- My Account: Account info will be available through May 24. Your account will appear on the new system on May 30.
- Bill payment: All payments including PayPal are working today. No payments can be accepted May 24-29
- New catalog: Watch for its debut on May 30, with new features.
More about the transition.
More about the new online catalog.
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