Six Montgomery County Libraries Begin Year-Round Sunday Service
Aug 13, 2010 16:47 - 3 Comments
Posted by: Cindy Cotte Griffiths
Department: News
Tags: by Cindy Cotte Griffiths, library, Montgomery County
Department: News
Tags: by Cindy Cotte Griffiths, library, Montgomery County
As we noted in June, Sunday hours were eliminated at all public libraries due to budget cuts. However, beginning August 15, 2010, several Montgomery County public libraries will be open on Sundays all year round (except on certain major holiday weekends). These include:
Bethesda
Germantown
Marilyn J. Praisner
Rockville Memorial
Silver Spring
Wheaton.
Only open in the afternoon, the hours will be 1 to 5 PM.
In a Montgomery County announcement, County Executive Ike Leggett noted:
Residents have expressed a desire for year-round Sunday service and with library services so much in demand these days, we wanted to find a way to fill their needs in spite of budget cutbacks. I am pleased to say we have achieved that goal.
We’ll have our Rockville Memorial Library open on Sundays when the parking at the City of Rockville Town Center garages is free. This results in a doubly good situation for library patrons.
Current Rockville area library hours are now:
Rockville Memorial Library:
Monday – Thursday, 10:00 AM – 8 PM, Friday, Saturday, 10 AM – 6 PM, Sunday 1 – [ 6] 5 PM. Sunday hours are 1-5 PM.
Twinbrook Library:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 AM – 6 PM, Tuesday, Thursday, 1 – 8 PM.
you cite “current” rockville memorial hours as 1-6 on sunday, but there have been no sunday hours since july, as you noted, and will be resuming tomorrow.
so it would appear that the sunday hours to be observed year-round are actually one hour SHORTER…now to be 1-5?
Good catch on an obvious typo Theresa! I’ve updated the current hours to 1-5. Thanks!
thanks! i just assumed the county was taking away an hour!. i’m one of those people who try to do lots of stuff from 5-6 p.m, and increasingly find businesses and govt. offices are no longer offering these hours. eg, the post office off rockville pike across from giant used to be open til 6 and you could leave mail in the boxes outside to be picked by 6. the cutoff time for both is 5 p.m now. i’ve been caught after 5 sometimes!