We are a county LIbrary at the New jesey shore.  We are open on sundays
from mid-Sept. to mid-May. Times have always been 1 to 5 on Sunday but
there is talk of changing that to all day.

: I'm the one who asked about Libraries being open on Sundays,
: I should have made myself more clear, I meant I would like
: to know if any PUBLIC Libraries are on open on Sunday, \
: (I just got about 20 e-mails from University libraries)
: sorry for the misunderstanding!
: Mark Panitz
: public library patron

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: Mark Panitz
: az...@lafn.org

Are large majority of public library in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago
are open on Sundays.  The average hours are 1:00-5:00, using the School
year calendar.  Which means September through May the libraries open on
Sundays.  Several larger libraries closer to Chicago are open year round
on Sundays and a few have different hours, 12:00-6:00 etc.,

Hope that helps.

I'm the one who asked about Libraries being open on Sundays,
I should have made myself more clear, I meant I would like
to know if any PUBLIC Libraries are on open on Sunday, \
(I just got about 20 e-mails from University libraries)
sorry for the misunderstanding!
Mark Panitz
public library patron

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Mark Panitz
az...@lafn.org

We are open Sundays, September (After Labor Day) until June - 1pm to 5pm
with the exception of a few holidays such as Mother's Day, Father's Day,
etc.

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I have been following this thread closely since there is talk among the
higher ups of beginning Sunday hours.  We are a mid-sized public library
and, like many other public libraries, we are under staffed and can
barely cover our circulation and reference desks for the 65 hours per week
we are already open - September through May.

My question for all you public library CIRCPLUSSERS open Sunday hours is:
   How do you staff these hours?  Is it voluntary, meaning that only staff
   who are interested in working Sunday are scheduled?  Or is it staffed
   on a strict rotation with ALL staff working several Sundays a year?
   And finally, how are you compensated for these hours - I would hope
   that no permanent library staff would be required to work Sunday hours
   for straight time (pay or comp.time) but knowing library pay-scales as I
   do...who knows? ;-)

TIA         Lisa

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At our county facility on the main library downtown and our largest branch
observe Sunday hours (1-5 October thru April). Part-time staff are paid
what they work, of course. Full-time staff receive a full day off the week
prior to the Sunday they are scheduled to work. All staff (full and part
time) are scheduled to work Sundays. This averages to about 6 per scheduling
period.

We're open Sunday afternoons from 1 to 5 p.m. from after Labor Day until
the Sunday before Memorial Day.  All staff is part of the Sunday rotation
and that may mean one or two Sundays a month.  Part-time staff is paid
time and a half; full-time staff is given comp-time during the week at
time and a half.  When I work a Sunday I usually work five hours (from 12:15
to 5:15) and take a full day (7.5 hours) off during the next week.

Bayneeta Freeland                         Phone: 708-887-8760
Circulation Services, Head                Fax:   708-887-8801
Indian Praire Public Library District
401 Plainfield Road
Darien, IL 60561

We are the main branch of a medium sized regional library system in
Washington State.  We are open 68 hours per week.  We have been open 1-9
Sunday, year round (including Easter Sunday), since 1988.  Staff who work
Sunday are scheduled to work 12-9.  We do not have rotating schedules.
Most public service staff work either Sun-Thu or Tue-Sat.  I have worked
Sun-Thu since 1988.  Salaried staff (librarians) do not get any extra pay
for Sunday work.  Clerical staff get a 10% pay differential per our union
contract.  When staff leave, the schedule is offered to current staff at
that level before we hire.  That way, those dissatisfied with their
schedule can move to one preferable to them.  This works well for us.

We have about 1000 hours per week of staff time in the circ dept and we
circulate 1.2 million items per year.

Brenda Cameron
Circulation Librarian
Fort Vancouver Regional Library
1007 E Mill Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA  98663
(360) 699-8877

Hi,
I work in the State Library of Michigan not, so I do not work Sundays as
I am not in a public service area.  However, my last job was in public
services in a small public library.  We were open on Sundays from
September until May 1:00-5:00.  Each staff member had to work their
rotation for their regular pay--no incentive for working Sundays.  We
were always *very* busy.  Most of the staff was part time so they got 4
hours straight time, but the full-time people got paid 8 hours for 4
hours work.  Just?  I think not!
I don't miss it!!

Take care,
Jane

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Lansing, MI 48909

I've worked in three public libraries that have Sunday hours.  This is
how each of them scheduled, paid and staffed.
The first, ALL staff regardles of department were required to work on a
Sunday rotation.  Naturally the public service staffs were scheduled for
their desks, but staff like Technical Services, and Bookmobile, were
trained to handled checkin at a back circulation station and were
expected to work on rotation.

The second and third only the public service staff is schedule to work a
Sunday rotation.  It usually amounts to one Sunday a month during the
school year.

In all three cases, the Library paid time and 1/2 for Sunday work.  The
library I'm at now, requires as Board Policy time and 1/2 for any work on
Sunday .

Because of the 40 hour standard work week and the mandatory time and 1/2
for overtime based on FSLA our boards deemed it easier and "fairer" to
pay time and 1/2 for any Sundays.

Tom Rich
Head, Public Services
Warren-Newport Public Library
Gurnee, Illinois
tr...@nsls.ilus.org

Sunday staffing is treated as their regular week day for full-time staff
that is that those who work on Sunday are off on Friday.  I have full-time
staff work both Saturday and Sunday, so when they are schedule to work
the weekend, they are off on Thursday and Friday.  Full-time staff are
not paid overtime for Sundays

For part-time staff Sunday is treated as extra hours.  Part-time staff
are scheduled to work every third Sunday.

Dick Hanrath
Circulation Services Manager
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
500 North Dunton Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

Phone: (708) 506-2664  Fax: (708) 392-0136

We are medium sized public library and are open on Sundays fro 12-4 Sept.
through May.  Permanent staff work Sundays on rotation and we fill in
with hourly staff.  We have a skeleton crew.  Everyone who works spends
the whole time on whatever desk they are assigned.  Permanent staff
receives either time 1/2 pay or time off, their choice.  Professional
staff receives straight time.  EVERYONE from the Director down works on a
Sunday rotation.  During late fall, winter and early spring it is one
of our busier days averaging about 2000-2500 checkouts in the 4 hours.
Early fall and late spring are pretty dead with perhaps half that number
of items going out.

When I worked in various north suburban Chicago libraries, all of our
staff worked Sundays on a rotational schedule.  No one was exempt from it
except those who did not work public desks (technical services for
example).  Pay varied; at one library, we were paid time and a half for
Sundays, but at 2 other libraries we were given comp time off.