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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 5<br />
Extended hours for libraries<br />
SELWYN LIBRARIES will<br />
introduce extended opening<br />
hours from Friday.<br />
The new hours, which were announced<br />
last August on trial basis,<br />
have come about in response<br />
to customer feedback and a<br />
recent trial of extended Saturday<br />
opening hours.<br />
Community relations manager<br />
Denise Kidd says the trial proved<br />
very popular with library users<br />
and will now be continued at<br />
all library locations. Across the<br />
district’s network of libraries, in<br />
Darfield, Leeston, Lincoln and<br />
Rolleston, the hours will also be<br />
more consistent.<br />
Weekday hours at all four<br />
libraries will be from 9am to<br />
6pm, with Lincoln and Rolleston<br />
libraries also remaining open<br />
until 8pm on Thursday evenings.<br />
Saturday opening will continue<br />
at all four libraries, from 10am<br />
to 4pm. Lincoln and Rolleston<br />
libraries will also be open on<br />
Sundays from 10am to 4pm.<br />
The review of library services<br />
also included changes to outreach<br />
services, including the mobile<br />
library. Data showed that usage<br />
of the mobile library by children<br />
at schools and pre-schools was<br />
inconsistent, and general public<br />
use of the service was also limited.<br />
CHANGES: Libraries across the district will be open for longer<br />
in the changes announced by the district council.<br />
The council is actively exploring<br />
different options to improve<br />
the delivery of outreach services<br />
and will be progressively implementing<br />
changes over the coming<br />
months. The aging mobile<br />
library will eventually be decommissioned<br />
and replaced with a<br />
smaller vehicle that provides for a<br />
broader range of uses associated<br />
with outreach.<br />
Ms Kidd says the council is in<br />
communication with a number<br />
of user groups, schools and preschools<br />
about how it can offer<br />
a more effective and efficient<br />
service in the future.<br />
“The new outreach service is<br />
expected to provide a more flexible<br />
and responsive service for<br />
users,” she said.<br />
“This will include programmes<br />
delivered directly to more<br />
remote schools and pre-schools,<br />
increased availability of digital<br />
resources and enhanced 24/7 digital<br />
library, along with expanded<br />
lifelong learning programmes<br />
delivered at locations outside<br />
libraries.”<br />
The council has also confirmed<br />
an increase in libraries staffing<br />
numbers to support the longer<br />
opening hours. Overall staffing<br />
numbers at libraries will increase<br />
from approximately 21 to 26 fulltime<br />
equivalent positions.<br />
Following a process of consultation<br />
with staff, a total of 12<br />
new roles have been established.<br />
Seven positions have been disestablished<br />
(of which three were<br />
vacant at the time).<br />
Staff whose positions were<br />
disestablished or changed had<br />
the opportunity to apply for or<br />
express an interest in new roles<br />
if they wished; some staff chose<br />
to reapply, some staff chose to<br />
progress with other options.<br />
Ms Kidd says the changes are<br />
aimed at ensuring that the libraries<br />
have the right mix of skills available<br />
to deliver the proposed services<br />
and support the new hours.<br />
“We are continuing to<br />
build a great team of staff<br />
across our libraries network,<br />
and I’m confident the changes<br />
will position us to meet<br />
our changing communities’<br />
expectations now and in the<br />
future,” she says.<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: What do<br />
you think of the changes to<br />
the library services across<br />
the district? Email your views<br />
anan.zaki@starmedia.kiwi<br />
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