Ramping up at Mitchell Park Library in Palo Alto

Will this library have longer hours? More books and media?

Once Mitchell and Main are reopened, they need to be open every weekday 10-9 and keep their current weekend hours. No more weekdays days in which they are closed or open only at noo . We didn't approve the library measure to have either of the two main branches operating at less than full capacity, seven days a week.

I saw the video of the tour of the new facility.
I saw a childcare center, didn't see even one book.

Nice, but the only time I'll use it is for the restroom, when I'm at the park jogging.

@ reader,

If we're all lucky, they'll get new books, or at least vacuum off the old ones real well. That library in Cubberly was so allergenic, I could hardly go in there. The new library at Los Altos (not that new anymore, but) has never been a problem.

I don't understand why we don't join the Santa Clara County system. Our not having enough books has been a perpetual problem. Or, it's the excuse for unfriendly lending policies (the fine money goes into the general fund rather than to support the libraries, I wonder why). When I've asked why we don't have friendlier lending policies like Los Altos, I'm told it's because we don't have as many books as Los Altos. Then again, when I asked why they couldn't send out notices of overdue books before they were overdue (as opposed to two weeks afterwards), I was told it was impossible because of the software. (The fact that they send out notices before the books are due, rather than two weeks afterwards as they used to do way back when, is that I knew better and was willing to argue that one with Paula Simpson until they changed it.)

Given all the problems with the contractor, maybe we should wait to be sure there's not moisture intrusion problems before we fill it with books...

I am just looking forward to the library functioning again. Every time I search for a book on the catalog the system tells me that it is unable to put a hold on this book at this time. Main Library and Mitchell Park are both not functioning and it seems that the other two libraries don't have any books at all according to the catalog.

I know we were given the opportunity to check out 100 books beforehand, but they didn't tell us that it was because there wouldn't be a functioning library available for several weeks.

Yawn............. Have they put a bow on this over priced pig yet?