Still trying to fill hundreds of open positions, the Free Library has managed to expand service at over a dozen branches
Saturday hours could be on their way as early as this winter.
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With ‘significant’ $10 million funding boost, Free Library forecasts stable five-day-a-week service and major hiring spree
There’s no timeline yet for the improvements — and advocates are pressing for more.
About 1 in 7 Philly neighborhood libraries can’t fully open each day, on top of already reduced hours
Advocates — and the new Free Library director — say the solution lies with increased funding for staff.
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Free Library discrimination concerns
Free Library picks a new director: Kelly Richards, a Black career librarian from Michigan
He’ll assume leadership 15 months after the previous library director resigned over widespread allegations of discrimination.