rablogspl posted: " Summer is coming, which means (hopefully) that many days of sunshine are ahead. It also means that The Seattle Public Library's non air conditioned branches sometimes have to close early for the comfort and safety of our staff and patrons. To help " Shelf Talk
Summer is coming, which means (hopefully) that many days of sunshine are ahead. It also means that The Seattle Public Library's non air conditioned branches sometimes have to close early for the comfort and safety of our staff and patrons.
To help reduce heat-related closures this summer, the Library is shifting hours for four of our non-air conditioned branches: From June 21 to Sept. 12, the Fremont, NewHolly, Northeast and Southwest branches will shift their operating hours on two days a week to 10 to 6 p.m. instead of from noon to 8 p.m.
Here are the operating hours for those branches, starting on June 21.
Fremont Branch, 731 N. 35th St.
Closed Monday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday
NewHolly Branch, 7058 32nd Ave. S.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week
Northeast Branch, 6801 35th Ave. N.E.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week
Southwest Branch, 9010 35th Ave. S.W.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week
As a reminder, 18 of our 27 branches have air conditioning, and serve as welcoming heat-relief centers during hot weather for Seattle residents who lack access to air conditioning. You can find a list of libraries with air conditioning at spl.org/Shelter and you can find the hours for all Library locations at http://www.spl.org/Hours.
More good news: The Library is working towards adding air conditioning to all locations. We are in the process of installing air conditioning at the Southwest and Northeast branches by the end of this summer. The Green Lake Branch will add A/C as part of its seismic retrofit project, to be complete in 2024, and air conditioning will also be installed at the University and Columbia branches during their seismic retrofits in the next few years.
The Library is upgrading existing air conditioning systems at multiple locations make them more reliable and reduce their carbon footprint.
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