[Open]Your library: proposed new opening hours
Please take a few minutes to let us know what you think about the proposed new opening hours for your library.
Please use this online form (opens in new window). It includes the current and proposed opening hours for each library and asks your opinion about the proposals. The proposal is for the new opening hours to take effect from 1 September 2012.
This survey closes at 1pm on 9 March 2012. The form is designed to be easy to use. If you would like to give feedback in a different way, please contact Steve Makin on 01275 888 757 or by email.
The survey is open to any North Somerset resident or library user. You can only participate once in the survey though you can talk about more than one library. To help us get solid information that will really help the decision-making, please give comments in terms of:
- if and how the proposals would affect you personally
- the particular library (or libraries) you use or would like to use.
...rather than general comments.
Full list of current and proposed opening hours (pdf, Jan 2012, 46Kb).
Backwell and Banwell libraries are not included in this review of opening hours as they were reviewed separately in 2009/2010 and the changes resulting from that review are still being implemented.
The mobile library service is not included in this review, as there are no proposed changes to the current service.
Consultation Documents
Library review 2012 Current and proposed opening hours (46Kb)
16 Jan 2012 09:31
Consultation Summary
| Name | Your library: proposed new opening hours |
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| Description | We are reviewing the library service, including the opening hours of libraries. What do you think about the new proposed opening hours for your library? |
| Dates | From 16 Jan 2012 at 10:00 to 9 Mar 2012 at 13:00. The results will be published by 07 May 2012. |
| Status | Open |
Organisational Information |
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| Organisation | |
| Department | |
| Contact Name | Stephen Makin |
| Job title | Marketing and Communications Officer |
| Contact Email | libraryreview2012@n-somerset.gov.uk |
| Contact Telephone | 01275 888 757 |
Project Information |
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| Aim of this consultation | To find out people's views on the proposed changes to library opening hours. |
| Close Date | 09 Mar 2012 13:00 |
| Consultation Topic | Community, Education, Leisure, Your council |
| Population group being consulted | Any resident of North Somerset |
| Data collection method | Questionnaire |
| Geographical area | Geography not relevant |
| Context for this consultation | North Somerset Council has to make savings of £47.3million over the next three years, meaning that for every £3 we spend now we will only have £2 by 2015. As part of the budget reduction proposals, our library service has to save £347,000 over the next three years. To do this, the service has carried out a review. The review has highlighted our intention to continue to provide library services in communities that already receive them, to invest in services where we can and not to close libraries. The review led to some proposed new opening hours which would take effect from September 2012. These proposed hours are the subject of this survey. This survey forms one of the main planks of consultation with library users and the wider North Somerset public over January to March 2012. |
| How to obtain results | Results of the survey, and the library management team response to the results, will be available on this web page from 7 May 2012. |