The Florida Library is one of the 11 City of Johannesburg libraries will extend its working hours from Mondays to Sundays.
From 19 May to 30 June, the Florida Library will be open to the public on Sundays from 9am to 3pm. “This administration will continue to work hard to ensure that our residents have access to much-needed basic services, as and when they need them,” said the Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, Karabo Tledima.
According to MMC Tledima, during the month of May, ten special dispensation after-hours librarians were appointed to the Community Development Department’s Library and Information Services (LIS) directorate, using grant funding. The directorate also received R1 000 000 from the City’s Department of Economic Development, which enabled the LIS to contract 90 EPWP trainees for both eLearning and extended hours.
The libraries will be providing limited services during this period due to the resources available at each library. To support the students and learners during this period, LIS will provide study space and reference services only. The directorate is also ensuring that there will be security guards in all the facilities that will be opening on Sundays.
She also stated that, “JMPD has also been requested to conduct regular patrols in these facilities to ensure the safety of staff and patrons.This is in line with the City’s commitment to Diphetogo – and an expression of their will and purpose to bring definitive redress to the people. A schedule for the extension of library hours in 11 Regional Libraries has been approved, and the Community Development Department’s LIS directorate is in the process of implementing another phase which accommodates additional study hours during the examination period.”
The other libraries that will also be offering these services are Diepsloot, Ivory Park North, Randburg, Jabavu, Protea North, Sandton, Yeoville, Johannesburg City Library, Orange Farm, and Ennerdale Ext 9.
