EBRPL - Main Library — Attraction in Baton Rouge

You know, sometimes I just want to come in on a Friday and set some healthy habits in motion, but they close at 6:00....

Great library. In fact, the library deserves 10 stars!

It has wonky Friday, Saturday and Sunday hours though.

I don't think it matters as much as some people make it out if fewer people use the library on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. That logic is a bit like shutting down street lights at 11:00 P.M. because there are no cars. It's a community resource- not a for-profit business.

It's like public transportation. Routes that aren't used much are good because people know the system is extensive and they can rely on it to even go places where lots of people don't go (well, not in BR.) In that way although there might be fewer people coming to the library on a Friday night, it is still a benefit to the community.

We don't turn the water pumps off at 3:00 A.M. because almost no one uses water!

We don't forget about dangerous roads in the middle of nowhere because 20 people drive on them in a day.

That's my complaint- it's annoying...

Maybe they should at the very least keep one library open with normal hours Friday-Sunday.

Anyway,

... some other stuff I wrote earlier about the same thing, but not as clearly. I don't feel like fixing it:

The library should be open all day Saturday and Sunday. Right now it's 9 to 6 on Friday AND Saturday and 2 P.M.- 2 P.M.?!?! to 9 P.M. on Sundays. Why does the library close at 6 P.M. on Fridays??

What this promotes is doing things last minute (unhealthy rubbish.) The government should support good choices.

I get that staffing is probably a factor. Some older librarians might want to go to church on Sundays.

Anyways, at first I thought that maybe less people wanted to go to the library on Saturdays and Sundays, but Google says that Saturdays and Sundays have the busiest times in the whole week! And I'm sure these confusing times lower the demand.

A lot of people use the library as a community outlet to get away from situations that aren't the best at home. On Saturdays and Sundays most people don't go to work so the library should be open for these people.

I think another part of it might just be religion (not staffing.) Religion needs to get out of government. It has no place in...

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