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The cut of an hour on Thursdays and Saturdays is to help Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council save £54,000 across 10 branches.
It will close at 1pm instead of 2pm on Saturdays. It was open to 5pm until a 2010 reduction by the council to save cash.
During those cuts, the library closed at 5pm on Monday compared to 7pm before. The latest changes will also see the High Street branch close at 6pm instead of 7pm on Thursday.
The changes mean 35 hours will be cut from 426 to 391 a week.
A council report says: “It is likely that the reduced staff requirement will incur redundancy costs if staff affected cannot be redeployed into other areas of the service or elsewhere within the council.
“The cost of any redundancies would have to be offset against the savings delivered in the first year. However, it is not yet possible to quantify the potential extent of these costs.”
In a press release, the council said the changes mean the libraries "are only open when people are actually using and want to use them".
Cabinet Member for Community Services, Councillor Mrs Kate Wild: “At a time when libraries in other areas of the country are closing, I am pleased that we are able to maintain a high quality library service in Solihull.
“Instead of closing libraries, we have achieved efficiencies through innovation and providing our services in a different way. For example, by joining forces with Warwickshire County Council to provide the mobile library service, introducing new technology such as self service kiosks in libraries and developing our online services.
“We have listened to people’s views about when they do and do not want to use the libraries and the new opening hours should ensure that the range of services that we offer are both affordable and meet the needs of the local community.”
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