New fall hours will take effect at the Jamaica public library on Monday, Sept. 19. The new hours will be Monday 1-5 pm, Tuesday 1-5 pm, Wednesday 11-4 pm, Thursday, 2-7 pm, Friday closed, Saturday 10-noon, and Sunday closed.
“We changed up our hours this summer opening in the morning on Monday and opening into the evening on Thursdays with the intention of adjusting them in the fall to add Saturday, while staying within our current budgeted 20 hours of operation,” said Alan Robinson, library director.
“We are very excited about adding service on Saturday mornings and continuing to make the library available one morning (now Wednesday) and one evening (now Thursday) per week,” said Robinson. “We plan to add some activities at the library on Saturday mornings, especially for kids. The library’s board of trustees and I are looking at what types of activities we can offer our patrons of all ages on Thursday evenings and Wednesdays during lunchtime.”
Jamaica public library’s circulating collection offers new adult and children’s fiction books in addition to an extensive non-fiction adult section. The library is the home of the Guthrie County Genealogy Society which includes a wide range of genealogy resource materials that pertain to Guthrie County. The GCGS library includes published books and newsletters from counties throughout Iowa and other states. Research help is available at the library from the GCSC.
The library is a valuable resource center for the Jamaica community and offers fax and copy services in addition to computers with Internet access and printing, and free WiFi access inside and outside the library.
Persons who want more information about the Jamaica public library can email jampublib@netins.net, call 641-429-3362 or check out the library’s Facebook page.
