November 17, 2004

We are pleased to formally announce that the Humanities and Social Sciences Library will be open to the public on Sundays, beginning December 5. In addition, nearly half the neighborhood branch libraries in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island will add more hours of public service starting December 6. These significant new hours of service are made possible by restoration of support from the City.

This will mark the first time in 34 years that the Humanities and Social Sciences Library will be open on Sundays. Adding Sunday service is in recognition that Sunday afternoon is when researchers get serious about the coming week, and that it is key that they have an open library for their academic and scholarly pursuits. Beginning Sunday, December 5, the HSSL will open reference collections and exhibition galleries from 1 to 6 p.m. These include the Rose Main Reading Room, Bill Blass Public Catalog Room, Microform Reading Room, DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Reading Room, D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery, and Edna Barnes Salomon Room, as well as The Library Shop (1 to 5 p.m.) Sunday services at HSSL will include materials delivery from the stacks, copy services, reader registration, workstation sign-up and reference services. [Please note that HSSL will be closed December 12, December 26 and January 2.]

Hours of service are also being expanded in NYPL's neighborhood branches in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. Of the 85 branches, 39 are adding 69 hours of cumulative service per week, beginning on Monday, December 6. These additional hours will help to ensure that many more people can take advantage of the wonderful mix of services and collections the branches offer.

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