Free Library closings

The "rolling closures" for this week

I just called around to some branches, and found out this regarding the rolling closures coming up in the next few days:

Cecil B. Moore is closed Fri 1/9 and Sat 1/10
Rodriguez is closed Thurs 1/8 (today)
Queen Memorial is closed Sat 1/10
Fumo is closed Sat 1/10

I also heard that they don't know what the schedule of closings is going to be for next week.

Cecil B. Moore and Rodriguez are both libraries that weren't on the original list of 11 slated for closure.

Reardon's Actual Library Closing Criteria

I've attached some documents of the actual criteria used by Siobhan Reardon and the Free Library to decide on the 11 Reardon and Mayor Nutter are slating for closure.

Firstly, thanks to Sam Durso for obtaining those documents at the first of the town hall meetings in South Philly High School. Secondly, there are more documents. A general "Vision Statement" for the Free Library System, for example, and maps of the individual City Council districts showing the closings. According to Reardon's comments to Sam, City Council districts were the "last thing" considered in picking the 11 closings but the mere presence of the maps being generated would indicate that the Council districts was obviously a consideration.

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