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The 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. hour will finally be restored Monday through Saturday at the main library in Bowling Green.
"The community deserves this level of service, so we're excited," library director Michael Penrod stated. "We have wanted to do it for a year."
Penrod reported the plan at Tuesday's monthly meeting of the Wood County District Library Board. It represents the final stage of restoration of hours that were initially cut in 2009-2010 in response to deep funding cuts from the state.
"We have been cautious in bringing back the hours that had been cut," Penrod added, in case state funding cuts had continued. Some hours were restored in 2011, then more in 2012.
As of September, the Bowling Green library will be all the way back to being open the same as in decades past. Hours of operation will become 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.