Hi Roldo--Sunday hours are a big expenditure.  CCPL will not close all of their branches on Sundays.  It's a trade-off that CPL will also have to look at.  I am not sure that there are easy answers and it also involves union negotiations. 
 

Sundays are the most cost effective days to close:

1. It's the busiest day because they're only open 4 hours.  They are probably seeing the same numbers in those 4 hours as they do 8, so it's just as busy as most 12 hour days.   

2. It costs just as much to operate a building for 4 hours as it does 8 or 12, so they save just as much by cutting 4 hours.

3. By cutting Sundays, they're only cutting 4 hours per week for their customers, yet the savings of keeping buildings closed is the same as for an 8 or 12 hour day!!!

4. Union staff gets paid time and 1/2 for those 4 hours because it's in addition to their regular work week hours.  This is a huge expenditure.

5. They will still keep 7 branches open, which will likely be dispersed in very convenient (and busy) locations throughout the county. 

6. Why wouldn't they want their customers to see the effects of the government's cuts?  This is why it's worded the way it is.  In reality, it's a smart move and a smart money saver. 

Good points.

  From the website for Cleveland Public Library--
 

  PD barely publishes on weekends...anyway...

rock, scissors...paper???