Restoration of Library Hours - HPL

Dear HPL

In my memo to you on February 5, 2013 regarding  the restoration of Saturday hours in Neighborhood Libraries and Friday and Sunday hours at the Central Library, I asked you to stay tuned for updates.

I am pleased to report that we have filled 90 of the 109 positions required for the restoration of these hours and we are training new staff at a rapid pace. This is incredible and unprecedented in the City of Houston.

Kudos to the awesome collaboration between HPL and the HR department. This hiring process has been done  in an way no other City department has attempted before now. But, we had to get it done and we were on a mission to succeed.  The team leads are familiar to you – Meller Langford and the Customer Experience team, Ophelia Cespedes,  Tameka Hardison-Santa Cruz and Ceasar De La Rosa. To make this happen took a huge cast of talented folks from many areas of the HPL and HR working together in precision toward a common goal. My deep appreciation for their hard work which produced fantastic results.  Because of their dedication to this task we are welcoming a group of talented, customer focused new team members. I am depending on you to welcome our new team members and help them get adjusted to HPL.

Below is the list of locations and start dates for the restored service hours.

To our new team members – WELCOME TO HPL!!!

Best Regards,

Rhea Brown Lawson

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Week of April 1^st (Saturday April 6^th)

• Shepard-Acres Homes Neighborhood Library
• Stanaker Neighborhood Library
• Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood Library

• HPL Express - Southwest

Week of April 15^th (Saturday April 20^th)

• Moody Neighborhood Library
• Morris Frank Library, an HPL Express Location
• Ring Neighborhood Library
• Mancuso Neighborhood Library
• Looscan Neighborhood Library
• Pleasantville Neighborhood Library

Week of April 29^th (Saturday May 4^th)

• Carnegie Neighborhood Library and Literacy Center

• Stimley-Blue Ridge Neighborhood Library
• Lakewood Neighborhood Library
• Smith Neighborhood Library

Central Library

• will open 10-5 Fridays beginning Friday, 04/19.
• will open 1-5 Sundays beginning Sunday, 06/02.