$26.9 million (about $3.8 million annually) 22% of levy
Restores 6,551 open hours per year
Eliminates annual one-week shutdown of entire Library system
Adds Sunday hours to 15 branches
Restores seven-day-a-week service at the Columbia and Northgate branches
Restores on-site reference staff at eight branches
Restores 1,613 hours each week of free Internet access, systemwide
Addresses cuts in the 2013 budget
Adds Central Library staff to assist with computer literacy
Increases security staff
Adds a librarian in the popular Seattle Room at the Central Library
Sundays are Special at the Library
Mayor Mike McGinn and Councilmember Richard Conlin joined City Librarian Marcellus Turner on Jan. 6 to celebrate extended hours at the Columbia Branch thanks to the August 2012 passage of the Library levy.
