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The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library will return to regular hours of operation on March 1. During your visit, we encourage you to browse for books, movies and music, read magazines or use WiFi in the reading room, and use library computers, said Thad Hartman, Interim CEO, in a Friday afternoon press release. Being open 78 hours a week again allows more people access to library resources and services, and keeps the public and staff safe through COVID-19 best practices.
The library s regular hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday noon - 9 p.m.
The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library is putting its search for a long-term chief executive officer on hold. The search is paused “until later in 2021.”
“No one anticipated the difficulty of interviewing candidates during the COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitates extending the timeline for the search,” a Monday press release said.
The library’s trustees used consultants Bradbury Miller Associates to consider 20 potential candidates, but decided to hold the search until summer when they hope each candidate can visit the library.
The press release said Chief of Staff Thad Hartman will continue to serve as interim CEO while the library’s search continues. The search to find Gina Millsap’s replacement started back in August. Millsap retired on Dec. 1.
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library partially reopens computer services
Customers will have access to the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library’s computers when the library partially reopens Jan. 4.
Thad Hartman, the library’s interim CEO, said 30 total computers are available with people limited to one hour a day on a computer. The library will cap capacity at 40 people, with staff on hand to fax, print, scan and copy items for computer users.
The temporary hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, a Wednesday morning news release said.