The Historical Collection of the Bridgeport Connecticut Library to Have Hours Cut to 3 days Per Week

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BRIDGEPORT [Connecticut] — A tight budget is forcing one of the best-known departments of the bplibrary Bridgeport Public Library to be partially shelved.

After July 1, patrons of the library system’s main Burroughs and Saden Library will have only three days a week to use the Historical Collection.

The Library Board, under budgetary pressure, has pared the hours for the widely respected resource — from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with extra hours possible by appointment. The department is currently open five days a week.

Read the full article in the April 17, 2009 edition of connpost.com.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

One Reply to “The Historical Collection of the Bridgeport Connecticut Library to Have Hours Cut to 3 days Per Week”

  1. That’s such a shame! I hate to see all these places suffer from cutbacks.

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