Open+ Express Hours Program
2022 NACo Achievement Award Winner
Summit County, Utah, UT
Best In Category
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About the Program
Category: Libraries (Best in Category)
Year: 2022
The Summit County Library’s Open+ Express Hours Program for its Coalville Branch was developed as an innovative approach to extend the library’s hours of operation and increase accessibility to the public through the use of a technology system that allows patrons to access and utilize the library without staff being on-site. At one point, the Coalville Branch had the fewest operating hours in the Summit County Library system, but access has changed significantly thanks to the Open+ Express Hours Program. Open+ offers patrons 66 hours per week to use the library, making Coalville the county library branch with the most hours of operation.