After a number of San Francisco public libraries reopened last month for indoor service, city officials announced on Monday plans to reopen more libraries throughout the summer. From June 21 onwards, more branches were slated to open throughout the summer as staffing permits and as San Francisco continues to make progress on its recovery, the announcement said.

"Our public library stepped up in more ways than one to help this city during this unprecedented time of need, but now it's time to start getting back to regular business," said Breed. Although some staff is returning to their pre-pandemic roles with the gradual demobilisation of the city's Covid-19 response, staffing levels remain too low to fully reopen all branches due to a large number of vacancies.

At present, the Library's workforce is down by nearly a quarter. We are doing the best with the personnel we have to fully reopen all of our neighborhood libraries as expeditiously as possible," said City Librarian Michael Lambert.  On May 3, San Francisco Public Library reopened the Main Library and launched its "Browse and Bounce" program, which is also available at the Chinatown Branch Library and Mission Bay Branch Library.

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