These days, it seems everyone is having to do more with less.The staff of the Hall County Library System is no different, making do with less money, time and staff, yet greater demand for services.Adrian Mixson, Hall County Library System Director, wrote in the library’s August newsletter that library membership grew by 5.5 percent. The system has 97,992 registered patrons as of May 2012.To keep up with the increased workload the library staff has to work with what they’ve got.“I’ve seen that we’ve had to become very adaptive. We’ve had to become very resourceful with our space, with our resources, with our money and try to be positive,” Gail Hogan, library assistant, said.In the last few years, the library system has also been faced with budget cuts that eliminated 20 part-time jobs and led to the closing two branches, reduced operating hours, furlough days and staff turnover.The library staff now must open and operate a new branch in North Hall with existing staff.In spite of these challenges, staff members share a passion for their work because they understand the library’s value to the community.