Public Libraries A redeployment of staff will allow 12 out of 14 City of Fort Worth Public Libraries to open on Mondays beginning Jan. 31. The new library schedule is in response to citizens' requests and mirrors state and national trends, where library patrons say their second favorite day to use a library is on Monday. Their first preference is Saturday.
Patrons say evening hours are better than mornings.
The new Monday opening allows the city to improve its customer services, as well as increases the library's overall use by citizens and the library's presence and visibility in the community. Another positive to the Monday opening is that there's no cost to taxpayers. Each library will continue to operate on a 42-hour week and staff will be simply redployed. Two of the satellite libraries and nine neighborhood branches will maintain a five-day a week service. The Monday opening includes eight neighborhood branch libraries, one satellite branch and both regional libraries.