Starting Sept. 8, all Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) branches will operate under new schedules.

According to an announcement on the FCPL website, "library branches will be open more hours due to funding approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ in the FY2013 (July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013) budget."

“We are pleased that we can restore many of the open hours lost during the economic downturn. Our library services are important to county residents and now they are much more accessible,” said Edwin S. Clay III, director of Fairfax County Public Library in the announcement.

Regional library branches such as the Sherwood Regional Library in Mount Vernon will be open as follows next month:

• Monday through Thursday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Sunday: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

All community branches such as the Martha Washington Library will also have their schedules modified in September. The new schedule at community branches will be:

• Monday and Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Thursday: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Community branches will be closed on Sundays.

For more information, visit the FCPL website www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/.