About the Library
Reader's Resource
GOAL 1: The Sacramento community's premier resource for reading is
library staff.
- Objective 1: Train, enable, and empower all public service staff in the use of reading resources and the art of providing reading recommendations to customers.
- Objective 2: Enhance the accessibility of staff expertise via methods such as staff picks, expertise lists, bibliographies, on branch bulletin boards, community newspapers, and the library web site.
- Objective 3: Issue a monthly "Leading for Reading" flyer in print, online and via e-mail that provides reading recommendations.
GOAL 2: Library customers take advantage of opportunities to discover
and read a wider range of interesting materials through the library's
implementation of effective merchandising techniques.
- Objective 1: Research effective merchandising techniques employed in libraries, retail outlets, and other venues and develop guidelines to be implemented at all branches.
- Objective 2: Implement staff training, either by developing a program in-house or by bringing in a consulting trainer, on the concepts and implementation of effective merchandising.
- Objective 3: Purchase furnishings necessary for the implementation of this merchandising program at four pilot locations.