About the Library
READING PROGRAMS
GOAL 1: People in the Sacramento community participate in library
programs that educate and promote enjoyment of reading, such as book clubs,
community outreach, family literacy, and author visits.
- Objective 1:
Develop a community wide "One Book, One Sacramento" reading
program.
- Objective 2:
Introduce the value of reading to parents and young children through
ongoing comprehensive family literacy programs (such as Reading Readiness).
- Objective 3: Provide
the community opportunities to interact with authors and their books
via author visits to branches, on-line chats with authors, and other
author programs.
- Objective 4:
Encourage school-age children to read by providing short-term goal-based
reading programs and incorporating reading promotion and education into
existing programming.
- Objective 5:
Implement an online book club with an "online book discussion"
forum.